The Truth About Average Guys

2009
4.9| 1h23m| PG| en
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An insecure man has his dimwitted actor friend pose as his mentally challenged brother in order to get to know a beautiful co-worker who has a mentally challenged sister.

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Jeanskynebu the audience applauded
Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable
FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
Portia Hilton Blistering performances.
JoshTehAwsome So, it took three attempts to try and make this film. Why does it look so amateurish? The framing of the shots is terrible, awful lighting, cheap audio cuts, and poor acting. I guess the acting is excusable, since indie flicks using local talent aren't known for their breakout performances.I don't know why people like this movie though. I laughed only once, really. The whole mentally-challenged angle was old as soon as it was introduced. The writing stalls often. You can't just coast on a few good lines for an entire movie. Also, the main dude is such a whiny bitch, seriously. Girls *hate* insecure, non-confident dudes. They should have never gotten together in the first place. A for effort to actually get the movie written and filmed and edited and sent out. Great, phenomenal. But the actual movie itself really isn't a super strong debut.
Paul Magne Haakonsen For a non-major Hollywood production, then "The Truth About Average Guys" actually came off as a rather good movie.The story told in the movie is fairly straight forward, though at times it is a tad over the top. But all together it works well enough. The characters are well-played and work well enough, though at times it is a bit tedious. There were some funny moments throughout the movie, and the story did progress at a fairly steady pace.As for the cast in "The Truth About Average Guys", then people did a good job. The movie was carried by Ken Gayton (playing Jason Lewis) and Erika Walter (playing Katie Banks). The funny guy in the movie made it all worthwhile, Jason Schaver (playing Troy)."The Truth About Average Guys" is great for a single viewing, at least for me. This is not a movie that I will be returning to for a second watching though. The movie could have been much more with bigger funding, but hats off to the movie guys for managing to put this movie together with such a good outcome.
indiefilmmaker77 A friend of mine saw this film at the 2009 Trail Dance Film Festival (where the film won "Best Comedy" and "Best of Festival"). He bought a copy of the film after the screening, and got it signed by filmmakers and stars of the film Jason Schaver and Ken Gayton. He said "you have to watch this!!!". So I did, and I must say I was really impressed. After the film he told me that the budget was only $5000. I could not believe it. I was thinking more along the lines of $50,000 or something.This film had me in stitches. As "Troy", Schaver was reminiscent of a young Jack Black. And Gayton brings to mind someone like Justin Long, but with a little more range and humor (long seems to play the same character in every film). And I thought all the guy friends were hilarious. The music in the film was also quite good. Most low budget indies have horrible music, but the music in this film really added to it.I am so glad to see that they got a distribution deal for this film. I definitely recommend that everyone go out and pick up a copy. The bonus features alone are worth the money. It's already on netflix and blockbuster.com I cannot wait to see what these two talented guys do next. They did a lot with a little and it shows.
rebadler This clever comedy is "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" for the millennial set. Like that predecessor, it features raw dialogue about men and women and love and sex, with a challenging modern romance at its core.During the all-guy scenes I felt like someone stumbling upon a secret primitive culture in their native habitat...a place far, far away from the female sphere where its natives try to figure out how to conquer that mysterious land. It's been done before but this film gave its male characters more freedom and more moments dedicated to their unfiltered, atavistic riffs.There's much humor in how these "average guys" attempt to figure out how the navigate the land of Hot Chicks (a female sub-culture that is hilariously skewered in a memorable scene).The story nicely balances the central romantic relationship with relationships among family and friends to provide a deeper well for drawing fresh laughs. It's fun and funny and kept me engaged. There are elements that overly sensitive people may find politically incorrect, but for me they enhance the unflinching, unprocessed style of humor that I like and that this film delivers in abundance.