American Dirtbags

"American Dirtbags" turned out to be a really nice surprise of a movie. I had initially thought this was going to be just another low budget and pointless movie. However, I was more than genuinely entertained with this movie.

It was great to see how the different small stories were all connected to one another in some way; some more obvious than others. And that continuity to the stories helped the movie along quite nicely.

And the acting in "American Dirtbags" also turned out to be quite alright. And having good acting performances in movies is always a factor that lifts up the movie.

The story in "American Dirtbags" follow six different characters, all of whom are somewhat quirky and offbeat. The stories follows their bad choices, which often leads to unforeseen and laughable consequences.

I can't point out any one single storyline as my favorite, because they were all funny and I really liked the way that they were woven together. I was more than entertained with "American Dirtbags", and if you haven't seen it already, I can warmly recommend that you take the time to do so.

"American Dirtbags" scores six out of ten stars from me.

At first I thought I was watching an amateurish attempt to create a hybrid between WET HOT American SUMMER and PULP FICTION. About halfway through the themes and crisscrossing characters begin to make sense. By the end I was thinking this is what a morality tale about sex, violence, and drugs would look like were it imagined by the great Zap Comics artist S. Clay Wilson whose tales approached the hallucinatory.

Definitely recommended for late night showings; people unaccustomed to this type of film might be, well, a bit shocked. I would also not recommend seeing this while drunk or stoned -- things get a bit complex as the film progresses and seeing how the threads connect does require some minimum level of sobriety. What a brilliantly demented film!