Weirdsville (2007) User Reviews

"You know your problem is you have no ambitions."

[lost-in-limbo · 6/10 · 9 March 2013]

As for a stoner black comedy, the Canadian made "Weirdsville" is as customary as you can get in how it goes about trying to weird you out. Of course what happens is random, wacky and just bizarre (encounters with Satanists and dwarfs), but not too surprising when compared to films of the same ilk. Even so, I found it hard not to enjoy. Mainly for the combination between Scott Speedman and Wes Bentley, who work off each well enough of as the two junkies involved in a crazy night of unimaginable incidents. Speedman plays it mainly straight, where Bentley is rowdy. But the two have some amusing banter and interchanges thanks to a ridiculous, but restlessly smart script. Taryn Manning as the third wheel adds the bite.

Stoner Dexter and Royce accidentally assume their friend Matilda has died from an overdose on the stash they are meant to sell to payback their drug dealers. In the panic of the situation they decide to bury the body. While in the process of burying her in the basement of a drive-in movie theatre, they disrupt a satanic ritual sacrifice and Matilda awakens making the Satanists believe it's the work of Satan. Now the boys are trying to get to her before the Satanists do, while also trying to pull off a heist to pay back their intimidating dealer.

As expected, everything goes wrong for these two slackers. Just like the scene where Speedman's character heads to a grungy toilet to vomit to see a mouse swimming helplessly around bowl and Bentley's character enter to only flush it. The two are stuck in a predicament, which has no easy way out but to simply go all-out and what occurs is haphazard. Director Allan Moyle's style is reminiscent of his previous efforts in "Pump up the Volume" and "Empire Records", but on a cheaper feel. At times it feels like a home video. Still Moyle shows great pacing and flashy touches, as the visuals show some creativity, especially the drug- fuelled hallucinations and this suit's the fragmented style of the unusual narrative with numerous droll characters (Matt Frewer is very amusing in his small part). Still it could have been much weirder than what it was.

"Hey man. You have an icicle sticking out of your head."

The same old take on the drug caper

[GethinVanH · 6/10 · 16 June 2008]

A lot of Canadian film is good, but this is sadly not up to par. There are a few good laughs here and there but it seems like this film was trying to imitate other, better films like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Pulp Fiction. It doesn't work. The acting isn't as good. The story is weaker and the whole thing feels rather rather contrived. Instead of introducing new ideas into this drug caper/comedy genre, the same old ideas are tromped out and they aren't very fulfilling for the viewer. There are coincidences here and there and I don't really mind coincidences if they work. Here they didn't and I found that brought the movie down.

These Stoner Buddies...No Classic Pair Here.

[AudioFileZ · 5/10 · 5 January 2008]

The most positive thing I can personally say regarding Weirdsville is that I did at least keep watching until the end. That said, I just as soon wished I had used the time for something more rewarding. I felt the movie though stylish and reasonably well produced just fell flat in both story and humor.

Classic stoner flicks suck us in in spite of the fact most of us do not actually identify with stoners. I mean a good movie of the stoner genre is wickedly funny and built around likable stoner buddies, i.e., Cheech & Chong, Harrold & Kumar, Bill & Ted...et.al. In Weirdsville I never felt a like for Dex & Royce particularly. They were in a predicament that had them racing against time to come up with money (reminded me of The Blues Brothers). They were being chased by several different "nut jobs" (like the Blues Brothers). The ensuing situations just were not especially funny (NOT like the Blues Brothers which was uber-hilarious).

Granted I'm not the primary audience this flick is aimed at, I mean I'm 48. However, I know a good stoner flick when I see it and this misses the mark. Simply put, not awful by any means...Just not good enough to recommend.

slack

[SnoopyStyle · 6/10 · 27 May 2020]

Slacker buddies Dexter Ryan (Scott Speedman) and Royce Gordon (Wes Bentley) are forced to sell drugs for Omar to pay off a drug debt. Royce's girlfriend Matilda (Taryn Manning) dies from an OD and the boys dispose of the body in the basement of a closed drive-in theater. A Satanic cult kills a guy upstairs and decides to kill the boys to use all four bodies. Instead, Matilda is revived and the trio escapes the cult. With Omar looking for his money, the boys decide to steal a safe from Jason Taylor (Matt Frewer).

