Saturday, February 21, 2009

Stand and Deliver . . . Wackiness!!!



Hamlet 2


Ok so the tone is off in places and all of the jokes don’t work as well as they could, but damn it, it’s a movie about a high school drama teach using inner city kids to make a musical sequel to Hamlet. Steve Coogan plays the drama teacher in question and there are more than enough jokes that do work to make this a successful film. When you add in the excellent supporting cast, namely Catherine Keener, David Arquette and the kids you get a lot of funny performances.

The end of the movie is a montage of the play within a play and that is truly something to see. As usual Coogan gets the character dead on and you really root for him even though his motivations are effed up from jumpstreet. Elisabeth Shue does a great job playing a version of herself.

This film is an indie movie, but comes off as something a lot more substantial. All in all a solid rent.


You should rent this movie if

1. If you are into offbeat comedies.
2. You are into inspirational teacher movies
3. You enjoyed Alan Partridge and Saxondale.

You should buy this movie if

1. You are big into actor Steve Coogan.
2. Hamlet and Jesus have a time machine.
3. Catherine Keener. Mrrrrrooowrrrr!

If you are interested in buying this DVD here is a link to Amazon where you can get it at a reasonable price:

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