FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

ksf-2 The Pickle. About a director, and written by a director. Danny Aiello is Harry Stone, about to release "The Pickle", which he fears will be another bomb. A fun supporting cast. Dyan Cannon, Jerry Stiller, Shelley Winters. Stephen Tobolowsky (Ned, from Groundhog Day!) Lots of little sight gags... the film crew is wearing "pickle" T shirts. Stone even has his own stalker, Bernadette. I think this story is a drama with comedy bits thrown in here and there. Unfortunately, the title and the summaries all lead you to think its going to be a comedy with some drama thrown in. It's also a little confusing, since we keep flashing back and forward... sometimes it's back to Stone's childhood, and sometimes it's back to when he was filming the movie. The film within a film is pretty funny, and has some GREAT people in it... Little Richard is the singing President, Isabella Rossellini, and Dudley Moore. Some funny one-liners "Pickle juice is now pressurized." and "Let's get this pickle off the ground!" My personal favorite is: "It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a pickle!" The bible on VCR tape has some funny updates! Shelley Winters is Stone's mom, in some type of nursing home, and still has faith in her son, but calls him out for selling out to pay his bills. That seems to be the point of the film -- coming to terms with himself, kind of a mid-life crisis. People keep telling him how they liked his older films. He also has (or had) big plans for the films that he never made. Stone has a strange relationship with his (much younger) girlfriend; Sometimes they are lovey-dovey, but every now and then he lashes out and yells at her to go back to France. Odd scene in the nightclub where he visits yet ANOTHER one of his ex wives, and she sings Goodbye Heartache. or someone does. Visiting all these ex-es is one of the running gags. Like everyone he meets wishing him good luck on the movie preview when it was supposed to be a big secret. He seems to learn little life-lessons from all the ex wives and friends he bumps into. Has an upbeat ending. Not sure why it got such a low rating. It IS a little offbeat, but some funny stuff in here. Similar to Funny Bones, with Jerry Lewis. another offbeat drama, with lots of humor. If you liked that one, you'll like this one! Written and directed by Paul Mazursky, who was nominated FIVE times, four for writing, one for Best Picture. Dead, you know. but still has two projects in post-production, as of February 2016.

Harriet Deltubbo The story to this movie was very different and creative. It's dumb, loud and spectacular when it needed some wit and a better leading man. Everything about this film could make anyone laugh. An intelligent script, with direction that does it justice. It's a film that fails to take advantage of its cool premise, that makes you wish they had done better rather than spoiling a good idea. The editing lets the actors breathe and the music lets the atmosphere live. Still, I thought this was cute and not bad at all. There are slow spots, but to me the movie is too good to dismiss based on them. As a final rating, I receives 7 out of 10.

smatysia It's hard to decide what to say about this one. It isn't totally, one hundred percent bad. Although the movie-in-a-movie is unspeakably bad, meant to be campy, but missing by a mile. I'm pretty sure that this is intentional, however. Danny Aiello is perfectly adequate here, and more or less nails his pathetic character. Dyan Cannon was good in a small role. Clotilde Courau was impressive as the latest twenty-something girlfriend. And Linda Carlson had a brave topless scene that she pulled off very well.So, it's not totally bad, but I don't believe that this one accomplishes its goals. All in all, it's probably worth passing on.

John Converse (converse751) This is a great off-the-wall romantic comedy about love, work, pandering to the public taste, and midlife crises. The main character is a talented movie director who decides to make a silly PG-13 movie to get himself out of hock with the IRS. It has an excellent cast, a wide range of humor (from deadpan to slapstick), and fine writing. It's also a wry send-up of the movie industry. The metacommentary includes several excellent cuts between reality and the movie that's being made, and in some places the film departs from strict realism. The result is a multi-dimensional masterpiece of wry midlife humor.