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The Corndog Man
A foul-mouthed and bigoted boat salesman in rural South Carolina is targeted for ruthless and never-ending telephone terrorism by a mysterious man claiming to be his son...
Release : | 1999 |
Rating : | 7.1 |
Studio : | |
Crew : | Production Design, Director of Photography, |
Cast : | Noble Willingham Jim Holmes David Steen |
Genre : | Drama Thriller |
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It is a performances centric movie
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
Dumb, meaningless movie should appeal to Southern Rednecks, teenagers with IQ's bordering on retarded and the average Bush supporter. Noble Willingham plays the lead in this simpleminded script for what it is and uses a generous dose of MFers, eff this and eff that and SOBs. The ending which I anticipated to "Save" this hollow story was the biggest letdown, leaving me hanging and wondering, "Why"?It's a story of cat & mouse or more like Bully vs. victim.Don't waste your time unless you like hearing the phone ringing every 2 minutes and constant cursing and screaming throughout this 123 minute piece of dumpster droppings.
"... quicker than a cat can lick it's a_s!" LMAO!!! This movie is earthy and real. There ARE characters out there like Ace, his 'girlfriend', and his Colonel Sanders look-a-like boss. If you look real hard, I bet you see Karl and the lawnmower shop from Slingblade next door! hahahahaha The characters were outstanding, revenge was believable, the music was excellent (love Lousiana swamp blues!), and I about wet my pants with the brace-and-bit scene I laughed so hard. The only regret (and I mean the only regret) was that we never got to really see his tormentor! Buy this movie (don't just rent it), send the wife and kids to the mall, get serious with your favorite 6-pack, nuke up some 'corndogs', and prepare to laugh yourself into a coma!
This is a great movie on a bunch of levels. First of all, Jerry Bruckheimer, eat your heart out. You don't need $200 million and CGI explosions to make a good movie. Second, whatever you are expecting of this movie will be wrong. I try to explain it to my friends as a man moving to a small South Carolina town, and messing with this old redneck on the phone. I know how scintillating that sounds, but once you see it, you will get it. It is laugh out loud funny at many points. You are highly entertained, but puzzled throughout the movie, and then the ending ties it all together in a way that hits you hard emotionally in a completely unexpected way. It also manages the social commentary on racism in a roundabout non-preachy way that maximizes its effectiveness. As a native small town southerner, the atmosphere created is dead on accurate, and the great soundtrack of blues music puts the perfect finishing touches on. My friend made me watch this movie, and now I recommend it to everyone I know (except the people who saw biker boyz, if you liked that movie, please never watch Corn Dog Man). Watch this movie, you will be exchanging Ace and Penrod comments on the back and forth on the phone with all your friends for months.
This harrowing yet darkly-funny story of revenge and buried secrets features an incredible performance by Noble Willingham. Willingham rings absolutely true as Ace Barker, a redneck boat salesman whose past catches up to him when a mysterious corndog seller arrives in town and begins to harrass him.The dialogue consists of little more than an endless series of phone calls, yet the movie held my attention from beginning to end. It's an unconventional movie because it has no standard dialogue scenes, but the narrative is a perfectly-structured, classic story of revenge.The soundtrack is extraordinary. It features a number of wonderful blues tunes, including several by Dr. John.This is destined to be a cult classic!