Miss Março: A Garota da Capa

OK I just got back from seeing this movie and I got to tell you it was pretty damn funny. If you are going to this movie to see another Shindlers List...leave the car in the driveway. It is not artistic nor is it pretty. What it is...funny as hell!!! I caught the early showing (ok I'm cheap, there I said it and I am sticking to it). There were only about 20 people in the theater. An older couple, a couple of guys around 25, a group of 18 - 20 yr old, and of course yours truly. All different backgrounds and ages. What amazed me is that we all laughed when it was funny, we all cringed when it was gross. We did not have to have the director lead us to the joke like a fat kid to cake, it was just there.

Will you see this movie up for an Oscar...no. Will you see this movie in my movie collection when it comes out...U bet you sweet bippy.

Seems that a lot of people really don't like this movie. I don't understand what they wanted out of it or expected but I expected a dumb, raunchy comedy and that's exactly what I got. This movie is no more raunchy than many other teen comedies made around the same time and it actually made me laugh quite a bit. I may be slightly biased because I've been a huge fan of WKUK for a while and really wanted this movie to succeed. I know it's nothing to write home about but if you're in the mood to just laugh at some raunchy comedy then this is a great pick. 7/10.

Tucker Cleigh (Trevor Moore) is a loudmouth sex-crazed idiot. Eugene Bell (Zach Cregger) is his straight laced best friend. Cindi Whitehall (Raquel Alessi) is Eugene's girlfriend. They decided to save themselves but Cindi wants to take it to the next level. He promises to have sex on prom night. Then at the prom after party, he falls down a flight of stairs. He wakes up after a 4 year coma when Tucker hit him with a baseball bat. Cindy is the new Playboy centerfold. They take a cross country trip to the Playboy mansion to win her back.

The biggest problem is that the two leads who also co-wrote and co-directed this movie are completely lacking in big screen charisma. It doesn't help that they look like 30 year olds when their characters are in high school. Their age fits a little better after the coma. However the lack of charisma never changes. As for the crude humor, it has its moments. They are definitely pushing the envelope, but everything in between is dreadfully boring.

Enjoyable adult comedy but more suitable for a video distribution than a nationwide release. As in all comedies of this genre, some of the jokes are lame, some are stretched and some are quite funny. Miss March has all of the three characteristics but to somewhat of an equal degree which kind of makes it lesser fun than what it could have been. But it does have somewhat of a story line going for it and Trevor Moore was enjoyable, although he reminded me of Matthew Lillard throughout the movie. Rent it out on video and get together a group of friends, preferably students, to set the atmosphere, and you (and this movie) will be all the more merrier. 5/10.

Critics tended to pan this movie. While I'll admit that the movie tended to lean towards gross and raunchy humor at times (especially the sex scenes, the "flasher" scenes, and the lesbian car driver characters) and that it didn't seem to be fit for all tastes or aiming for being a classic, I still enjoyed the movie and thought it was truly hilarious. What else can you expect from a movie that centers around Playboy magazine? My favorite scenes were with Molly Stanton chasing after the best friend after, during a pole dance scene, he instigated her into having a seizure with strobe lights and tried to pry her off of him by stabbing her in the face with a fork. Her chasing after him and getting the fire department to do the same were, in my opinion, the funniest scenes. I also liked the road trip scenes and Tucker's meeting with Hugh Heffner. You might like this movie. It really depends on your taste and "material threshold." Give it a try if you're in the right mood.

** 1/2 out of ****