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Overrated and overhyped

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The first must-see film of the year.

Kabluey is a film that is charming while simultaneously being hopeless and leaving little-to-no optimism for the working/middle classes of Americans. Its bright disposition and sunlit environments give the aesthetics certainly more life than the characters have in them, but in the end, they live a sad, stale existence that will likely only get staler and increasingly more rough as time goes on. Even the ending doesn't make an effort to give us a silver lining. It's the kind of film that will make you dread the next morning, or even the forthcoming hours of the day, but will rub you on the back in hopes to give you some energy.The film is the brainchild of first time writer/director/actor Scott Prendergrast, who plays Salman, who goes to live with his sister-in-law Leslie (Lisa Kudrow) since her husband's term of duty in Iraq has just been extended. Salman gets the thankless role of being a caretaker to Leslie's demonic, degenerate children, who wreak havoc and cause chaos wherever they go. In the mix of this lurid situation, Salman accepts a job offering from Leslie, who works for BluNexion, an internet company facing an enormous decline in sales. The job comes with the vague title of "maintenance," and results in Salman having to work an untold amount of hours a day, for $6 and hour, wearing a featureless, bulky blue costume with an oversized-head on the side of a lonely country road. Why BluNexion's manager (Conchata Ferrell) believes the answer to their failing industry is to place a giant mascot on the side of a road maybe twenty cars pass on a day is benign but I can roll with it.When Salman is out of the costume, he lives a miserable existence that would push some to suicide. When Salman is in the costume, he brings a perplexing amount of joy to the people he encounters, especially children. There's not much playing he can do, however, when confined to the costume, due to his inflated-tube arms that can't even assist with passing out the flyers he must hand out to drum up business for the company.It seems unlikely and trivial, but Kabluey is a strong replication of the lack of excitement and happiness in many Americans' lives. Everyday Salman takes a bus full of eccentrics, one of them a woman who talks nonstop to a silent coworker, who just talks down about her when she isn't on the bus. The repetition of events may wear on viewers, which only means it would do the same in real life. I'm curious to know how many of them currently feel how Salman does in life.The amazing thing about the film is how easy it is achieves its morose state of being. When Salman discovers a heartbreaking secret Leslie is hiding, he, at first, doesn't seem so broken about it to do much. He still goes to work, gets paid, and takes care of the kids at night. Not until he sees the true predicament this is does he actually act. Salman is desensitized in a sector of the world which lacks all personality and life to the point where crucial, life-altering changes are viewed as frivolous until true thinking can be done.Prendergast writes and directs with pure confidence in the depth of his material, and his miserable acting is a plus too. There are times when I sincerely wanted to dive into Salman's head just to hear and see his motivations, thoughts, and internal processes of thinking since the character releases such little depth and color on-screen ("but what does he have left?" is the question). Here is a guy who can develop a career as a wonderful indie-character actor if he continues writing and pioneering great ideas like this one. Kabluey is a somber, effective take on the issue of drudgery in American life and what the so-called "American Dream" means in modern times. It's not often you think about characters this deeply long after a film concludes.Starring: Scott Prendergast, Lisa Kudrow, Conchata Ferrell, Teri Garr, and Christine Taylor. Directed by: Scott Prendergast.

a comedy. with bitter crumbs and a lovely character. slices from Kafka style and air of fresh images. parody, lesson about duty and picture of a family circle. axis - blue silhouette who can be symbol of corporatism, Facebook or public for a reality show. nothing surprising. in few words, Scott Prendergast does an admirable work. many nuances of frustration, good intentions and hope. fear, dark humor and inspired situations. a kind of Don Quijote. nothing else. and sparkles of nice story, almost a fable about present time. in fact, map of a travel, strange lands, new beginnings, essence of small things. and the way. out of basic limits.

Leslie is a desperate housewife in need of relief. She is stressed out after getting to know her National Guard husband's tour of duty in Iraq has been extended; she has no inkling in how to deal with her two boys, Lincoln and Cameron, two brats that seem hellbent in destroying the house. What to do? Talking to her mother, it is suggested she brings home her brother-in-law, Salman, as in Salman Rushdie, to give her a hand with the house chores. She has to return to work to make ends meet.Salman is a man that has not amounted to much in his life. His last place of residence was in Nevada, where he did not get a decent job, so going to Austin to help Leslie is perhaps the best news he has been offered in a while. Leslie, an airhead, offers Salman a blanket that has still some vomit to sleep, thinking he might have brought his own bed with him, when he is only doing her the favor! What could be wrong with taking care of his two nephews? Plenty! For starters, Salman and the boys clash. He is an inept person when it comes to do what is expected of him by Leslie. He can not even get the boys to behave. As a solution, he decides to use straps on them whenever he must take them to the stores, eliciting dirty looks from the supermarket cashier and manager.Leslie decides to get him a job. The building where her office is located is looking for a person that can work cheaply. Kathleen, the woman in charge, offers him a kind of job that presents Salman with a challenge. He is to wear a huge rubber suit that represents the logo of BlueNexion's mascot, Kabluey. Kathleen takes him to an isolated highway where he is supposed to distribute leaflets that promote the virtues of renting space in the company's headquarters. The bus ride Salman takes to get to work, gives him an earful of a loud mouth woman talking about her love life to a silent partner.Salman is not prepare to the indignities he must suffer to earn six dollars an hour perspiring profusely under the hot Texas sun. The only good thing that comes out of this job is getting hired for a birthday party where he is offered a hundred bucks for entertaining the kids that are mesmerized looking at him when they go by. To his credit, Salman is a big hit at the birthday celebration. He is a silent figure among all the mostly mothers that talk all kinds of intimate details and gossip.Salman, who has made a friend with the supermarket cashier that comes to cater the party, and another person that impersonates a big wedge of cheese, come to Leslie's rescue when she goes to a motel with a guy she works with. Leslie, at long last, realizes Salman is the nice person she had taken for granted, not giving him all the credit he was due."Klabuey" was an amazing discovery when it showed on cable recently. Written and directed, as well as acted by Scott Prendergast, this indie comedy has its heart in the right place. It might not be for everyone, but watch it with an open mind and it will work magic with the viewer that comes with no preconceptions about the film. The film works because Salman is not judgmental about anything. Life has not been kind to him, but he is not stupid. He walks through situations where nasty minded individuals thinks he is incapable of doing anything right, and yet, he proves he is way above everyone.As Salman, Scott Prendergast does a deadpan take on the character he created. He presents a serious face in funny situations that might give people the wrong impression. Lisa Kudrow plays Leslie, a small, but effective role as the harried mother with big problems she cannot solve. Conchatta Ferrel is amazing as Kathleen, the boss from hell. Teri Garr is seen on a couple of scenes.

I had really thought great slapstick comedy was a lost art, one that I'd have to go to DVD's of Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd to experience. Then I saw "Kabluey." For the first half of the film I was laughing my head off, not only at the sheer outrageousness of it all but also at Scott Prendergast's brilliance at building gag on top of gag, making you laugh harder at each one until by the end of his "stack" you're literally screaming with joy. The second half slowed down a little but also proved that Prendergast could do pathos, and the ending is as heartbreaking as anything by Chaplin. There've been a few comedians in the modern era who showed they COULD have ranked with the stars of the past (Robin Williams, Jim Carrey), but Williams got stuck into too many overstuffed vehicles and Carrey seems to have been penalized by his audience every time he tried to reach beyond fart humor. Let's hope Scott Prendergast keeps making simple, unpretentious and utterly hilarious movies like this.