Giving drugs to drug addicts for the purpose of selling to repay their debt to you seems to be a horrible idea. I'm just saying. Anyways, this Canadian indie is trying to be low grade Trainspotting with a dash of Tarantino and Guy Ritchie. It is low grade and the product has been stepped on a lot. It can be seen in the fight between the blonde and the midget. It should be the most ridiculous visual fun. Instead, the directing lacks the energy to drive up the intensity. This has all the intentions and it has some good actors. It's just not as good as it wants to be.

a sad DNF, i tried but just couldn't finish it

[michael0100 · 4 February 2008]

this could have been a really fun/funny movie - a lot could have been done with the premise & story. unfortunately its a DNF because of the poor execution.....for example the scene when the drug dealer/loan shark is shark is threatening them in the alley....oooohhh, shivers of disgust. i felt so embarrassed for whoever made that movie, real face turning red stuff.

It's a compelling argument against government subsidization of the movie & TV biz....we all know what socialism does to an economy, this is what it does to a movie. Sorry my fellow Canucks, i only have so many hour on this planet, from now on if its made in Canada, I'm not watching (unless its by my friend Kevin Sullivan).

Losers .. winning(?)

[kosmasp · 7/10 · 30 March 2024]

No pun intended - also not really giving away anything, because you have to find out the answer for yourself ... if you watch the movie that is of course. And this quite strange movie is really interesting. It is all over the place, but in that it does kind of copy or inherit the strangeness and the weirdness of its main characters ... off to Weirdsville then.

Really good actors in this too - I had no idea Wes and Scott had done a movie together! This is an odd one anyway. Add to that Taryn and you have quite the trio (of disaster?) ... they are in over their head for sure - but nothing that is not entertaining to watch. You have to keep close watch on what they try to do and where the story is taking us ... because there are some strange turns ... and now I think I have used all the words to describe something out of the ordinary ... quite fitting.

Laughable stoners

[demian33 · 7/10 · 12 March 2008]

It's been a long time since I was in college and encountered stoners as hapless as the heroes of "Weirdsville." The movie takes about 50 minutes to find its groove, but once it does it's quite enjoyable. Beware: the film is darker than "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" or "Half-Baked." The lead characters are heroin addicts as well as hopheads. Their sordid lives and a preposterous plot -- fleeing from murderous Satan worshipers -- tempted me to turn off "Weirdsville" in the first half-hour. I'm glad I didn't. The story becomes more outrageous and engaging, and once you go with it, it's a memorable ride.

Lazy irresponsible and clichéd

[podkendall · 3/10 · 31 August 2007]

Besides that the two lead actors are pretty funny I hated most bits of this movie. Basically this is a stupid stoner caper with a catch. The catch is that instead of smoking weed the idiot protagonists are addicted to Heroin. Unlike in Trainspotting these characters just act stoned and I think if they were on heroin as much as depicted they wouldn't be able to drive, communicate or function. Totally unrealistic. Why glamorise the needle? Are we so desensitised by drug use that we resort to crazy heroin antics. Nutter hilarity ensues with all things cinematic: Midgets, Satanic worshippers and the mafia no trite cliché is abandoned. Do Not like this one bit. How is this in the 2007 Toronto Film Festival?

Weird and wonderful

[philipsmith2 · 8/10 · 27 August 2007]

It's great to see a film that moves along so freely and easily but also has a clever writer behind it.

Someone mentioned that the film was being touted as Trainspotting shot in Canada with laughs. Trainspotting didn't cross my mind once during this film. I liked Trainspotting when it came out, but if there was one criticism you could make it was that the film took itself a little too seriously. Thankfully this film doesn't and is all the better for it. Everything about it feels fresh and you really get the feeling that everyone involved enjoyed making it. The acting has a nice improvised quality and script is a perfect mix of playful whimsy and taut storyline.

If you got out the wrong side of the bed, don't go and see this. If you're looking for an enjoyable and refreshing 90 minutes that restores your faith in low budget films, buy a ticket.

The worst I've seen all year

[RitchCS · 1/10 · 5 February 2008]

People are raving how funny this movie is...WOW! They, too, must be on drugs. Wes and Scott must've been high when they accepted to do this film. A waste of two very fine actors! I wanted to like it. It's only ninety minutes long and after the first seventy minutes, I still hadn't cracked a smile. I sat through the final twenty minutes, hoping for a big finish...but that petered out as well. If you want to rent a good comedy, rent one WITH 'Weirdsville' because you won't laugh at this one. I'd really have to look long and hard to find a movie I've enjoyed less. People who found this hilarious are gonna die laughing when they see 'Atonement'.

