Number Rolled: 100
Movie Name/Year: Archie’s
Final Project (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Length: 110
minutes
Rating: NR
Director: David
Lee Miller
Writer: Eric J.
Adams, David Lee Miller, Jordan J. Miller, Gabriel Sunday
Actors: David
Carradine, Mariel Hemingway, Brooke Nevin, Nora Dunn, Michael WelchZachary Ray
Sherman, Vanessa Lengies, Gabriel Sunday, Tony Hale, Joe Mantegna, Sandy
Martin, Tim Halligan, Steven Anthony Lawrence, Stephen Sowan
This movie is about a teenage film-geek. He’s obsessed with
David Carradine and his mistaken interpretation of the man’s films leads him to
decide to film his own suicide for his film class final project. He goes along
a road that allows him to film interviews with people in his school and life,
capturing their reactions to this shocking news.
It’s an interesting concept, and because the plot is so
different from anything I’ve seen before, I wasn’t sure what I would be getting
myself into. I’d never heard of the movie before, never seen a trailer, didn’t
care about any of the actors or other people known to be involved; I added it
to my instant queue solely on the description of the plot. After spending
nearly a whopping two hours watching this movie, I’m still glad that I added
it.
They say it’s a comedy. I wouldn’t call it that. I mean,
even the little blurbed plotline will make you question that. However, I couldn’t
even begin to choose a genre for “Archie’s Final Project.” It was completely
different. It had aspects of drama, aspects of mockumentary, aspects of comedy
and thriller and romance. This movie created a brand new genre that needs a brand
new name that I couldn’t even begin to come up with. So let’s just leave it as ‘comedy’
for now, and pretend we all agree.
I felt like I was watching an acid trip that was so wrong
that it started to make sense. If you were to take the film style of the Monty
Python series, the film style of “Requiem for a Dream” and mixed it with the feel
of “SLC Punk,” you’d come pretty close to what you get here.
It was completely original, with absolutely amazing acting.
The script was ridiculous (in the best sense) and the film style blew my mind.
Not only that, but the storyline drilled into me with such force that I feel
like this movie has changed a part of me. When I think back to “Archie’s Final
Project” I will note this movie as an inspiration to what should be and who I
want to be.
It has undoubtedly become my favorite movie of all time.
Overall Opinion – 5/5
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