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Hermann 2022-03-21 08:01:04
This film reminds me of the hilly town in Edward Scissorhands, and there is a piece of music in it that also has some similarities to Edward Scissorhands. The film mixes elements of American campus comedy, suspense thriller, romantic light comedy and dark humor, but unfortunately it is too mixed but not properly reconciled, making people not addicted to watching it. Once you watch it, it's even more disappointing. It just proves once again that it is impossible to create a first-class movie just by playing with the mysteries of handsome men and beauties.
Extended Reading
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Officer Lou Bratley: Okay - so, now, you want to tell me about this fight at the mall?
Dean Stiffle: No. Not really, no.
Dr. Bill Stiffle: Dean, make an effort for me, please. I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation for all this, officer.
Officer Lou Bratley: I'm all ears.
Dr. Bill Stiffle: Dean?
Dean Stiffle: ...The guy at the mall was Billy. He and the other two forced me to steal drugs from my friend, Troy.
Officer Lou Bratley: Troy? Who's this Troy?
Dean Stiffle: Troy Johnson. He's dead.
Dr. Bill Stiffle: He committed suicide, sir.
Officer Lou Bratley: I don't understand.
Dean Stiffle: I told them no, so to force me to do it, they kidnapped my brother.
Officer Lou Bratley: Wait a minute, are you kidding me? You got a son who's kidnapped?
Dean Stiffle: No, wait a second, listen. They got the wrong kid. And they said if I didn't get the stuff from Troy, they were going to kill him.
Officer Lou Bratley: Oh, you just said Troy, who's dead.
Dr. Bill Stiffle: He is, officer. Dean...?
Dean Stiffle: So I did it, only Charlie - my little brother, Charlie, switched the drugs on me. And I wound up with a bag of my mom's Veggie Force.
Officer Lou Bratley: Veggie Force?
Dr. Bill Stiffle: It's this vitamin line she hocks.
Officer Lou Bratley: Veggie Force! I know that stuff. Right, I know, Veggie Force, right. Okay. Yeah... you wouldn't happen to know if they make a weight gainer for kids?
Dr. Bill Stiffle: I can check I guess.
Dean Stiffle: ...Anyway, that's why we got in a fight. Cause he wouldn't let the kid go.
Officer Lou Bratley: Which kid?
Dean Stiffle: The kid who was kidnapped.
Officer Lou Bratley: Okay. I think I understand. You were fighting at the mall with a guy who's kidnapping and drug smuggling with a guy who killed himself.
Dean Stiffle: ...Yeah.
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Officer Lou Bratley: Well, that's great Dean, you know? Only there doesn't happen to be any reports around here of any missing kids, so how do you explain that?
Dean Stiffle: I can't... I can't explain that.
Dr. Bill Stiffle: [Interrupting] Officer, can I...?
Officer Lou Bratley: Well, I mean, what's his name? This missing kid, this kidnapped kid, what's his name?
Dean Stiffle: He's called Charley.
Officer Lou Bratley: Charley what?
Dean Stiffle: Charley Br...
Dr. Bill Stiffle: [Interrupting again] Officer Bratley, could you step outside a minute, please? I'd like to talk to you in private.
Dean Stiffle: ...O-Officer Bratley?