Party Animalz (2004) (V)

User Rating:

3.2/10   

Director:

Ted Mendenhall

Writer:

Steve Atkin (writer)

Release Date:

18 May 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Two down on their luck house painters from the barrio take over an open house in Beverly Hills and throw one hell of a party. |

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Noel Gugliemi	...	Robert
Pablo Santos	...	Caesar
Jesse Rodriguez	...	Guy at Pool Party
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mario Aguilar Jr.	...	Tony
Magi Avila	...	Lupe
Jaime Aymerich	...	Enrique
Chris Caldovino	...	Officer Ray Cyst
Gina DeVettori	...	Female Realtor
Kimberly Fisher	...	Burro girl
Robert Flores	...	Weed Delivery Guy
Joe Grande	...	Joe Grande
Rolando Molina	...	Chewi
Jordan Murphy	...	Male Realtor
Radha Nilia	...	Lola
Erlinda Orozco	...	Maria
Emilio Rivera	...	Uncle Hector
Magdaleno Robles Jr.	...	Indo
Nancy Rodriguez	...	Bikini Girl
Lobo Sebastian	...	Lalo

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong sexual content, crude humor, drug use and language.

Runtime:

USA:81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Company:

Assembly Line Studios

Recycled movie-jokes in a 21st cent cheech and chong barrio of L.A.

When passing by movies in the new releases section of the video store, often enough one will see a single movie such as "Party Animalz", nestled between Mystic River and Paycheck, as a single copy, between 40 copies of the latter. Normally, I wouldn't rent a movie like this, but the risk-free enjoyment of my blockbuster movie pass lets me spend some time, and zero money to evaluate a movie such as this... risk free.

The plot starts out simple enough.... without reason, which isn't too much of a problem. We just have to get our two main characters. Robert and Caeser into a part house. It isn't entirely believable, but I've seen plenty of similar things happen in L.A. The exaggeration pushes the envelope in order to allow humour to occur. It is nothing entirely original, but it has some new jokes, and enough funny Los Angeles barrio humour thrown in.

A lot of the jokes will be noticed from the Ice-Cube, American Pie, and Scary Movie movies, but they are recycled with a southern-California Hispanic twist. Burro Girl is hilarious. Indo and Leno are also extremely funny. There are plenty of nude shots to keep any male entertained, but most female viewers might only enjoy this movie if they are 'one of the guys.'

This is a decent movie considering its apparent lack of budget. It is nowhere near the excellence of Clerks, but this movie does a great job at being funny. Definitely a good movie to watch on a Saturday night with a bunch of guys, or when inebriated... in some form or another.