A perceptive review from Emma J Lennox

[IATSECamera · 10/10 · 24 August 2007]

From Jaws as a lady, to a Canadian romp of Satanists, gangsters and fighting midgets, Weirdsville certainly lives up to its title. Allan Moyle, the director of 1990's Pump Up the Volume, directs another tale of disaffected youth featuring a pair of junkies as an entertaining double act, Royce and Dexter (Wes Bentley and Scott Speedman). Trying to steal money to pay back their thumb threatening local gangster, the plot includes over doses and slap dash midnight burials in reference to 90s film-cool, Shallow Grave and Pulp Fiction. But Moyle adds enough of his own visual exuberance to defy unflattering comparisons and his hallucinogenic effects lend extra scope to the irreverent caper humour. Music video quality moments are depicted in beautiful shots of drug fuelled euphoria including Dexter skating bare foot through the snow sprinkled streets of an Ontarian cityscape.

Occasionally the visual tricks jar in a Family Guy style but the interjections are smoothed over by our fortunately endearing duo and their dumb but smart dialog. Most enjoyably Weirdsville doesn't take itself too seriously and the ludicrous storyline is filled with bizarre non sequiturs; stopping to note a single green leaf that remains on an ice covered tree, for instance, is quite touching especially as they're on route to rob a millionaire's mansion. The nonstop pace and assortment of comic characters ensures that no minute drags on longer than it should, and the climax is appropriately gung ho. By turns genuinely engaging and laugh out loud funny, Weirdsville is daft but brilliant.

Somewhat of an acquired taste...

[paul_haakonsen · 5/10 · 27 May 2021]

I stumbled upon the 2007 movie "Weirdsville" in 2021. I had heard the title before, sure, but I have never actually gotten around to watching the movie before now. Maybe because I never actually sought it out. But as the opportunity presented itself for watching it in 2021, of course I did just that.

And while "Weirdsville" definitely was a watchable movie, I just didn't find it to be an outstanding movie. It was not really a movie with a storyline or contents that found much of any appeal with my liking and tastes in stories.

The storyline in the, as written by Willem Wennekers, Sarah Dodd, Robert Conte and Dan Berman definitely had some interest aspects to it, but it was pretty far out there most of the time, and that is what killed off the movie for me. Yeah, as I mentioned, it is a watchable movie, sure, but it just didn't have what it required to be a memorable or overly great movie.

It should be said, though, that the acting performances in the movie were good, and they had cast some pretty good actors and actresses for the roles, that much was for sure. But it was just characters that had little appeal to me, so I didn't really take much of a liking to the characters in the story.

Ultimately, I found "Weirdsville" to be too bland, and that results in the lukewarm and mediocre rating of five out of ten stars that I am bestowing upon director Allan Moyle's 2007 movie.

Not weird enough

[slake09 · 3/10 · 8 February 2008]

Weirdsville follows two junkie friends as they careen through a night of excess and oddities. The main problem with it is that all the weird situations feel contrived, like someone without much imagination sat around trying to think of weird things. It doesn't have the bizarre, what-comes-next edge of a Tarantino or Lynch movie; each time something happens that is supposed to be weird, it's just banal.

The acting, production and other aspects of the movie are fine; it's the script that suffers from a lack of weirdness. No doubt it sounded funny on paper.

The movie is watchable and better than a lot of films I've paid more to see. It's just that the synopsis and title misled me; I was expecting some really strange turns to the plot and all I got were midgets and dope fiends.

excellent

[bella_robyn · 10/10 · 16 September 2007]

I went to the movie thinking, this is gonna be stupid i just know it. but i was wrong. As much as these people who comment about the movie say its cliché and crap.. well i disagree. I think it was written excellently, the characters actually in depth and not total crack heads... for a movie surrounding an illegal substance, i think it was really great. there are moments where your like 'wtf is going on' but you can't help but laugh mainly because it's just so far out there. i liked the originality, and the timing like a previous commenter said nothing lasted longer then it should have. i think it was directed greatly and anyone who honestly thinks a movie to be cliché, either is too harsh, or doesn't know what goes into a movie to begin with. coming up with originality and intrigue is hard to do and i think Wennekers and Moyle both did a great job. :)

take your own supply

[Chris_Docker · 1/10 · 22 August 2007]

