brian_r_wright Review of The Amateurs

The Amateurs (2005)

Worthy effort: ~ The Big Lebowski Lite

[7/10 · 1 April 2008]

To me this film seems to require a certain viewing environment to properly appreciate, i.e. it's probably not a family movie, even for the Osbournes of the world. What I mean is it will be embarrassing from the language standpoint if you're watching it with a person who's a generation or two one way or the other. The main characters are Boomer age, living in a small town with not too many opportunities for fulfillment, much less greatness. But they don't need great, they have one another and a solid conviction their de facto leader Andy Sargentee will come up with an idea one day that will get them out of their rut.

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