Take Me to Tarzana

Loved the great writing and acting in this really fun romp that kept me wondering what hijinks are coming next while being sucked right into the compelling characters to the point of readily loving and hating various ones. Laughed out loud throughout at the witty comebacks and clever smart assy humor bits. A really fun and entertaining movie! II'm very impressed by this first feature film from such a talented artist, Maceo Greenberg, and am really looking forward to seeing what he comes up with next! 😎🤙🏽

I saw this film at the Valley Film Fest back in November and it definitely punches above its weight. The cast deliveries some truly memorable performances. The premise revolves around a corporation mining personal data and building profiles and selling them to the highest bidder. And oh yea, the CEO of the company is some jacked Tarzan wannabe guy in a loin cloth. The movie had me laughing out loud multiple times; a feat that is not easy to do. I feel like most modern comedies these days lack those truly memorable scenes, but I've been finding myself telling my coworkers to "BE SOMEBODY" way too much. They don't know what I'm talking about because they haven't seen the movie yet, but once they do they'll see how cool I was for being the first to quote the movie.

So what are you waiting for? Go watch this movie and BE SOMEBODY. BE SOMEBODY. BE SOMEBODY.

Take Me To Tarzana combines the relatable day-in-day-out corporate drudgery of Office Space with the shenanigans of Workaholics set in a high stakes scheme-gone-wild plot reminiscent of The Big Lebowski. The elements mix well for a hilarious romp around LA while weaving an important narrative centering on current fears of workplace harassment and Big Tech spying on (and monetizing) our deepest secrets. This is the Millennial answer to the impending midlife life crisis that is office place malaise and having our most personal data exposed all over the web. Come for the prescient story on the corruption of big data, stay for the psychedelics-fueled trip with a monkey in a jungle mansion.

The entire cast is very solid, but Jonathan Bennett especially knocks his comedic performance out of the park, which pairs well with Owen Harn's Tarzan-themed techno villain. Chris Coppola is perfectly sleazy, Bob Wiltfong shows up to crush your soul and make you laugh out loud all at once, and Maria Conchita Alonso even sneaks in for some hilarious guest work with Emanuel Hernandez as her son in the funniest liquor-store-operating duo this side of Hollywood. Take Me to Tarzana is well-crafted indie production storytelling at its finest. Well worth the price of admission.

Jonathan Bennett is pretty funny in this- a good time!

Love the Jameson character - he cracks me up!! Definitely the kind of guy I'd like to go on a weekend bender with! haha