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Hank and Mike (2008)
Two Easter bunnies get laid off and are forced to find a new job
OK, so I saw all the negative comments about the plot summary for this movie on the message boards and just had to write a little review. This movie was listed on the Cinevegas schedule and I had no intention of going to see it, but there was nothing else going on, so I went with two friends that read the summary and felt the same way I did, "this is gonna suck." Were we totally wrong. The whole theater laughed from start to finish! Hank and Mike are two Easter bunnies that work one day out of the year delivering chocolate Easter eggs to the children on their route because of the "No Child Left Behind" act. Chris Klein's character sees the potential to turn a profit on Easter by laying off some Easter bunnies and selling advertising on the chocolate easter egg wrappers; thus, Hank and Mike get laid off, leaving them with a problem...what other occupation can a Easter bunny do? We then follow Hank and Mike along while they look for a new job and figure out how to get their old one back. Well, my summary doesn't make the movie sound any better, but this is a tongue in cheek comedy with some really racy humor. Hank played by Thomas Michael has so many great one-liners, me and my friends are still laughing about some of them. I believe he pretty much carried the movie as the horny, beer drinking, chain smoking Easter bunny. Chris Klein was OK in this movie, he had one great part where he sings in a lounge a really unromantic love song, I laughed so hard, I cried.
If you like comedies and get the chance to see this movie, go see it, or at least rent it if you see it at the video store because it is worth it, it's hilarious. You should take my word, because I never write movie reviews on here.
Prozac Nation (2001)
A very serious look at a depressed young woman
Of course, after reading the book, I expected a little more from the film, but I was still impressed. This movie takes a serious look at a young woman, Elizabeth Wurtzel (Christina Ricci), on her way to Harvard. It's almost immediately apparent that she has some kind of emotional problems. I think this film depicted the definition of a depressed person very well; self destruction, lashing out at people who care about you, and never wanting to leave your bed, "Afraid that you'll wake up alive". This is not a date film or a chick flick, but a serious movie with some surprising outstanding acting! Christina has finally broken out of the teeny bopper role, Jason Biggs gave a surprising serious performance, and Jessica Lange pulls them all together playing the nervous over bearing mother. The one thing that the movie missed was how Elizabeth did get well after taking the Prozac. This movie really didn't touch on that too much.
My favorite scene in the movie, is the beginning when she's at the Lou Reed concert. I'm a big fan of Lou Reed, and this scene was shot really well.
I would recommend this movie, but at times, I did feel that it dragged a little at times.