Directed by Alan Metter Back to School feels like the 80s college movie that every other college movie has tried to parody. The story is unimportant as it's built on tropes, cliches and melodrama and never really commits to anything beyond the most immediate joke. That's not a criticism, or maybe subconsciously it is, just … Continue reading Back to School (1986)
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Brewster McCloud (1970)
Directed by Robert Altman The dreamers don't win in Robert Altman's mind bending, logic-defying, establishment-challenging Brewster McCloud. The slapstick story, complete with gags straight out of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner (similar to Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up Doc?) combines farce with pathos. It's the story of Brewster McCloud (Bud Cort), a lonely young man who doesn't … Continue reading Brewster McCloud (1970)
