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| FILM DETAILS | Certificate
15 | | Cast
Jeff Bridges
Ted Danson. | | Directors
Michael Traeger. | | Screenwriters
Michael Traeger. | | Running Time
96 minutes |
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The Moguls (15) Plot
Midlife crisis-suffering Andy Sargentee (Bridges) is constantly coming up with get-rich-quick schemes to compete with his son's well off stepfather, for which his not-too-bright friends are more than happy to back him up. The latest is to produce amateur porn...Review
Ain’t pornography sweet? There’s nothing better to warm the cockles than a bit of double-anal… Er, right? Well, go ask debut feature writer-director Michael Traeger, who’s used the concept of a bunch of pleasant small-towners making an amateur stag flick as an excuse to foist some sticky love ’n’ hugs nonsense on us.
Which is a shame, as this could have been a cheeky Boogie Nights-via-Ealing diversion, especially with the perpetually rumpled Jeff Bridges in the lead as the fella with the big, crazy idea who drags his all-too-draggable chums (Tim Blake Nelson’s mini-oaf, Ted Danson’s faux-macho closet gay, Joe Pantoliano as Some Idiot — yes, that is the character’s name) into the world of basement porn. But a lack of solid laughs, a smidgin of racism and an infuriating overuse of voiceover leave this seriously lacking wood. Verdict
An amiable enough micro-caper which offers savoury titters over out-and-out laughs without ever living up to the concept’s comedic potential.
Reviewer: Dan Jolin
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| The Moguls | | | I thought this was a pretty poor attempt at a comedy, considering the actors in it and some of films they've been in it was frankly a disappointment, I wasn't expecting much from it and I probably got even less than that watching it.
While Bridges, Danson, Pantoliano and the other 'star' names were generally ok(ish), everyone else seemed to think 'ooh we're in a film about making a porn movie' - lets all shout our lines out and mug to the camera at every opportunity'.
The film also seeme... Read More
| | | Indio About me | | 23:52, 05 May 2007 | Report This Post | |
| | | | The Moguls | | | I thought this was a pretty poor attempt at a comedy, considering the actors in it and some of films they've been in it was frankly a disappointment, I wasn't expecting much from it and I probably got even less than that watching it.
While Bridges, Danson, Pantoliano and the other 'star' names were generally ok(ish), everyone else seemed to think 'ooh we're in a film about making a porn movie' - lets all shout our lines out and mug to the camera at every opportunity'.
The film also seeme... Read More
| | | Indio About me | | 23:52, 05 May 2007 | Report This Post | |
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