Director Allan Moyle describes Weirdsville as, "Trainspotting shot in Canada but with more heart." It concerns Royce and Dexter, two deadbeat junkie types who "couldn't hold down a job if they were tied to it." Royce's girlfriend Matilda goes on 'business dates' - a term she prefers to 'hooking.' Meanwhile tough guy drug-dealer Omar is hassling them for their drug debts. Mattie overdoses and, in the middle of a cover-up, Royce and Dexter come head-to-head with some self-styled murderous 'satanists.' A security guard midget called Martin and his diminutive friends complete the chaotic clashes of interests.

Weirdsville starts off with the now familiar sequences of sudden camera moves and spaced-out montages that are meant to imply drugged confusion and get us in the mood. The early appearance of a body sent alarm bells ringing predictable cliché, but I tried to stick with it. This type of comedy hinges to a great extent on whether you can get in the mood and find the oddball silliness amusing. While the gentleman behind me seemed to find every expression hilarious, I struggled to find anything humorous in the dialogue or derivative situations. By the time the mediaeval munchkin midgets start beating up people and chasing them with crossbows, I am counting the minutes to when it would all be over. Contrived slapstick - an icicle penetrating someone's head or getting hit over the head with a safe - seems as if it is trying to spice up an otherwise dull film.

Some dope-heads are charismatic and amusing but these didn't do it for me. Trainspotting drew on fine literary sources for a powerful script and projected the 'young male in crisis' with great conviction, ultimately providing a benchmark movie. Although Weirdsville has some endearing shaggy dog story elements, the whole thing sadly has a distinctly missable feel to it. Weirsdville has poor characterisation, an average script, and a plot that looks like a mish-mash of every slackers movie so far. Although it may appeal to some fans of drug-culture films, it has few other redeeming qualities other than the fun which cast and crew obviously had in putting it together.

"Are we in hell?" asks Mattie as she comes round from a death defying amount of toxic substances. "No," comes the reply, "We were at the drive in." Not watching this movie, I thought. At least not without a good supply of hash to make it enjoyable.

Are junkies really this pleasant?

[Gimmickthegnome · 8/10 · 26 April 2008]

WARNING: This movie is unapologetically Canadian... which, in this case, is a good thing. Especially when this film could have been set in any city, town or village in the world.

I expected a low-budget, independent attempt at art. And what starts as out tragic and dark, grows into a fun, "what can happen now" sort of adventure that is surprisingly amusing. Yes, it's goofy at times. Yes, it borders on ridiculous, too. But dammit, it's fun. It carefully dances on the fine line of gross tragedy and outright slapstick, but doesn't quite cross the line either way.

The production value is fairly high, even if the budget wasn't. (The gritty darkness really suits the adventures of two junkies, anyway.) Scott Speedman and Wes Bentley build a real chemistry that grows on you and it's really good to see Bentley in a role that is FINALLY likable. Taryn Manning also does a good job, although I fear she's going to get pigeon-holed into similar roles. She deserves better. The rest of the cast does a solid job with no obvious weak link.

Finally, people are going to draw a lot of similarities to other movies. I would like to think of this as a strange cross between "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" and "Dude, Where's My Car?", with it leaning favourably toward the Dude side. It has a couple of introspective, deep moments, but balances it out with lighter, playful moments the rest of the time.

Really, if you ever "got the joke" of "Dude, Where's My Car?" or even found some sick humour out of the head trip of "Fear And Loathing..." check out "Weirdsville". You may be pleasantly surprised. 8 out of 10.

Somewhat like Trainspotting

[nikolina-kalajdzic · 4/10 · 10 August 2013]

One of my favorite films is "Trainspotting" so of course I thought I'd like this film as well. There are some "Trainspotting" elements, like similarity between characters Spud and Royce, throughout the film and a couple of funny scenes but while I was watching it I kept waiting for it to end as soon as possible. Lead actress is talking funny, I don't recall her talking like that in "Sons of Anarchy" but maybe her role requires her to talk like that since she's an addict. Also, I recently watched "Felicity" and I have to say that Scott Speedman is almost the same in both roles as Ben and Dexter which in my opinion isn't good since those are two very different roles. Overall experience of this film wasn't good.

THIS MOVIE ROCKS!! Two quarelling junkies pulling a heist- brilliant.

