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Title: My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Paget Brewster | ... | Julianne | |
| Neil Barton | ... | Sam | |
| Eric Hoffman | ... | Harvey | |
| Darren Keefe Reiher | ... | Johnny Vince (as Darren Reiher) | |
| Ashley Head | ... | Anomalie | |
| Brian Krow | ... | Memento Guy | |
| John Fortson | ... | Spader | |
| Neil Hopkins | ... | Lanky Man | |
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Rob Schrab | ... | Bald Genius |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jim Agnew | ... | Mexican Standoff Extra | |
| Allan Wayne Anderson | ... | Creepy Cowboy | |
| Regina Berger | ... | Lola | |
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Eric Campos | ... | Mexican Standoff Extra |
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Neil Dooley | ... | Greek Father |
| David Douglas | ... | Spike | |
"My Big Fat Independent Movie" is a spoof along the lines of "Scary Movie" and "Not Another Teen Movie." It includes parodies of some of the indie film world's most renowned movies such as "Memento," "Pulp Fiction," "Magnolia," "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Amelie," "Run Lola Run," "El Mariachi," "The Good Girl," "Pi," "Swingers" and many others. Written by Anonymous
Not a horrible movie, but it definitely has flaws.
The script is too self-referential. I get that this is one way to make fun of movies, but honestly 75% of the films jokes (the ones that worked, anyway) were simply making fun of movie clichés. Taken one at a time these references are done well and "funny" for lack of a better word, but it gets old (and predictable) fast. The acting was also inconsistent. Most of the leads do a great job, actually, but a few weak links really make this feel like an amateurish effort. And as with any parody movie, some of the gags worked, and some didn't. Jokes that are too obvious, out of place, or just not that funny frequently come up.
On the other hand, some of the actors do a great job, most of the gags are based on ideas that are funny (note, based on), they don't try to parody too many movies at once (epic movie, date movie, etc,), and it only dips into true-low brow humor a couple of times. The movie also has a good flow to it. I wasn't laughing much, but the movie went by smoothly without dragging. The energy and cinematography are good, although the sound was inconsistent in the beginning.
Overall, I was surprised by the production value of this movie; they nailed "independant" movie without looking like a "bad" movie. The actors are fine, the plot is adequate, the music is actually great. The humor, unfortunately, is not all it should be. I'd recommend it to fans of pulp fiction and film school students.