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The Marc Pease Experience (2009)

PG-13 | | Comedy, Drama, Music | 21 May 2010 (Spain)
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Former high school musical star, Marc Pease, finds himself still living in the past, eight years after graduating.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
... Marc Pease
... Jon Gribble
... Meg Brickman
... Gerry
... Gavin
... Tracey
... Ilona
Shannon Holt ... Debbie
... Mr. Edwards
... Science Teacher
... Stephanie
... Mr. Brickman
... Rick Berger
Lou Criscuolo ... Benny Berger
... Jeff Bluff
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Former high school musical star, Marc Pease, finds himself still living in the past, eight years after graduating.

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high school musical | high school | stage fright | jazz singer | audio tape | See All (46) »

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Singer. Dreamer. Disaster. See more »

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Comedy | Drama | Music

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Rated PG-13 for brief sexual material | See all certifications »

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Opening Weekend USA:

$2,641, 21 August 2009, Limited Release

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$2,641, 21 August 2009
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Ben Stiller filmed all scenes within first two weeks of shooting because he was working on other projects. See more »

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References High School Musical (2006) See more »

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Rich Girl
Written by Daryl Hall
Performed by Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Gabrielle Dennis and Jay Paulson
Vocal Arrangement by AnnMarie Milazzo and Martin Erskine
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Much more than meets the eye
17 January 2011 | by – See all my reviews

You might be expecting a brainless romp to divert your mind for a few hours. And based on some of the IMDb reviews, you might be expecting a particularly bad one.

However, there's a lot going on in this film which may not be obvious at first, and if you key in on it I think you'll have a great time. This is not a standard plot-based comedy. The plot is pretty basic: a 26-year-old high school has-been (Schwartzman) wants to redeem himself for his colossal bomb in a school musical 8 years earlier. So what's the big deal?

The big deal is that the character is a lot more complex than your standard brainless-romp protagonist. He's a hopeless dork with a somewhat annoying Pollyanna way of bouncing back from tragedy--not to mention the most preposterous Dutch boy haircut you've ever seen--and for that you might think he's unconvincing as a human being. But actually he is a great embodiment of the stage motto "the show must go on". If you remind yourself of this, not only is he believable but he's really entertaining to watch. Late in the film we learn things about him that add tremendous depth and humanity to his character, and even though he's a hopeless dork he ultimately becomes one of the most memorable & endearing dorks I've ever seen. I was never a fan of Schwartzman before this, but I'll be checking out his other films for sure.

On the other end of the balance is his musical director (Stiller) who is the opposite of a dork: a total douchebag. Yet they share a common quality that you will learn at the end of the movie, and you see that the two of them are two sides of the same coin. Once it all comes into focus, you realize how clever this story is. Stiller is great, by the way. He's one of the most convincing douchebags I've ever seen.

In addition, those of you who are familiar with the Broadway show "The Wiz" will get a kick out of how the music goes along with the story. Or even if you've never seen "The Wiz", you can follow along with the backstory of The Wizard of Oz. Schwartzman basically plays a naïve Tin Man type of character while Stiller is an overbearing yet impotent Wizard. I thought that was a very nice artistic touch to weave the stories together like that.

As for laughs, though this isn't a madcap comedy like "Police Academy 19" there were some really good zingers that I had to rewind & play again because they were so unexpected (like Meg's poetic reading LOL). But overall, I thought this was far more than a brainless comedy. Even the goofy scene of a bunch of grown men bitch-kicking each other (LOL again) carried some great drama as well as a poignant, thematic message.

This is the sort of movie I foresee having a respectable cult following in 10 or 20 years, so get in early on the fun.
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