[dilbertsuperman · 9/10 · 5 January 2008]

What a fabulous movie full of oddball characters and realistic dialog that is very funny. Two junkies come up with a scheme to pull a job in order to pay off a debt they can't pay at the moment. They get chased by Satan worshipers, dwarfs(or are they gnomes?), and of course the cops now and then. Every twist in this movie is a turn into something bizarre and unexpected and delicious.

I love the character of the female Satan worshiper Treena she's able to kick some ass and nothing looks sexier on a woman than some spirit like that. Maggie Castle soaks up and RULES this minor role and is absolutely delicious in every frame. Maggie Castle - MEOW!!

One of the great things that keeps this movie together is the dialog between old party buddies, it felt very real with the games they play on each other all the time and the continual verbal sparring adds a nice jump to the flick's pace.

This movie reminded me of Pulp Fiction or Killing Zoe or Love is a .45, or Way of the Gun in the way it's an indie style road movie with weird characters all over the place.

Beautiful

[greensider · 10/10 · 22 January 2008]

It's just wonderful to see how three best friends wind up in a story that's just so complicated and poetic. I was amazed by the outcome of every situation and I think there should be more movies like this one. Even the music was perfect for the movie. I also really like it when the makers put something useful to know in the movie and in this one, they certainly did, but what I liked most is that the piece that the mouse (or rat) played in the story, without it, the movie would have been less meaningful and I think it's really great that people can come up with these things to put in their movie which completes it ... without it, the film wouldn't have been the same. ... great piece of work

Great tiltle for great movie!

[TheFilmBabes · 10/10 · 4 January 2008]

This movie was not at all what I expected. When I sat down to watch it I wasn't sure what I was in for. But I was pleasantly surprised to end up really enjoying it. I've not seen a movie quite like it to date. The acting was perfect. Not over done, I hate it when actors over act, it's just not believable.

I also thought the scenes were just cool to look at. The lighting throughout the movie was very interesting and very appealing to the eye. But let's not forget to mention my favorite part...the Knights!!!! they were excellent!!! And what an interesting twist. Didn't see that one coming. Great job on this movie!

Weirdsville, population: everyone

[fryin_dutchman · 9/10 · 27 August 2007]

This friend of mine told me about this movie, he got some kind of a screening pass, I don't know... so I walk in there expecting a bunch of vomiting heroin junkies speaking German and all that arty stuff. I never thought a movie about junkies would be that funny and out there. It's so much more than one of those 'don't do drugs' movies Hollywood makes - it's got car chases, gangsters, guns, and there's Satanists and midgets dressed like knights, it's messed up. One of the Satanist freaks is that freaky killer from History of Violence... he's funny in this but I kept getting the creeps every time I saw him. Scott Speedman and Wes Bentley were hilarious, they played off each other really well - they were funny and it didn't even look like they were acting most of the time, they looked like they've known each other their whole life. I was surprised with Bentley, he's not a stiff like usual, he kinda plays the lovable bonehead. Taryn Manning is really good too. There's a bunch of hysterical parts in the movie, I don't really want to give any of it away... so I'm not sure what else to say. They shot it in my home town Brantford, I didn't know until I was watching it and recognized the downtown, that'll send anybody from Brant county for a spin... they shot some of it at that old drive-in on the west end, just before the Blue Bird plant. The music is pretty cool too - The Dears is in it, so is The Constantines and Shout Out Out Out Out, it's about frigging time somebody started using cool Canadian bands in a movie. Speaking of which, I thought it was pretty rad that the guy who directed it did Pump Up The Volume too. They do some cool stuff with the camera work too, to put you in the mindset of a junkie. Another cool thing is they don't really tell you what the drug is - heroin maybe, or coke... I like that you don't really know cause it's not really the point what drug they're on - it's that they're on drugs period.

A quirky movie to fill the quirky movie void.

[Jonny_B_Lately · 9/10 · 28 October 2007]

Haven't we had enough stuff blowing up, massive body counts, and hilarious yet disturbing dysfunctional families yet? I have! Thankfully there are directors like Allen Moyle who have no problem telling a strange little story sprinkled with junkies, a burn out hippie with a head wound, Satan worshipers, talking mice, winking gnomes, and a drug dealers with strange accent who likes to curl (that sport with a big stone a brooms) in his spare time.

