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Drop Dead Sexy (2005) -- When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.
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Paul Doiron (written by) and
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Small time crooks... Big time idiots! more
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When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Jason Lee ... Frank

Crispin Glover ... Eddie
Pruitt Taylor Vince ... Spider

Melissa Keller ... Crystal
Audrey Marie Anderson ... Natalie

Lin Shaye ... Ma Muzzy

Xander Berkeley ... Harkness
Burton Gilliam ... Big Tex

Joseph D. Reitman ... Tiny

Suzanna Urszuly ... Sky

Diane Klimaszewski ... Brandy
Elaine Klimaszewski ... Amber

Brad Dourif ... Herman

Amber Heard ... Candy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Patrick Boykin ... Bartender
Ryan A. Brooks ... Redneck (as Ryan Brooks)
Jackson Davis ... Bouncer

Frank Ford ... Paramedic #2
Mathew Greer ... Cemetary guard
Dave Kraft ... Bar patron

Steven Chester Prince ... Otto
Kimberly Ann Shafer ... Feature Stage Dancer
Michael Sorrels ... Pallbearer
David Wilk ... Paramedic #1
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content and nudity, language and some violence.
Runtime:
83 min
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Interesting Concept, Poor Script, 15 September 2006
4/10
Author: heyencryption from United States

It seems like Drop Dead Sexy started out with an interesting idea for a dark comedy, but ran aground somewhere in the writing process. The plot holes, awkward characters, and rather thin resolution make me wonder if money ran out somewhere along the way and the script was hastily finished and/or doctored up to get the movie released quickly.

Jason Lee is surprisingly flat as the main character. I am guessing the problem is, again, more in the writing than the actor since Lee is doing a great job playing another hapless loser in My Name Is Earl. Crispin Glover was probably the only consistently funny character in the movie (and, I must admit, the reason I checked it out in the first place). His innate awkwardness lends a special humor to a role that could have otherwise been played as the naive idiot sidekick.

Drop Dead Sexy isn't without its funny moments, most coming from the interactions between Lee and Glover, but it does suffer from lowbrow humor (e.g. the running joke about a gay biker named Tiny) that actually feels like an afterthought. In better hands this could have been a great dark comedy and possibly a cult classic, but instead it will probably languish as a trashy comedy stuck next to Dorm Daze in the local Blockbuster.

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