Baghead (2008)

Comedy / Drama / Horror

1 hr. 24 min.

Indie drama from the creators of The Puffy Chair. Four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a scary screenplay that will make them all stars, and it starts coming true.

Rated R for language, some sexual content and nudity

Directed by: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass

Starring: Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig, Elise Muller, Jett Garner

Theatrical Release Date: 7/25/2008

Release Type: NY

U.S. Box Office: $140,016

Video/DVD Release Date: 12/30/2008

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

Country: USA

Language: English

Offsite: IMDB | Official Site

CRITIC	RATING	QUOTE
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert	4	If you walk out after 10 or 15 minutes, you will have seen the best parts of the film.
Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips	8	...delightfully unpredictable.
filmcritic.com Jesse Hassenger	8	...flirts with a heavy level of self-reflexivity...
New York Post Lou Lumenick	5	Satire, you see, requires the sort of artistic discipline that is anathema to mumblecore filmmakers.
Reel Jesse Hassenger	8	...flirts with a heavy level of self-reflexivity...
Slant Magazine Bill Weber	7	A prankish comedy-thriller overtly about desperation and insecurity...
New York Times Stephen Holden	7	...adroitly toys with the question of whether there is really something lurking out there, or whether that something, fleetingly glimpsed, is merely a projection of the characters' own fears.
Los Angeles Times Michael Ordoña	7	...part meta-cinematic comedy, part relationship drama and part horror movie, remains rooted in reality.
Village Voice Robert Wilonsky	5	The movie's better in its first half...
Onion AV Club Scott Tobias	8	... goes further than expected in exploring the core issues of no-budget independent filmmaking and what can or cannot be accomplished.

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ALL AVERAGE CRITIC RATING	6.7
AVERAGE USER RATING (2 ratings)	7.0

USER REVIEWS:

Wynns 8

Unexpected. Don't turn off the slow start, forgive the improvised dialogue and give it some time. It's like two movies sort of scrunched into one. Maybe neither of them is that good alone, but together they form Voltron and something interesting comes out of it.

Note: The actual plot summary isn't quite as simple and corny as the summary on this page says.