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Adventures of Power (2009)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:5
Rotten:13
Average Rating:3.9/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 9, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: A twentysomething misfit dedicates his life to becoming a drummer--even when the drums are only imaginary--in this comedy written and directed by comic Ari Gold. Power (Gold) grew up in a small... [More]
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Reviews for Adventures of Power
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Top CriticNot even the always reliable talents of McKean and Lynch can help pull this comedy out of its ironic slump.
10/23/09
Gold attempts to show Power as a "Napoleon Dynamite"-like charmer, but Gold's spastic performance induces more cringes than smiles.
10/22/09
The film's penchant for dorky nostalgia -- especially '70s and '80s-era music -- quickly becomes irritating. It deserves a real tongue-lashing for trying to re-introduce the inexplicable Mr. Mister hit "Kyrie" into the American consciousness.
10/22/09
Gold places his fond comedy in the '80s with all the cinematic skill of early MTV.
10/16/09
Top CriticFor all the cheap shots in Golds script, Adventures of Power views air-drumming with a surprising affection.
10/14/09
The playful plot with go-figure ending is bubbly, and the mechanics of the film are on-point for the most part.
10/09/09
The rhythm's off in this goofy tale of an air-drumming underdog.
10/09/09
Top CriticIt's not the rough edges that bother here; it's the desperate attempt to capture Napoleon Dynamite's success by relying on oddball characters and off-the-wall scenarios.
10/09/09
Top CriticYour enjoyment of Adventures of Power will be proportional to your tolerance for the one-joke phenomenon of air drumming.
10/09/09
Top CriticSo would-be hip it hurts, Adventures of Power is barely watchable, despite the presence of such pros as Michael McKean and Jane Lynch.
10/09/09
Top CriticUnderdog comedy is no Napoleon Dynamite.
10/08/09
Forgive the film its Napoleon Dynamite overquirk; a loving god is watching all, genuflected to on bedroom-wall posters and seen in the films final five minutes -- and if youre not a Rush fan, this is not your movie.
10/07/09
The film -- despite some successful goofs and a defiantly dorky Phil Collins tribute -- can't quite win for trying.
10/06/09
Top CriticGold's screenplay is a tad too ambitious for its thin comic premise.
10/05/09
Writer/director/actor Ari Gold has made a competent student film that would graduate him from any film school with flying colors--that's to say, here is an example of a filmmaker who hasn't yet begun to find his own voice.
09/17/09
With its quirky costume and production design choices, self-indulgent pic gives Wes Anderson haters an easy new target.
02/01/08
Top CriticA pretty agonizing affair.
01/28/08
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