I heard Elijah Wood mention this movie in his recent Hot Ones interview. He said something to the effect of it being one of the movies he is most proud of but warned that it is very polarizing. Now that I have seen it, I understand why. I watched it with my boyfriend and I loved it and he felt like it was a waste of time. (In all fairness, the only thing he had a problem with was also the issue I have, which I will talk about later.) If you are the type that doesn't only want to watch movies for entertainment, but watches and judges movies based on the experience they provide, you might like this. I love the idea of seeing people who aren't conventionally attractive in leading roles. I also loved the disgusting settings. This movie does an excellent job at making you feel grimy. There was a part where one character was eating cheese puffs and I told my boyfriend that I would never eat if I were any of these characters or even on the set. It's a nice change of pace from the movies starring all of Hollywood's most beautiful actors, and seeing them engaged in behavior equally as disgusting as the setting is also such an interesting subversion to me. That's the best way I can articulate how I feel about this movie at the moment. Over all, I enjoyed it. My only issue was the issue I share with my boyfriend which is the reliance on repetition in their jokes. There are three different scenes that feel a lot like the "Would you like a. Lollipop?' 'Would I?' 'Would you?' 'Would I?" joke from Chowder except it goes on for like three minutes which is not funny. Just annoying.
Review of The Greasy Strangler
