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Release Date: 14 November, 2000 Retail Price: $19.95 OUR Price: $17.96 You SAVE: $1.99! Cast: |
Six Days in Roswell Reviews
The Truth is out there? and the truth is this is Awful.
I visited the official website for this movie and saw some video clips and read reviews... such as "Gut-busting funny..." and "pants-peeing funny".
I am generally amused by corny stuff, but this didn't inspire one audible laugh outta me. Since I'd watch some video clips from the website, I had already seen the only moderately humorous stuff that takes place in the movie. I don't think I laughed out loud once.
Really this movie was not unique or insightful.
It really provides nothing more than if you bothered to watch your boring brother's homemade footage of himself walking through a UFO convention while buying alien knick-knacks and souvenirs. The real let down is that there is no real genuine interaction between Knonfeld and the UFO enthusiasts. It gets about as in depth as when he occasionally asks someone, "Do you believe in UFOs." Wow, now that is a pretty deep portrayal of people wrapped up in a phenomenon, huh? Sorry to say there were a lot of missed opportunities. And it could have been achieved with a charismatic, talented actor. Instead, they had Kronfeld. If the lead actor was a legitimate cornball it wouldn't make it any funnier... instead he is just a poor, uncreative comedic actor. I'm totally bummed I spent $26.98 to find this out the hard way. I was thrilled when Amazon.com got this to me so quickly. And I was heartbroken when my expectations for a good comedy/documentary were crashed in to the ground like some misguided alien spaceship.
The Truth is out there...and that awful truth is this docu-comedy is not worth the time or money to sit through. (-If you want a good "docu-comedy" go with "American Movie", not "6 days in Roswell".)
Good, but 'Exciting Bulletin Boards Part 1' is better
I read the negative reviews of this movie and really had to post my own impressions. This is not a "pants-peeing funny movie", but it's a really good solid comedy. If a mockumentary about heavy metal can use faked interviews and characters, why can't a mockumentary about UFO fanatics? The thing about this movie is that it's humorous but it's not trying to be mean to its subjects. You're left with the feeling that maybe these people are a little silly, but that you should like and empathize with them. What little meanness there is, is handed out to Rich Kronfeld, who is completely in on the setup.
And I have to say, I really liked Kronfeld's character. I have known several men who were EXACTLY like the character he plays--well, known them in group settings, they were always uncomfortable being alone with a girl...and they responded to questions about dating with the same deer-in-the-headlights look as Kronfeld when the interviewer asks if he has a girlfriend. "You...you said you weren't going to ask me any questions about that kind of stuff..." My only criticism is that the guys I knew would never be as comfortable in front of a camera as Kronfeld's character is. I'd only seen him before as the angry/disturbed Dr. Sphincter and Wally on "Let's Bowl", so it was nice to read the info about this movie and find out that the real Rich Kronfeld is a lot like this character. Sure, he's a geek through and through, but by the end of the movie you've got a soft spot for him and his elementary school filmstrips and strange electrical junk. (OK, yeah, in college I lived in the geeky dorm, where all other activity ceased when first-run episodes of ST:TNG and MST came on. To quote Crow T. Robot, "Bite me.")
The minor characters are very well done for a low-budget movie. Rich's mom and the guy who rents him the camper especially come to mind, as feeling completely natural. His mom's rationale for his lack of relationships is an especially great moment. And the self-defense guys and the paranoid bus driver...I grew up in southern Ohio with people exactly like that, and seeing these characters made me feel like I was back there. Which is not necessarily a good thing now that I think about it.
I don't recommend this movie if you're one of those people who insists everything be deadly serious, or if you're so into UFOs that you view any joking about them as an attack on your personal beliefs. And it's not filled with SuperTrooper-like dumb jokes, which is the impression I'd gotten from a couple of reviews. To me, it's like the movie "Clerks". It's about some people who would be considered losers by the average man-on-the-street, but the filmmakers give you real empathy for them. There are a number of laugh-out-loud moments and plenty of giggles, and the occasional pathos is rare and subdued enough that it doesn't descend into pathetic sentimentality. And, also like "Clerks", it's one of the few movies I can stand to watch more than once.
(Edited to add: I've been told I really should disclose to the world that in 1999, I entered a contest run by the city of Roswell and won an alien fetus in a jar. The fetus has since disappeared, during a move I made a couple of years ago. I blame the government.)
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