Just when we thought Pulp Fiction copycats were a thing of the past, Pawn Shop Chronicles comes to remind us why only Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriquez should make Tarantino & Rodriquez movies. When other directors try they fail miserable, proving to lack their own original style and voice as a storyteller, coming off as nothing more than cheap imitations.
The main characters of Pawn Shop Chronicles are methamphetamine addicts. These are the most outlandish, unlikeable, dim-witted characters any writer could ever possibly write about. While the writer and director try to make the film as comedic as possible, it comes off desperate for laughs using every clique in the book. If that isn't bad enough, the humor is as low-brow and degrading as comedy gets. A celebration of stupidity and drug-use that makes the Jackass movies seem like innovative art.
This sad excuse for a film has a great cast who seem like they are having a lot of fun. As we've learned with Adam Sandler movies, no matter how much fun the cast is having on-screen, it doesn't mean it's any fun for an audience to watch. It also does not make up for the lack of a good story, if there is any story at all. Pawn Shop Chronicles has a story and does try, it's just not anything we're interested in watching or are able to bare to watch all the way through, making their efforts a complete failure. What's truly sad is to see such a great ensemble cast go to waste on something as tasteless as this.
The main characters of Pawn Shop Chronicles are methamphetamine addicts. These are the most outlandish, unlikeable, dim-witted characters any writer could ever possibly write about. While the writer and director try to make the film as comedic as possible, it comes off desperate for laughs using every clique in the book. If that isn't bad enough, the humor is as low-brow and degrading as comedy gets. A celebration of stupidity and drug-use that makes the Jackass movies seem like innovative art.
This sad excuse for a film has a great cast who seem like they are having a lot of fun. As we've learned with Adam Sandler movies, no matter how much fun the cast is having on-screen, it doesn't mean it's any fun for an audience to watch. It also does not make up for the lack of a good story, if there is any story at all. Pawn Shop Chronicles has a story and does try, it's just not anything we're interested in watching or are able to bare to watch all the way through, making their efforts a complete failure. What's truly sad is to see such a great ensemble cast go to waste on something as tasteless as this.