Flakes (2007)

Aspiring rock musician Neal Downs manages a cereal bar. Stylish Miss Pussy Katz is the creator of radically-themed art clothing. When the cereal bar, brings in an offbeat crew of locals, ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Lehmann

Writers:

Chris Poche, Karey Kirkpatrick

Stars:

Aaron Stanford, Christopher Lloyd, Ryan Donowho

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aaron Stanford	...	Neal Downs
Christopher Lloyd	...	Willie
Ryan Donowho	...	Skinny Larry
Carol Sutton	...	Miss Lucille
Zooey Deschanel	...	Miss Pussy Katz
Frank Wood	...	Bruce
B.J. Hopper	...	Old Tom
Jane Brody	...	Tourist Woman
Keir O'Donnell	...	Stuart
Brent Kirkpatrick	...	R Cafe Lead Singer
Izabella Miko	...	Strawberry
Walter Breaux	...	Homeless Man
Tony Molino	...	Police Officer
Margaret Lawhon	...	News Reporter
Maria Mason	...	Woman Customer

Storyline

Aspiring rock musician Neal Downs manages a cereal bar. Stylish Miss Pussy Katz is the creator of radically-themed art clothing. When the cereal bar, brings in an offbeat crew of locals, who debate the arcana of cereal history and ideal milk/flake ratios, an aspiring capitalist rips off their concept.

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Plot Keywords:

cereal | capitalist | musician | employment | rock band | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

IFC Films

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 March 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$476 (USA) (21 December 2007)

Gross:

$778 (USA) (21 December 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

InDigEnt (Independent Digital Entertainment)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The homeless extras were recruited from local homeless shelters.

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Quotes

Ashton Hale: Having a 300 IQ is kind of like having a twenty-inch dick. I mean it's real impressive, but when you get right down to it there's not a whole lot of it you can actually use.

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Connections

References Donkey Kong (1981)

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Soundtracks

"Ride On"
Written by Michael Wayne Jones & Daniel Moynahan
Performed by Danny Moynahan

User Reviews

Pretty Good

Watching this, i was not expecting much. I have to say i was pleasantly surprised. During the start of the film i was left in awe at how cool the actual set was, the cereal bar is a work of mise en scene genius. But even with an exciting set a film can still be rubbish.

Flakes is not as quirky as it looks. It's dialogue is impressive and the performances are understated and all work perfectly with the story, see Skinny Larry and Winston. There are moments that made me laugh, granted it was more of a chuckle than a hysterical laugh. The thing that strikes me the most about this movie is how well the writers formulated their characters. All very well judged with good casting in them, the only role i was left wondering about was that of Strawberry as she was pretty pointless. Christopher Lloyd is awesome in this, i read on another comment that Christopher Lloyd does his usual but if you grew up watching him as Doc, this really isn't his usual.

Good characters, good premise, original storytelling and the ever lovely Zooey Deschanel. This is worth a watch, it is not a groundbreaking concept, it will not blow your brains out, it will not keep you on the edge of your seat, however it will charm you and leave you thinking about it. Well it did for me at least.