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Movie Info
An elderly woman (Eileen Brennan) finds a large treasure trove of rare and valuable comic books in the belongings of her dead son. But when a stranger in town informs comic book store owner Raymond (Donal Logue) about the comics, the owners of a rival comic book store -- Norman (Michael Rapaport) and his wife, Judy (Natasha Lyonne) -- find out about them as well. Now Raymond and Norman and Judy will do anything to get the rare comics, including breaking the law.
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Rating: R (Some Sexuality|Language|Drug Content|Violence)
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Genre: Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: James Robinson
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Producer: Holly Wiersma, Mike Elliott, Mark McGarry
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Writer: James Robinson
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Distributor: Lionsgate Films
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Production Co: Capital Arts Entertainment
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Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby SR
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Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
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Audience Reviews for Comic Book Villains
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"Why would you want to leave town? Everything worth having's right here. Raymond's store, Dominoes pizza." Comic Book Villains is an original and dark movie. Although obviously steered toward the comic book fan; I was able to enjoy it and I've read only around a dozen or so comic books in my life. What makes this movie so likable for me is the cast; it's pretty amazing. Cary Elwes, Donal Logue, D.J. Qualls, Michael Rapaport, Danny Masterson, Eileen Brennan, and James Duvall(Yeah Frank from Donnie Darko). For an independent film that has absolutely no following this is an all-star cast. The plot is pretty straightforward. There are two rival comic book owners trying to get a huge and priceless collection of comic books from an old lady. To do so they try being nice to her for awhile; fixing stuff around the hous, bringing her groceries, but after awhile they see she's never going to sell. The last 30 minutes get a little too crazy for the movies own good, but I still see it as a diamond in the rough. Obviously, I'm in the minority of the few people that have seen it.
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Seems to want to be De Palma-lite dark comedy. It isn't funny, the story is predictable and Elwes does not a good villain make. The Qualls subplot is so achingly obvious that it's just silly. And it's final message is evidently "stop reading comic books and get a life", which is as preachy as you can get..
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A pretty shitty movie that has a direct message to the stereotypical comic book fan. Silly music and an all around unfunny poor try at entertainment.
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Perhaps, it is because I have seen the quirky group of losers competitively chasing after the big score formula a few too many times or perhaps it is the insultingly afterschool special moral about comic books not being a substitute for real life but this movie didn't do enough for me. The performances by Lyonne, Rapaport and Logue are fantastic and Elwes is good although it doesn't seem like they had enough for the character to do. There are some really good bits but not enough to carry it through to being a good movie just a time waster.
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