Jake's How-To (2008)

Director:

Vincent Buckley

Writer:

Vincent Buckley (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

What's YOUR tactic?

Plot:

A coming-of-age comedy about a beach volleyball prodigy struggling to find himself on and off the court. |

Plot Keywords:

Volleyball | Beach | Sand | Beer | Spike

Cast

Darla Brown	...	Elaine
James Buckley	...	Jonathan
Kyle Buckley	...	The Christian Fury
Nick Doetsch	...	Rick
Aaron Galvin	...	Q-Dog
Omar Halais	...	Clawman
Casey Harding	...	DJ Hardon
Kate Henley	...	Holly
Sam Jackel	...	Zen Master
Adonnis Jamal	...	MC L
Michela Kealey	...	Mable
Keryaki Kolasa	...	Angie
Neil Kubath	...	Aaron Cox
Shon Lange	...	George
Melissa Lynn	...	Drunk Dancer / Ref
Kelsey McCann	...	Samantha
Grace McPhillips	...	Rachel
Kevin Oestenstad	...	Jake Jawbronski
Leah Rose	...	Jaclyn
Erin Sutkay	...	Jen
Joshua Wayne	...	Sasha
Gerritt Yank	...	Jason
Matthew Zeidman	...	Jonny Albert Switzerland
Peter Zienty	...	Touch

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Buckley Brothers Productions

Trivia:

The Milwaukee Police Department threatened to shut down the last shot of first unit because of misinformation given to the producers. Once the situation was explained to the police, they let filming finish.

Movie Connections:

References Swingers (1996)

Terrible

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

There is really not much else to say about it. End of review. Just kidding. To the best of my knowledge, the plot is Aaron broke up with his girlfriend, he's feeling really dejected and his asshole friend Jake tries to "help" him hook up with girls while training for some beach volleyball tournament. The acting in this film is horrific. There was nothing endearing about the main character. I could not understand why any of the women in the film would be even the slightest bit interested in him. Of course, none of their characters were all that developed either. In fact, the only likable person in the whole film was the one guy who shouted a bunch of random obscenities and made obscene gestures. I think it was because the actor was aware of how ridiculous the rest of the film was and just went crazy. It is kind of sad that his character, which was not really much of character, was the only good part in the film. Outside of that, the music was obnoxious. The sound and lighting was pitiful. Basically it was a lot of unattractive people running around in swimsuits and bikinis spouting really forced dialog. Don't see this movie; I am ashamed I sat through this.