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Firecracker

  • 20052005
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
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Firecracker (2005)
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A young boy who lives in a dysfunctional home went to the carnival and met a singer. Shortly after, a murder took place. The town's sheriff is seeking answers. The singer is trying to escape... Read allA young boy who lives in a dysfunctional home went to the carnival and met a singer. Shortly after, a murder took place. The town's sheriff is seeking answers. The singer is trying to escape her environment so is the boy. But both has to face their own horror.A young boy who lives in a dysfunctional home went to the carnival and met a singer. Shortly after, a murder took place. The town's sheriff is seeking answers. The singer is trying to escape her environment so is the boy. But both has to face their own horror.
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
976
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
45,118
414
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    • Director
      • Steve Balderson
    • Writers
      • Steve Balderson
      • Clark Balderson(translation)
    • Stars
      • Karen Black
      • Mike Patton
      • Susan Traylor
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Steve Balderson
    • Writers
      • Steve Balderson
      • Clark Balderson(translation)
    • Stars
      • Karen Black
      • Mike Patton
      • Susan Traylor
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    • 87User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 1 nomination

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    • Ed
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    • Jessica
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    Brooke Balderson
    • Pearl
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    Jane Wiedlin
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    George McArthur
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    Pleasant Gehman
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    • Estelle
    Selene Luna
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    Susie Legault
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    • (as Susie Cravens Legault)
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      • Clark Balderson(translation)
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    • Trivia
      Originally, Mike Patton wasn't going to play the leading role but only the smaller part of The Green Man. However, Patton was chosen to replace Dennis Hopper as Frank and Hopper was let go.
    • Soundtracks
      Nocturne In C# Minor
      Composed by Frédéric Chopin (uncredited)

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    User reviews87

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    1/10
    Abused young man falls Oedipally--and histrionically-- in love with abused sideshow attraction.
    I forced myself to sit through the entire DVD, so it couldn't have been the very worst film I've ever seen. Still, I can't think of one that's worse.

    I began to wonder if was a parody: one of those arcane, in-crowd extended jokes whose humor failed to penetrate my too-serious mind, but after reading the awards (!) and reviews, I have abandoned that theory. If it is a film-maker's joke, it has taken in a huge number of viewers.

    Firecracker lacks even a shred of nuance. Every emotion is troweled on the screen melodramatically; every line emoted more on the nose than any soap opera utterance; every facial expression bulging over the top like a beer belly.

    The characters and their motives are trite and utterly predictable. The fact that the story is based on real events does not excuse the miserable screenplay.

    Performances range from amateurish to atrocious, excepting Susan Traylor's and Paul Sizemore's. Karen Black channels Gloria Swanson at her Sunset Boulevardian worst. Jak Kendall is all over the place, and not in a good way, particularly when he tries to portray nervousness: you will have seen many a seventh-grader act more convincingly.

    The cinematography is bearable, though as overblown as the script and acting--which is to say, laughably inflated. The direction and editing give us excruciatingly long scenes that say nothing, but were evidently included because they satisfied some directorial fetish or clause in an actor's contract.

    Altogether, this is a bloated, high camp, reprehensible waste of film and 112 tortured minutes of my time. I still can't quite believe it is meant to be taken seriously. What is serious, however, is this: If you haven't seen it, don't.
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    • atheneumlibrarium
    • Mar 20, 2008

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    • Release date
      • October 11, 2005 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official page
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Хлопушка
    • Filming locations
      • Kansas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Dikenga Films
      • Dymax
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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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