Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Karri Ojala So somebody thought it would be funny to make an hour-long mockumentary out of lollipops for the homeless.The attempts at humor are very predictable and way too implausible and over the top in their real-world type documentary setting. And again, who thought it would be funny or even remotely interesting to follow the creation of a lollipop for the homeless? I also can't obviously understand why that would be a funny concept? I don't find anything edgy about thinking some rich people are so far gone that they'd do this, not even in the realm of parody, I can't understand it. This might be funny if somebody actually had done such lollipop campaign. I didn't laugh once, I had just a bewildered look and felt second-hand embarrassment.The camera work is bad, the picture quality is home video like, the aspect ratio is grandma's-TV.By the way, a terrible lollipop/movie title.

samkan I watched this nine years after it was made; i.e., post Jenn Fischer fame. Although nothing daring or inventive (Hollywood airheadedness has been spoofed since...well, Hollywood.) Gunn and Fischer play off one another so very well and manage to come off marginally believable in a satire that is decidedly unbelievable. Interestingly, the use of profanity is put to great effect to contrast people who have deluded themselves yet momentarily step into the real world and therein swear like sailors. Had you asked me in 2004 I'd have guessed Gunn would be the one placed in a hit TV show, though Fischer shows some real acting chops here (in fairness, THE OFFICE never challenges Jenn). In contrast to one of the COMMENTERS suggestion that LOLILLOVE might have been made longer to achieve feature length, I think editing off 10 or fifteen minutes would better serve the work. Would like to see these two in another spoof though that'll never happen as they were married when LOLLILOVE was made but are now divorced. I'm wondering if the wedding footage in LOLLILOVE was the real thing.

jfgibson73 Watching this movie, I felt like I was looking over Jenna Fischer's resume. Like Owen Wilson in Bottle Rocket, this was a comedic performance that makes the case for why Jenna should be a star. Considering where her career has gone, I guess it worked. Some sitcom stars get their start by doing stand-up. Then, someone from a network or studio likes them enough to develop a series around them. I can imagine Jenna wrote and directed this to get her name out there.It is done in the mockumentary style, so popular now in the age of irony. Yes, as another poster commented, Christopher Guest does do it better. But Lollilove was good enough most of the way that this didn't distract me. I even started to enjoy James Gunn, whose character seemed to obvious to bring any genuine laughs. Bottom line: a fun hour with a very likable cast.

manfesto This movie is mockumentary at its finest - never so outlandish that it's implausible, yet significantly funnier and wittier than what happens in day to day life.The movie as a whole centers around the trials and tribulations of a would-be Hollywood power couple as they struggle to start a nonprofit organization to help the homeless, with only their naivety, narcissism, and good intentions to guide them. Jenna, the self-proclaimed "Martha Stewart" of fund raising, and her obsessive-compulsive egomaniac "artist" husband James are looking to help the homeless thru "inspirational" art wrapped around lollipops but just can't seem to get the idea off of the ground, whether it be a lack of support from others or an internal tiff or two in their marriage. Absolute hilarity ensues as they work to conquer both. It's not that they don't know that there are problems in the world - it's that, being of well means, they have no idea how to approach the problems at hand. They always innocently see the world through the eyes of the well privileged and are left wondering why nothing seems to go right.Their naivety is, more than hilarious, touching. As narcissistic as their idea of inspiring the homeless is, you want very much for them to succeed, because in a less-than-perfect world where nobody helps the homeless at all, you at the very least appreciate the seemingly sincere (though misguided) efforts of these two, and you want not to ruin the dreams of those so innocent.The movie on a whole is a bit rough around the edges - many parts were improvised, and this shows through on a few of the more inconsistent scenes. It sometimes helps scenes to come across as more natural, but more often than not it feels like somebody forgot a line and was trying to cover up. Still, on a whole, this movie is hilarious, touching, and very much worth your time should you come upon it at your local video rental store.