New Suit (2002)

Director:

François Velle

Writer:

Craig Sherman (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A lie tailor-made for Hollywood

Plot:

A once-idealistic writer inadvertently ignites a feeding frenzy in Hollywood with the mention of a mysterious new screenplay and its illusive author.

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Jordan Bridges	...	Kevin Taylor
Marisa Coughlan	...	Marianne Roxbury
Heather Donahue	...	Molly
Mark Setlock	...	Smokey
Benito Martinez	...	Juan
Charles Rocket	...	Del Strontium
Paul McCrane	...	Braggy Shoot
Dan Hedaya	...	Muster Hansau
Dan Montgomery Jr.	...	Andy
James Marsh	...	Trey
Danny Strong	...	Greg
Jere Burns	...	Dixon Grain
Branton Box	...	Nick Chafe (as Branton Boxer)
Andrew Ableson	...	Girard
Amber Smith	...	Jennifer

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexuality and drug use.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Australia:M | Netherlands:16 | Iceland:L | USA:R

Company:

Trillion Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: When "Muster" is talking to "Del", the zipper on Del's jacket is in several different locations.

Quotes:

Kevin Taylor: As soon as I started reading other people's scripts for a living, I came to a disheartening realization.
Juan: What? That you suck?

Making it simple

Watching HBO on a Tuesday afternoon is rarely a very rewarding activity. Wanna be films pour for more than eighty minutes on screen, making me wonder whether sleep doesn't truly have an intellectual purpose. However, from time to time, like once or twice every six months, it just so happens that there's film on, Tuesday in the afternoon, which has a title that appeals in even the faintest regard. Now, that's a day to keep in mind. When there's even a concept behind the thing, a tiny eye-hole vision, then you might just have yourself a funky time on your head.

"New Suit" is by far not an impressive film, but, given the circumstances above mentioned, it gathers some attention for itself, considering the allegorical context: Hollywood living in it's flawless suit of "despickability". Maybe there's not much to laugh at during the movie, but it's a pleasant feeling to sense someone small and innocent portraying Hollywood's fakeness and forgetting that everyone is a "victim" in the system. Of course, it doesn't go too deep and about half of the movie feels just like a dumped story of its kind, but being candid is that which makes it worth its while.

The actors are so well picked - total anonymity dispersed among some familiar faces - that they conjure this fantasy like atmosphere, cleverly backed up by some very lively, nearly surreal colors, obviously denoting that it doesn't take itself too serious. I have to appreciate "New Suit" for being smart, even though it remains somewhat hollow at times.