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      High Strung

      PG 1991 1h 33m Comedy List
      Reviews 80% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score A highly agitated writer (Steve Oedekerk) of children's books begins having visions warning him that death is coming at 8 p.m. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Its like if Malcolm in the middle grew up and hated everything. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member If you can find this movie watch it! It's a clever and funny film that incorporates a-sort-of stand-up comedian's act into a movie-story. I know I'm butchering the description but think about how Seinfeld took parts of Jerry Seinfeld's act and made an episode out of it. Comedian Steve Oedekerk plays a struggling children's book author who proposes very dark suggestions to his publisher (such as pop up books about when relatives die). If You've ever watched a good comedian rant about the troubles in life and laughingly-agree you'll like this. I don't want to give anything away but there are four big-names comedians in this and you can feel the sense that these comics had a good time making this together. I went out of my way to find this movie and review it because it truely is a hidden gem. Check this movie out and if you don't like it I'll remove my review. :) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member hilarious watched it over and over again when I was younger! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member I absolutely love this movie. It is a must see! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie has no real plot, and is basically an hour and a half long stand up act with sets. I loved it! =D Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Some people just don't understand how a movie about a guy complaining into the camera for an hour-and-a-half could be any good. Well, when that person is Steve Oedekerk (the man who wrote Ace Ventura 1 & 2 and Kung Pow: Enter The Fist) ...there is still some confusion. To clarify, this movie is shot almost entirely in one apartment and could very well have ended up being just any stand up act. Yet, it becomes more than that. The central character, Thane Furrows (Oedekerk) is constantly at the height of frustration, and is being bombarded by minor annoyances as well as cryptic death threats. These increasing inner and outer influences slowly bring his "contents under pressure" to a roiling boil and an eventual breakdown until he finally comes face-to-face with death (Jim Carrey.) Seeing the very limits of Thane's ability to get angry about things like watermelon popsicles, along with the director's ability to keep shots both interesting and effective in one location make for both a strong performance, and a well crafted and hilarious (almost) one man show. Jim Carrey, Fred Willard and Tom Wilson (Biff Tannen from 'Back to the Future') also grace the screen to keep things interesting. One of my favorites and worth a try for anyone who's ever gotten too upset over nothing at all (or at lest gets a kick out of watching other people that do.) Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A highly agitated writer (Steve Oedekerk) of children's books begins having visions warning him that death is coming at 8 p.m.
      Director
      Roger Nygard
      Producer
      Vladimir Horunzhy, Sergei Zholobetsky
      Screenwriter
      Steve Oedekerk, Robert Kuhn
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 22, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 33m