"Fried Barry" tells the story of an ugly drug addict who is randomly abducted by aliens and then dumped back on the same corner he was taken from. We see that an alien has taken over Barry's body and we watch as he galavants through the city, learning the ways of human life along the way.
Sounds kinda good right?
Wrong.
Its not very good at all actually. In fact, the only thing this movie gets right is some of the intense acting and animation from the actor playing Barry. Other than that, its a drag and doesn't even qualify as a legit movie viewing experience. There is no story here, just the adventure of a butt ugly fool but its not even an adventure as Barry never does anything out of the box. He stays in the same slum his humanly miserable self dwelled in. That brings me to my next point; why the hell would aliens want to abduct BArry? He is the most uninteresting human they could have picked and he says like five words through out the whole movie.
There is a bucket of creativity on display but the directing is beyond amateur. It reminds me of that other terrible movie from flying lotus, "Kuso" or w.e the hell its called. Another movie that came to mind while watching "Fried Barry" wad "Perfect" which is faaaar superior and actually has a bit of a plot.
This movie just tried too hard but ultimately comes off cheap and hokey looking. Its not satisfying as a film as it feels like we just watched a montage of boring happenings involving a loser. He's bad yo his family, he does drugs, he has no emotions, no friends, no motivation, and no job. Hmmm, sounds like one of my cousins tbh and I assure you, his life would not br fun to watch. Now I get this is all part of the sleazy approach but it just falls too flat mainly because of its terrible direction and directing. This ain't no "Greasy Strangler" and that's for sure.
Sounds kinda good right?
Wrong.
Its not very good at all actually. In fact, the only thing this movie gets right is some of the intense acting and animation from the actor playing Barry. Other than that, its a drag and doesn't even qualify as a legit movie viewing experience. There is no story here, just the adventure of a butt ugly fool but its not even an adventure as Barry never does anything out of the box. He stays in the same slum his humanly miserable self dwelled in. That brings me to my next point; why the hell would aliens want to abduct BArry? He is the most uninteresting human they could have picked and he says like five words through out the whole movie.
There is a bucket of creativity on display but the directing is beyond amateur. It reminds me of that other terrible movie from flying lotus, "Kuso" or w.e the hell its called. Another movie that came to mind while watching "Fried Barry" wad "Perfect" which is faaaar superior and actually has a bit of a plot.
This movie just tried too hard but ultimately comes off cheap and hokey looking. Its not satisfying as a film as it feels like we just watched a montage of boring happenings involving a loser. He's bad yo his family, he does drugs, he has no emotions, no friends, no motivation, and no job. Hmmm, sounds like one of my cousins tbh and I assure you, his life would not br fun to watch. Now I get this is all part of the sleazy approach but it just falls too flat mainly because of its terrible direction and directing. This ain't no "Greasy Strangler" and that's for sure.