Strangers with Candy

Sandy's movie #20

This was kinda funny... til my buzz wore off. Dude, Maya, our tastes diverge once again (I guess this hiatus of agreement has ended). I found this movie a major disappointment. Actually I wouldn't have been disappointed if I hadn't read Maya's bolstering praise right before heading for the theater; it was about the level of laughs I would have expected from a brilliant-satire-TV-show-turned-"indie"-film a la Run, Ronnie, Run. In other words, not too many laughs.

Even the guest celebs weren't doing their best work-- a certain Oscar-winning actor seemed decidedly uncomfortable in his role. The artsy-gay audience lapped it up, though-- like Maya's Chicago audience, they were pretty much hysterical throughout and even applauded at the end.

Side note: the movie's web site design is ingenious: http://www.strangerswithcandythemovie.com/