Strawberry Flavored Plastic

I forced myself to sit through an hour of this before giving up. 90% of what I saw was people sitting around talking in stilted sentences that sounded like someone wrote them. People don't talk this way.

It drags and it lags. There's an aura of hubris around this film, the kind one might expect from a naïve beginning director. Despite claims, there's nothing sensational about this snoozer.

Two filmmakers try to make a documentary about a suburban serial killer and the movie just copies the formula of the infamous serial killer classic MAN BITES DOG (Belgium-1992), but in a very blatant and boring way. Few killings, a lot of unnecessary talking and the film's 107 minutes are just a waste of time and money. Try to find the Belgian film instead...

STRAWBERRY FLAVORED PLASTIC is a great directorial debut. Reminds me of MAN BITES DOG with a modern touch. This film's pacing is a slow burn so keep that in mind before you watch it. However, the themes and questions posed within the movie are intriguing and well-explored at this level of filmmaking. Looking forward to see what kind of story the director can tell next.

It was at the point where one character responds to another,

"Reciprocally allow me to point out that..."

People simply don't don't talk this way. The entire film is laden with dialogue like this, it's very distracting.

Noel, the killer, claims to be a fan of post world war II era movies, so his out of place manner of speaking makes sense, but when every character speaks like this it just comes off as overwritten and as such very unnatural, it totally broke the immersion of the movie for me.

What can I say about Strawberry Flavored Plastic? It's a solid mockumentary about an at-large serial killer named Noel Rose (played wonderfully by Aidan Bristow), who's next in line along with Patrick Bateman (American Psycho), Henry (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer), and Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs). This particular psychopath is an emotional type with a special motive. And what is that special motive? Well, you have to see this film to find out as the filmmakers Errol Morgan (Nicholas Urda) and Ellis Archer (Andres Montejo) are partaking to film a risky documentary on Noel's life. The shots in this film are wonderful, plus the suspense is top notch. Defiantly recommend it!