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22 out of 26 people found the following comment useful :-
Enjoyable and entertaining, 30 October 2007

Author: DonMarco111 from Netherlands

Let's start off with the fact that I am not a movie-critic or whatsoever. However, I do watch a lot, I mean a LOT of movies in every genre there is. The one thing I have learned is that you know beforehand what you can expect from a movie to a certain extend. You don't know whether it will be good or bad exactly, but you do know whether it is "Oscar" material or not. Well, I never for a moment suspected this film to be anything more than a weak copy of American Pie 1 through 15 or any other teen-comedy out there. And here comes the surprise: it was more... Sometimes you just don't want forced plot-twists, mysterious characters or surrealistic worlds, but just sheer entertainment in a movie.

The movie starts off with an over-the-top Brady Bunch act-a-like family (only one kid though, but he can replace all the Brady kids in one). Of course the kid feels embarrassed for his family, from the moment he notices that this "being nice" and "love your parents in a over-the-top manner" is not really falling into the category "cool" at his new school. He realizes that with a "little" lie here and there, he can make his life a lot more interesting and maybe even belong to the cool kids eventually. I know for sure that nearly everyone exaggerated or maybe even lied in school, making there lives more colored and exciting than they really were. People want to belong, that's human nature. Imagine if everything you have exaggerated about, would come true... Well that is exactly what this movie is about and this is, to me, what makes this movie enjoyable.

There are a lot of jokes in this movie, and of course there are ones that are just not funny and ones that you can see coming from a mile away. But what do you expect from this type of film? All in all there are enough humorous moments in this movie, and even the moralistic ending of this movie (also no surprise) could not spoil the fun I had watching "Full of it". So, if you are looking for a fun film with some good laughs which you don't have to think about too much, watch this movie; it's entertaining. And that, to me, is still the most important...

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clever idea, mediocre execution, 4 July 2008

Author: Roland E. Zwick (magneteach@aol.com) from United States

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Sam Leonard is a 17 year-old pipsqueak who looks more like an incoming freshman than an outgoing senior. Newly arrived at Bridgeport High, Sam suffers the slings and arrows of abuse and ridicule on a daily basis - until, that is, he figures out that the way to get the "cool" kids to like him is to concoct elaborate fabrications about virtually every aspect of his really quite humdrum life. The problem is that one day all the lies he has been telling mysteriously start coming true - with decidedly disastrous results for Sam and all those around him. In true parabolic fashion, Sam is finally forced to concede that honesty may in fact be the best policy when it comes to winning friends, influencing people and getting what one really wants out of life.

"Full of It" is a bush-league morality tale that uses magical realism to make its point. Yet, while youngsters may be amused by some of the wish-fulfillment aspects of the plot and even edified by the little lessons about life that Sam learns along the way, concerned parents should note that a certain overall sleaziness in the tone may make this less than ideal viewing for the average pre-teen. Adults, on the other hand - whether sleazy or not - will be pretty much unengaged by the whole thing. Though, if the truth be told, the movie does have a few genuinely clever moments scattered amidst all the distasteful and dull ones, as well as a denouement that really is pretty darn funny.

As Annie, the sole member of the student body who befriends Sam, Kate Mara (memorable as Heath Ledger's daughter in "Brokeback Mountain") brings such a transcendent warmth and depth to her character that she seems to be performing in a whole other movie entirely (one can almost sense the actress's impatience at bursting the bonds of the material so she can move onto better things). Ryan Pinkston is somewhat less impressive as the benighted Sam, though he does have a certain boyish charm that comes across well on screen.

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4 out of 10 people found the following comment useful :-
Fun but not Funny, 7 November 2007

Author: hasan323 from Canada

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I watched this movie because I didn't have anything else to do and I was looking for a high school comedy to watch. I can say that I didn't laugh even once during the entire movie, but I did find it kind of fun to watch, what with Carmen Electra and all. I can just say that if my lies all came true, I'd be in heaven, so I can't understand why this kid realized that it wasn't good :S maybe a moral life lesson I guess, and I guess it is true, but I wanna experience it for myself, after meeting and kissing Carmen Electra of course. Overall, a enjoyable movie to just kick back and relax. Ryan Pinkston looks like a loser throughout the entire movie, but I guess that's what the movie is aiming for so that's okay. They could have picked a better girl to be the hottest girl in the school, and then it would've been more fun to watch :)

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2 out of 8 people found the following comment useful :-
Not a good movie., 3 October 2007

Author: tiewashere from United States

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Let me first start of by saying I never wanted to see this movie. I am fourteen years old and am going into my sophomore year. I don't usually go for comedies. With my thoughts of this movie going to be horrible it actually surprised me and was below average. I actually got some good laughs from some parts. The movie was short, sweet, to the point, and had me interested. I'm not saying interested like I would watch it again but definitely able to watch it.

Overall, it was a below average movie that is better than most teen comedies out there. It wasn't anything special and had some pretty good laughs every now and again.

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6 out of 36 people found the following comment useful :-
Really Full Of It, 22 September 2007

Author: Arnold crew from United States

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FULL OF IT IS REALLY FULL OF IT!!!! THE movie is about a boy who lies to become cool but when he became cool everything went out of control

The movie was not funny i only laughed once it gets boring it was not that good but it could of been better its not the worst movie ever

so i give it a 5/10 because it was boring like it was entertaining with his lies but it got out of control but i don't get what he lied about this is not a movie that you can love and have excitement i saw this at a Film Festival and also i downloaded the torrent

Ryan Pinkston funny guy but in this well it was his first role playing a main character in a movie well if you liked "love don't cost a thing" then you will like this

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Really homely main character coupled with not a single funny joke in the whole movie., 6 October 2007

Author: dilbertsuperman from Baghdad

Complete crap from start to finish. There is not a single funny joke, the kid is ugly and unpleasant to watch- and he's the main character- and there's really nothing going on this movie to possibly make you watch it other than being trapped in a cabin tied to a chair being tortured by being forced to watch this.

Many directors go for the teen high school life lesson comedy crapola but as a plot vehicle- it's time to retire this idea - the bluebook value is less than the price of gas.

As teen movies go- this is at the bottom of the heap.

PLOT: an exaggerating boy has several of his exaggerations come true with a lesson that it's not what he really wanted to have happen- sort of like how I felt when I watched this movie- I realized it was not what I wanted to have happen after all...

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