Rating of
3/4
Has Good Intentions
Franz Patrick - wrote on 10/21/08
This is not a great movie by any means, but I was really amused by it. Just when I thought it was about to take the direction of the horrendous “Camp,” it pulls the rug from under me and actually shows some insight and sensitivity. A lot of people think that this film is really insensitive. Yes, at some parts it is… but I think one of the filmmakers’ aim is to make fun of certain offenses. One obvious way to achieve that is to actually show such offenses. Some actors that stood out for me were Sam Huntington as the guy who pretends to be gay in order to get a girl to like him, Mike Erwin who’s in a quest to find his identity, Heather Matarazzo as the one of the pledges of the sorority, and John Goodman as the bartender on one of the gay bars. All of them made me laugh out loud in some way, whether it’s regarding their circumstances or how they deliver a particular line. Having said all that, this movie had some pretty big flaws. For one, this movie is only about an hour and thirty-five minutes long, but it feels longer than that. The setting doesn’t look like a real college campus at all, while some of the drama are a bit contrived and high school. Plus, I wish they could’ve explored the relationship between Huntington and Erwin. I completely believed that they were good friends so I wish the filmmakers would’ve spent more time with them than showing us “college” parties that doesn’t have anything to do with the bigger picture. Still, I’m giving this one a thumbs up because the allusions made me laugh and the actors are so earnest in their roles. Yes, it could’ve been a deeper movie but it’s pretty above average just the way it is.
