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Hollidaysburg (2014)
Good, not great
So slow and pokey at the start that I thought I would fall asleep. Having watched "The Chair," I understood the test audience's confusion regarding the two lead female characters.
But the film grew on me and I started to care what happened to folks. The emotions felt real and I have to admit, for a bit I wondered who would end up with who (even though the Hollywood rules of romantic comedies was followed in the end.
Oh, loved the running scene. very funny and sweet.
I understand how "Not Cool" won the competition. The other director's fans were always going to overwhelm this little movie. But honestly, it's not even close. This is good, but flawed movie. "Not Cool" was an occasionally funny gag reel.
Not Cool (2014)
Disappointingly bad
First the good. There are a few good gross out jokes.
The lead actress has talent and personality and she should find more (and better) work. Now the bad, It's actually surprising how unfunny the movie is overall. I expected more gross out laughs, but it largely misses. One of the strangest, most unexpected things about the movie is that it is just your standard, basic coming home story done in an aggressively and not terribly funny outlandish style. It tries so hard to be Porky's for a new generation, but (and this is really sad), it doesn't even have the humor of that mediocre movie.
A true failure at so many levels.