You just don't know where this film is going most of the time, yet it's easy to follow. Oh sure the protagonists come out on top in the end just as one might expect. And an explosion caused by oxygen alone is highly unlikely, but it's still damned entertaining. Virtually every character is inept, even the drug dealer and his muscle, but they all (well most all) muddle through somehow.

Not so special scenery (Canada in winter *yuck*), but it's not needed the fine cast of characters and odd little story carry the film...beautifully. And the "good guys" win, the bad guys don't, and (almost) everyone lives happily ever after.

But what the heck. It's the way it's done.

Weirdsville

[jimimoe-1 · 10/10 · 6 January 2008]

Weirdsville = = the off kilter of After Hours + turns of 2 Smoking Barrels + twists of Trainspotting + a dash of Reservoir Dogs + the warmth of Broomstick Boys + a shake of Run Lola Run + a sprig of Fargo and Office Space.

Not what i expected in a small movie. I expected so much less, and got so much more. I was caught off guard in it's bright happy portrayal of very dark things. Drugs, crime, gangsters, prostitution, Satan cult and murder all felt like being at a cozy winter slumber party. The minimal cast and barren scenes were perfect, and lonely winter bleakness of the sets enhanced the characters lives and yet another level of warmth to them and to the script. I was on the edge of my seat most of the time... not in thriller suspense as much as the constant 2 hour smile and ongoing hearty feel-good laughs like i was on a crazy roller coaster of tickles in the Scooby-Doo haunted house... for adults.

I really wish there were more films like this.

Not a big budget, not a big name roster, not under scripted, not pretentious, not goofy slapstick. But it was well shot, well edited, well paced, well scripted, simple-smart, warm, fun and funny... and about drugs, crime, gangsters, prostitution, Satan cult and murder, and stand-by-me friendships in the winter. It never blew my mind, and never felt cutting edge original, but i really loved it because it held me, and quirked me, and it really felt so fresh, free, filling and well done from the title to the end of the credits... including a great soundtrack of music I have never heard of, but wish i had.

We bask in the light of the dark lord

[nogodnomasters · 10/10 · 30 January 2018]

The movie starts out letting us know 2 guys are going to break into a home, then it goes into a flashback to one week earlier. These two men, Dexter and Royce (Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley) owe $1700 to a drug dealer (Raoul Bhaneja), but can't pay. Rather than getting their thumbs broken, they agree to sell drugs for him. Bently's girlfriend is also a $50 escort, but not a hooker. She has an idea. She knows a rich guy who is sick and out of town. His house will be empty for a week, and she knows the combination to his safe. They simply go in and take the money and pay off the drug dealer.

Bam! Next scene, the girl (Taryn Manning) is on the floor dead. She OD by taking all the dope the guys were supposed to sell. At this point I am hooked on the movie. Kudos. Now I am wondering why her picture is on the cover? Is this another Steven Seagal in "Executive Decision?" They opt to bury the dead hooker in the basement of a building (drive-in movie) they were formally employed. While they are digging a hole in the dirt basement floor, a group of Satanists, including their former employer(Matt Frewer), is performing a human sacrifice upstairs. Time to hit the pause button, take another hit, and think about what is happening and where this is going.

Okay after a few mispronounced "ave satanas" chants, some spilled blood and our dead hooker is alive and in a quick cat fight with a girl (Maggie Castle) in a plaid "school girl" skirt.

Not being the brightest bulbs in the pack they opt to rob the deserted house only to find it is not only deserted, but they forgot to bring the paper with the combination on it. At one point our duo is held captive by a midget mall cop (Jordan Prentice who was Howard T. Duck). I think you get the idea. Cult movie.

MF, F-bomb, adult themes, a little bit of drug use (just every other scene), no nudity, Canadian.

Perfect mix of suspense, drama, comedy and art - a fun ride

[supermaggie · 10/10 · 4 October 2017]

Likable, interesting, original characters, some crime story (with little visible violence), beautiful pictures, great music, fun, craziness, orderly spick-and-span satanists, Larpers, a nightly visit in a mall, a visit in an abandoned drive-in movie theater, a cute mouse (which as the end credits reassure was not harmed in the making of the movie) - what more can you ask for? This is not just a movie, it is a crazy, thrilling, beautiful, heartwarming fun ride, that you want to go on forever. For fans of Pineapple Express, High Life and the like: a must, and for everybody else: do yourself a favor and check it out! Everybody I watched it with loved it.