Film Geek" is a Rorschach test for movie buffs.
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08/21/06
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Film Geek (2006)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:14
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6/10
Theatrical Release:Feb 10, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: FILM GEEK is a hilarious new comedy about Scotty Pelk, a socially inept video store clerk with an encyclopedic knowledge of film. He runs a website, scottysfilmpage.com, which receives zero... [More]
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Reviews for Film Geek
It's so very easy to love Film Geek, especially if you are one.
10/11/06
Amusing (and, at 72 minutes, in and out of there fast), with a diabolically dweeby performance by Melik Malkasian.
08/28/06
It's through Scotty's "success" that writer-director James Westby is able to validate his own love for movies.
01/21/06
Film Geek is a delightful, sad, witty, scorchingly satirical film about movie buffs.
02/15/06
Westby's sympathy for the Scottys of the world is evident, but like them he doesn't always know how to put his best face forward.
02/10/06
Westby makes excellent use of Portland locations and cinematic references to make Film Geek a mostly spot-on, sometimes hilarious character study.
01/13/06
there's enough magic here to merit a viewing or two.
08/01/06
Detailed in its affectionate mockery, the film captures the social isolation that befalls guys like Scotty but understates their own complicity on it.
03/30/06
Perceptively hilarious.
02/15/06
Top CriticWestby never provides a reason you should pay to spend 70 minutes with Scotty, but he offers at least a dozen compelling ones not to.
02/07/06
Top CriticThe film looks like it cost 10 cents, but a lot of the jokes are gold. Hollywood, take notice of writer-director James Westby.
02/10/06
Top CriticFilm Geek has a likable premise and a pleasantly homemade indie feel. Unfortunately, its lead character is so irritating you want to get away from him.
02/09/06
Top CriticAs played by Melik Malkasian with Pee-Wee Herman-y chirpiness, you feel for him as you would any out-of-it sibling who seems beyond help.
02/15/06
Top CriticFor people who know their cinema, I recommend FILM GEEK not just as a comedy, but a cautionary tale as well.
05/03/06
On its own terms and for that small audience it owns, the film delivers.
02/21/06
The film's press notes proudly observe that both Westby and Quentin Tarantino spent time soaking up celluloid while working at video stores. Which means they have exactly one thing in common.
02/10/06
Top CriticWestby's escapist fantasy's happy ending falls short of a meaningful message in spite of a rib-tickling individual effort by lead Melik Malkasian.
02/24/06
Here, getting there is all the fun, and this flick is stocked with laughs galore, all at the expense of the most clueless loser since Napoleon Dynamite.
03/05/07
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