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Meet Monica Velour

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An awkward teen (Dustin Ingram) makes a road trip to see his favorite porn star (Kim Cattrall) in person and finds that reality is much different than fantasy.
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Philip Wilding Empire Magazine Beautifully acted, it's a tender love story with one or two belly laughs. Rated: 3/5 Jul 14, 2011 Full Review Rick Groen Globe and Mail Pretty good performance, awfully lame movie. Rated: 2/4 May 13, 2011 Full Review Linda Barnard Toronto Star Had first-time director Keith Bearden been as devoted to keeping Meet Monica Velour on track as he did to coming up with punderful porn flick names, he could have had a satisfying dark comedy on his hands. Rated: 2/4 May 12, 2011 Full Review Prairie Miller Long Island Press Cattrall does what she does best, pushing boundaries unapologetically. And there's not a hint of lewd intentions, but plenty of saucy satire surrounding US culture's sexual contradictions, in a geek's determined fantasy romance bypassing cougar labels. Dec 31, 2011 Full Review Ross Ruediger Bullz-Eye.com From a plot standpoint, there isn't much that's remarkable about it, yet its two central figures are so honestly drawn that they make up for any predictability along the way. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 13, 2011 Full Review Brian Orndorf BrianOrndorf.com Blessed with a promising concept for a dark comedy, "Meet Monica Velour" would rather tug heartstrings or script repetitive behavior from derivative characters. Rated: C- Aug 4, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Extremely low budget Indie about a teenager in love with an aged former porn star. While occasionally reminiscent of Napoleon Dynamite, "Meet Monica Velour" is much more serious, even in its dark humor. While it isn't a bad movie, it isn't particularly good either. The performance of Kim Cattrall is actually pretty good and a welcome change from her "Sex and the City" typecast she's been saddled with the past decade. Yeah, this film may not seem like much of a departure from the type of character she's been playing for a long time, but it did give her a chance to be more raw and serious. Definitely worth watching at least once. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Not a bad idea but fairly slow. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Meet Monica Velour: What a weird, contrived and ultimately sweet movie. Circumstances lead Tobe, a bad "Napoleon Dynamite" knockoff, to rural Indiana, where his vintage porn star crush now resides in a trailer. Yes, the premise is ridiculous, but Tobe's goofy likability and Kim Cattrall's spot-on portrait of a down-on-her-luck, washed up porn star is so jaw-droppingly good, and the film's last 20 minutes so charming, that it delivers the perfect happy ending. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Extremely low budget Indie about a teenager in love with an aged former porn star. While occasionally reminiscent of Napoleon Dynamite, "Meet Monica Velour" is much more serious, even in its dark humor. While it isn't a bad movie, it isn't particularly good either. The performance of Kim Cattrall is actually pretty good and a welcome change from her "Sex and the City" typecast she's been saddled with the past decade. Yeah, this film may not seem like much of a departure from the type of character she's been playing for a long time, but it did give her a chance to be more raw and serious. Definitely worth watching at least once. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member We thought this was cute, even though it got mostly bad reviews. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member In a nutshell, it's Napoleon Dynamite Meets Sex Outside The City LOL. Gave 3 stars since I didn't think it was a bad movie. Kim Cattrall has the balls to knock out this gutsy, not so appealing kind of a movie. From enjoyable 80's faves like Police Academy with Steve Guttenberg, Mannequin with Andrew McCarthy, Masquerade with Rob Lowe, and of course Porky's with her classic "Lassie" nickname noticed by many male teens back in the day! I admire her bold move to make this movie with Brian Dennehy in a supporting role. It's ugly reality at it's best and away from the Honey Boo Boo fascination! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An awkward teen (Dustin Ingram) makes a road trip to see his favorite porn star (Kim Cattrall) in person and finds that reality is much different than fantasy.
Director
Keith Bearden
Producer
Gary Gilbert, Jordan Horowitz
Screenwriter
Keith Bearden
Distributor
Anchor Bay
Production Co
Gilbert Films
Rating
R (Nudity|Language|Some Drug Use|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 8, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 9, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$31.6K
Runtime
1h 37m
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