Drop Dead Sexy (2005)

When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.

Director:

Michael Philip

Writers:

Paul Doiron, John Benjamin Martin

Stars:

Jason Lee, Crispin Glover, Burton Gilliam

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Lee	...	Frank
Crispin Glover	...	Eddie
Burton Gilliam	...	Big Tex
Xander Berkeley	...	Harkness
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Spider
Joseph D. Reitman	...	Tiny (as Joseph Reitman)
Steven Chester Prince	...	Otto
Suzanna Urszuly	...	Sky
Diane Klimaszewski	...	Brandy
Elaine Klimaszewski	...	Amber
Lin Shaye	...	Ma Muzzy
Melissa Keller	...	Crystal
Mathew Greer	...	Randolf
Audrey Marie Anderson	...	Natalie
Amber Heard	...	Candy

Storyline

The dumb loser Frank Muzzy invites his alcoholic friend and gravedigger Eddie to raise some money bootlegging US$ 250,000.00 in cigarettes for the powerful mobster Spider to Mexico. However, their truck catches fire and they lose the load. Frank becomes desperate to raise the amount, and hides himself with Eddie in the house of his mother. When Frank sees in the newspaper the picture of Crystal Harkness, the wife of the tycoon Harkness, Eddie confirms that she was a former strip dancer and buried with a valuable necklace. Frank forces Eddie to exhume her body, but they do not find the jewel. Frank brings Crystal's corpse to his hideout and decides to ask a ransom to Harkness getting into a deeper trouble, while Eddie falls in love for Crystal.

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Plot Keywords:

corpse | spider | stolen car | used car lot | homosexual overtones | 

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Taglines:

Dying for a good time...

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content and nudity, language and some violence

Details

Official Sites:

Arrival Pictures Inc. [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 March 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dead Sexy - Bella da morire

Filming Locations:

Taylor, Texas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arrival Pictures, Mythos Studios ND, Nichol Moon Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Digging Up the Dirt: Making 'Drop Dead Sexy' (2005)

User Reviews

Dark, but entertaining movie

After failing to get into several movies, we waited for an hour and a half to see this movie at it's premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, TX. The crowd at the premiere was probably biased, seeing as how the movie was filmed in Austin, but most of the crowd seemed to enjoy the film.

The film provides a different sense of humor, though somewhat dark. To avoid spoiling the plot, I'll tip-toe around the exact plot. The movie provided good laughs, if you are willing to get past the weirdness of the plot content. I did spend a good portion of the film almost afraid the content was going to cross the line. There were interesting twists, and never it lets you be certain where the plot line was headed. The plot left a few rough edges, unanswered questions, and characters that either appeared out of no-where, or disappeared just as fast.

I'm not a big fan of Jason Lee, but he seemed to play his character to the letter. Crispin Glover's character really threw me at first. I'd expect him to play this character given the content of the film, what I didn't expect was his accent. It's a tough fit for him, but he seems to do a pretty good job at pulling it off. I thought the supporting cast filled in very nicely alongside of the main actors and actresses.

The cinematography was pretty straight forward with the exception of flashback scenes, which I thought were nicely done. Aside a few technically cheesy shots, the filming was done alright.

All together, I give the movie decent marks for a somewhat original and twisted plot line, bringing a different sense of humor that's worth a few laughs. However since the movie's dark humor goes against my typical sensibilities, I drop my rating a mark or so.

Overall, I give it 6.4/10 to round to an even 6/10.