O.K. Garage (1998)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Brandon Cole

Writer:

Brandon Cole (writer)

Release Date:

23 December 1999 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Crime

Plot:

Two best friends, Sean and Johnny, fall in love with school teacher Rachel, whose car breaks down all the time...

Plot Keywords:

Car | Neighbor | Lizard | Violence | Hotel Clerk

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

John Turturro	...	Johnny Candellano
Lili Taylor	...	Rachel
Will Patton	...	Sean
Gemma Jones	...	Mrs. Wiggins
Joseph Maher	...	Lilly (as Joe Maher)
Paul Calderon	...	Carl
Olek Krupa	...	Yannick
Bruce MacVittie	...	Chuck
Richard Bright	...	Louis
Aida Turturro	...	Mary
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elzbieta Czyzewska	...	Mrs. Hummel
Brigit Darby	...	Alison
Richard DeDomenico	...	Doorman
Mark Ethan	...	School Clerk
Ed Hodson	...	Yuppie #2
Lee Kesler	...	MeanLee
Anibal O. Lleras	...	Angel-Mechanic
Betty Miller	...	Gloria
Stuart Parr	...	Garage Mechanic
Richard Petrocelli	...	Foreman
Bernadette Quigley	...	Hotel Clerk
Charles Santy	...	UPS Driver
Frank Senger	...	Bus Driver
John Spencer	...	Bill Gunter
Maggie Wagner	...	Waitress
Lee Wong	...	Bank Manager
David Zayas	...	Omar

Also Known As:

All Revved Up (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and a scene of sexuality.

Runtime:

90 min | Spain:106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | USA:R

Company:

Rialto Film

Why?!?

This is one of those movies you wonder why they made it. It probably looked great on paper, but it's so incomprehensible that you start to doubt your own perception. These actors should know better. The story is about a woman (Lili Taylor) who's car has broken down, she brings it to the OK Garage and after a while finds out that she is being ripped of by the owner (a couple of times). She gets so mad about this that she asks her weird, reptile-loving neighbor (Will Paton) to help her get even with the owner. Together with a friend of his (John Turturro) they (sort of) do this. In between we see the garage-owner Yannick have some trouble with a scam he is trying to pull of involving stolen cars. Sounds like fun? Well, it isn't! They sell this movie as a comedy, but there is hardly anything to laugh about, this is Indy-filmmaking at it's worst. Didn't the director/writer realize that there is supposed to be some point in all this? What is this movie about? Who cares...... Avoid this movie, even if you like these actors: it's a waste of time.