Awful Nice (2013)

When Jim - a disenchanted yet highly popular college professor - learns of his fathers death, he must track down his deadbeat brother Dave and deliver him to the funeral. Upon arrival, they... See full summary »

Director:

Todd Sklar

Writers:

Alex Rennie, Todd Sklar

Stars:

Christopher Meloni, Laura Ramsey, Keeley Hazell

Cast

Credited cast:
Christopher Meloni	...	Jon Charbineau
Laura Ramsey	...	Lauren
Keeley Hazell	...	Petra
Brett Gelman	...	Ivan
Zahn McClarnon	...	Romulus
Henry Zebrowski	...	Jasper
D.C. Pierson	...	Sven
Josh Fadem	...	Deputy Bruce
Dominic Dierkes	...	Yven
Yakov Smirnoff	...	Himself
James Pumphrey	...	Jim Brouillette
Jon Gabrus	...	Klaus
Charlie Sanders	...	Sheriff Wegman
Jay Osmond	...	Himself
Todd Sklar	...	John Constructionworker

Storyline

When Jim - a disenchanted yet highly popular college professor - learns of his fathers death, he must track down his deadbeat brother Dave and deliver him to the funeral. Upon arrival, they both learn that they've each inherited one half of the family's vacation home in Branson, Missouri, and in order to sell the house - which they both badly need the money from - they'll need to travel down to Branson, and the ensuing trip both fixes their house, as well as their relationship.

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Taglines:

Jim and Dave are brothers. Not by choice.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 March 2013 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Branson, Missouri, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Range Life Entertainment

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Funniest movie at SXSW

I saw this at the Alamo and thought it was the funniest movie of the whole festival, and maybe one of the funniest I've seen in the past few years. The big laughs come from the physical comedy, but there's a lot of subtle humor in the dialog and the characters too that I only started to pick up on towards the middle of the movie. Kind of made me feel like I'd catch more the 2nd time around, but this was the last screening of it at SXSW, so I guess I'll wait 'til it gets released. There were some lulls in the middle and the story arc goes from 0-60 a little too quick at the end, but these are minor complaints that only keep it from being a perfect movie. And most movies are not perfect, especially comedies, and ESPECIALLY extremely funny ones. Like Tommy Boy and Billy Madison aside, there are no perfect comedies in the last 20 years. And this movie felt like Tommy Boy got into a car accident with Sideways. And in a good way. I loved it.