This Danny Leiner's first smash hit may make the viewers stand in awe of the tradition of cheap, cheesy, and campy cinema in the U.S. independent scene, while proving that the genre has entered a new era--it has been established with formula and now you need craftsmanship to make a good one. Dude, Where's My Car? is well stylized with coherent usages of low techniques: an arbitrary story, amateurish acting, free camera movements like a home video piece (and this is in fact well done), an art direction with emphasis on tackiness, titles that appear to be made by an Adobe AfterEffects newbie, and so on. Oh, you can't forget showing your love for the B-grade cinema, as Leiner makes homage to Attack of the 50 Foot Woman in the film's climax.
Review of Dude, Where's My Car?
