I've actually been wanting to see this for a while just because I liked John Cho so much in Better Luck Tomorrow and Harold And Kumar, so when it finally reached the videostore today, I snapped it up.
The plot is a fun one; guy wants fame _now_, so he convinces an ex that he has a brain tumor so that she'll enter him in the Montreal Film Fest. Of course, the guy doesn't have a movie, so he begins to write one, and then films it immediately thereafter during the three weeks he has before the film is to be shown.
See This Movie creates an aloof center that makes it very appealing; the three lead characters (Meyers, Cho and Piddock) are all spectacularly funny, with Piddock stealing all of his scenes effortlessly. I really wish more of the film had centered on these three character's interplay, as the less the movie becomes about their odd mad quest, the less interesting it becomes.
The film definitely is rough around the edges; the characters don't evolve much, and the plot ricochets from point to point without much consequence or thought. The ancillary plot about drug dealing only leads to only a rare laugh; it's much too heavy for the rest of the movie to stand. The story would have been much better off without it.
In the end, See This Movie is a highly recommended rental. It has a lot of big laughs that make up for the rest of the film's flaws.
The plot is a fun one; guy wants fame _now_, so he convinces an ex that he has a brain tumor so that she'll enter him in the Montreal Film Fest. Of course, the guy doesn't have a movie, so he begins to write one, and then films it immediately thereafter during the three weeks he has before the film is to be shown.
See This Movie creates an aloof center that makes it very appealing; the three lead characters (Meyers, Cho and Piddock) are all spectacularly funny, with Piddock stealing all of his scenes effortlessly. I really wish more of the film had centered on these three character's interplay, as the less the movie becomes about their odd mad quest, the less interesting it becomes.
The film definitely is rough around the edges; the characters don't evolve much, and the plot ricochets from point to point without much consequence or thought. The ancillary plot about drug dealing only leads to only a rare laugh; it's much too heavy for the rest of the movie to stand. The story would have been much better off without it.
In the end, See This Movie is a highly recommended rental. It has a lot of big laughs that make up for the rest of the film's flaws.
