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Title: Weirdsville (2008) Starring: Matt Frewer, Joey Beck, Allan Redford, Joe Dinicol, and Greg Bryk Director: Allan Moyle Rating: R (Restricted) Runtime: 91 minutes Avg. Score: 4 Submit Comment Hits: 16

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• Posted on 2008-03-21
  A mildly amusing black comedy starring Wes Bentley.
  
  I'm always interested to see what Wes Bentley (an actor who basically disappeared after hitting it big with "American Beauty") is up to, and I was particularly intrigued by the idea of him doing a comedy. I'm used to just about every film, even tiny ones, opening somewhere in New York. When "Weirdsville" was released, I looked it up online and found that it was playing in one theater... in Kansas. That's truly stretching the idea of a theatrical release.
  
  "Weirdsville" is a dark comedy about two drug addicts (as much heroin addicts as potheads) by the names of Royce (Wes Bentley) and Dexter (Scott Speedman). They owe money to a drug dealer, and when they cannot pay him back he employs them as dealers. But Royce's girlfriend accidentally ODs on the dealer's drugs and they decide to bury her at an abandoned drive-in, where Royce once worked. Unfortunately for them, Royce's old boss is there as well performing a Satanic sacrifice. The Satanists believe they've brought Royce's girlfriend, Matilda (Taryn Manning), back to life and now need her to complete their sacrifice.
  
  Royce and Dex also have their eyes on a safe locked away in someone's house. And there's a gang of little people running around who do medieval reenactments. Yeah, it's one of THOSE movies.
  
  One long night. Lots of misadventures and odd connections between the characters and a plot that closes in on itself.
  
  I found the most entertaining part of this movie to be Bentley, who seems very comfortable playing a scatter-brained druggie who is as dumb as he is screechy. There are times where he infuses a stoner's sense of disregard that lifts the movie into something very funny.
  
  Allan Moyle manages to put together sequences that are visual feasts. But, oddly, he doesn't work the same magic when filming the simple scenes, and I often found that the comic timing in the film was off. There were clearly some funny moments in Willem Wennekers' screenplay that Moyle didn't understand or couldn't pull off. It leads to a bit of awkwardness.
  
  Moyle assembles a fine cast here. I loved Greg Bryk's performance as the head Satanist as a put-upon priss. Bryk seemed to get the tone of the material just right -- as did Bentley -- though you can't say that of everyone involved.
  
  In the end, "Weirdsville" is more amusing than ever really sustainably funny. The actors do a good job, but it felt like it could have used a little more to it.
  
  But I would recommend seeing it. Especially if you like watching drug addicts too stupid to be scared bounce from one crazy catastrophe to the next.
  Score: 3
• Posted on 2008-03-04
  love it!
  
  I've watched this film 5 times since I got it! You just gotta love a bunch of infighting satanists and druggies chasing each other around a small town in Ontario Canada in the snow. Great dialog, actors and story line. It starts out a little slow but then it quickly starts to surprise you! Favorite movie I've seen this year! Plus a cameo by dude who played Max Hedrom.
  Score: 4
• Posted on 2008-02-16
  Awesome film!
  
  Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1WP4I2JBPTY58
  Score: 5
• Posted on 2008-02-16
  Weirdsville! Great Movie
  
  Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1UQ3AKPRZG8VR
  Score: 5
• Posted on 2008-02-05
  A simple, complicated Stoner Comedy
  
  If you're looking for the next great independent movie that will make you think and change the way you look at the world... keep looking. But if you want to laugh yourself silly while scratching your head at the insanity at the same time, then this is the movie for you. Weirdsville is by the Director of Empire RecordsEmpire Records (Remix! Special Fan Edition), Allan Moyle and it has Scott Speedman as one of the stars (Michael from UnderworldUnderworld (Widescreen Special Edition)). It is about a few druggy friends who owe a local dealer way too much money, and they have no way to pay him back. While they're trying to figure out how to stay alive, one of them over doses and dies. The guys decide to bury her body and are discovered by Satanists... this leads to a high speed chase, an armed robbery, a group of little people who are into Medieval Recreation Battles and kicking Mooney butt and all other kinds of insanity.
  
  Allan Moyle has managed to again deliver a great movie about little to nothing (like Empire Records) that leaves you feeling entertained. The sequences that are interspersed throughout the film that show events from the characters point of view that have just used drugs are nothing short of brilliant. The visuals are amazing. This movie does not really glamorize drug use but shows how twisted it really is. However, they juxtapose this view against the greater picture of how twisted the world at large is.
  
  If you liked Gramma's Boy, Empire Records, Clerks, or if you just want a good laugh then grab this movie and enjoy.
  
  Highly Recommended.
  
  Score: 4