Eating Raoul (1982)
3/10
Right movie, Wrong Actors
16 August 2000
Warning: Spoilers
So a cult film, black comedy of sorts where the basic plot is this. A staunchy couple (Paul and Mary) who have been married for 10 years (twin beds mind you) hate the place they live in. The apartment bloc is filled with nothing but swingers who have wild sex parties, (How sick!). When one swinger enters their pad by accident and tries to get some action from Mary, Paul clocks him over the head with a frying pan killing him. They dispose of him in the apartment garbage disposal. This unhatches a scheme.. Since they are trying to buy a house to set up as a restaurant, they decide to make their apartment pose as a fantasy pad, invite swingers to fulfill their fantasies, clock them over with a fryin pan, and then rob them until they get enough money to buy their dream place and live happily ever-after. The story gets even more twisted when a shady locksmith discovers their plan, and offers a way to dispose of the bodies. Turns out he will pay them for the bodies so he can send them to a boss who uses them, grinding the corpses up for use in commercial dogfood.

Ok GOT IT?!?!?

This is a typical B movie but it has none of the fun B movie enjoyment. You don't laugh at the absurdity of the film, and you are constantly bored with it. The subject matter I think is great and twisted! But the actors (with the x-ception of Paul) can't pull it off. I was watching this saying, "Hey what that guy said is funny, and this entire 'predicament' is funny so why am I not laughing??"

It seems like that if it was made with better actors and production today, it would actualy be good, but it comes off as really dull. I kept thinking 'who can plays these roles better?' through the entire film..

Rating 3 out of 10
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