"The difference between an amateur and a
professional is that the professional doesn't wait to be in the right mood." --- William Arthur Herring
Picture a small
town, where there's a guy who decides that the best way to get him out of his
mid-life crisis and the town out of its doldrums is to make a porn movie. Thus,
The Amateurs. Jeff Bridges stars as the guy who puts the town up
to the project. Jeanne Tripplehorn as his ex-wife, Patrick Fugit (from Almost
Famous) as the video store manager turned cinematographer, Tim Blake
Nelson, Joe Pantoliano, Glenne Headly, Ted Danson and William Fichtner as the
townspeople. I almost bailed out on this at about the 40 minute mark, but it's
worth watching to the end. It doesn't come out as you might expect: though the
good guys definitely win in the end.
This ended up on
our screen because Netflix recommended it when I was on a Kevin Smith orgy and wanted
to watch Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Unfortunately, they should have recommended The Amateurs instead of Zack and Miri, not in addition to. Kevin Smith's rendition of the story is
inferior in every regard, from humor, to attractiveness of the actors, to good
taste, to overall quality.
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