Watch Out (2008)A narcissistic man sexually fascinated with his own body finds himself heading down a path of disturbed behavior. Director:Steve Balderson |
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Watch Out (2008)A narcissistic man sexually fascinated with his own body finds himself heading down a path of disturbed behavior. Director:Steve Balderson |
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| Matt Riddlehoover | ... |
Jonathan Barrows
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| Amy Kelly | ... |
Gina
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| Peter Stickles | ... |
Brian
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| Jeff Dylan Graham | ... |
Bobby
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| Jillian Lauren | ... |
Margaret /
The Pop Star
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Miriam Climenhaga | ... |
Beate
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| Starina Johnson | ... |
Andrea
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Lady Monster | ... |
Mandy - the Translucent Woman
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Frankie Krainz | ... |
The Desk Clerk
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Betti O | ... |
Miss Grimmlager
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| Cameron DeVictor | ... |
The Advisor
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Rossana Jeran | ... |
N.
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Thashana McQuiston | ... |
Sasha
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Nairba Sirrah | ... |
Dr. Mendoza
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Kitty Mitchell | ... |
Bernice
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A narcissistic man sexually fascinated with his own body finds himself heading down a path of disturbed behavior.
Director Steve Balderson seems to be over-reaching in an attempt to take John Waters' place as the King of Outrageous indie cinema. Balderson's first feature, the little seen "Pep Squad" (1998) was obviously an homage to Waters, featuring out-of-control high schoolers who kill for the homecoming queen crown. "Watch Out" is more of the same Wateresque surrealism, but here we have the weirdness and hyperactive dialog spouted in Shakespearean cadence X infinity. Trapped in this morass of graphic sex is actor Matt Riddlehoover as one Johnathon Barrows, the most desirable man on the planet,a sex object desired by both men and women. Problem is, Mr. Barrows is an elitist narcissist who can only love himself. He encounters any number of creepy sex-hunting individuals in a dreary Michigan town filled with horny misanthropes. He is at this town to interview for a community college job as "Professor of Intelligent Thinking". Sex and violence erupt all around Mr.Barrows in odd episodic turns. He spurns all to continue his love affair with himself...and a male blow-up doll who wears a photo of himself for a face.
"Watch Out" is a story in two acts, which switches gears during the second part. It ceases to be John Waters, and becomes Bret Easton Ellis' "American Psycho". Having been brought down via bathroom plunger in the first half, Mr. Barrows kidnaps a Britney Spears cypher, and cuts off her toes while naming the color of the polish on the toes as he removes the digits via gardening shears. An ambiguous ending as Mr. Barrows sits on the toilet.
Not for the squeamish, "Watch Out" features porn level images, beatings, bloody death, castration, vomiting, and nasty oysters at a local restaurant called Lobster King. Matt Riddlehoover is in nearly every scene, half of them naked. He's too fey to take seriously as an object of lust by anyone, but he gives his all in a movie that no one seems to have seen. There's a story here, somewhere, but what the director was going for is evidently something that you need to watch out for. A rating of five for Riddlehoover's cavalier willingness to drop his pants, and for all the patrons of the Lobster King.
View at your own risk.