Average Rating: 5.2/10
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Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 6
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American independent filmmaker Lawrence Blume makes his feature debut with the absurd dark comedy Martin & Orloff, starring a lot of the folks from the Upright Citizens Brigade. Martin Flam (Ian Roberts) designs mascot costumes for a corporate chain of Chinese restaurants. After a failed suicide attempt, he goes to see the incompetent therapist Dr. Eric Orloff (Matt Walsh). Under the guise of conducting therapy sessions, the quack doctor then drags Martin on a series of seemingly random
Mar 1, 2002 Wide
Sep 20, 2005
Anchor Bay Entertainment
All Critics (19) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (10) | DVD (4)
One of the few films you could call wildly uneven and the filmmakers would still consider it a compliment.
The movie and its players have a natural, matter-of-fact sense of comedy. It doesn't rub our faces in its jokes.
You'll chuckle at least once during the proceedings -- but probably not much more than that.
Provides a fairly steady series of laughs thanks to the fully committed performances by the two stars and the sheer brazenness of its humor.
Martin & Orloff might have worked as a 10-minute sketch, but Lawrence Blume's low-budget feature quickly wears thin.
Unless you find kicks in the groin hilarious, the lunacy here is considerably more tired than inspired.
Grows on you, as does stress-inducing, carefree Orloff on bemused Martin.
A refreshing, original departure from junk like Starsky & Hutch.
The saw about the shrink who's crazier than his patient gets a workout here, but it's given a likable spin by both of the leads.
While there are some inspired moments of merriment, the overall product leaves much to be desired.
A more accurate title: Measly & Awful.
Sure, it's not much more than a 'sketch after sketch' presentation, but one can forgive an aimless narrative when the gags are this unexpectedly funny.
Suffocated by self-conscious absurdism, this in-joke of a movie is moribund.
Even though this film swings for the fences but doesn't quite connect, Martin and Orloff is still a solid double off the wall.
Jon Benjamin stole this movie in what scenes he had. Otherwise, this comedy piloted itself well given its subject matter. Definitely solid.
August 9, 2008[center][/center]I'm biased towards this movie due to the Upright Citizens Brigade connection (I take classes developed by the troupe and generally worship the ground they walk on), but I think I can safely call it one of the funniest indie comedies in the last few years, partially because the competition has been so
December 6, 2008
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