UK Premiere

Short Synopsis:

The story of two perennial losers who want more than anything to be famous, popular, and successful. 

Review:

Theo Huxtable is laughed out of publisher Brett Jones’s office after submitting his debut novel, Truck Stop Hustler with the words ‘Who wants to read the work of a suburban white kid – everyone’s got one of those at home.’ So with the help of best friend, punk-musician Terence Permenstein, the pair hatch a scheme to relaunch the novel with a more media friendly author – one who will fuel the press and keep the public spellbound. Without missing a beat, pasty-faced dough boy Huxtable is replaced by hard-livng, charisma drenched KK Downey, a towering figure of Dylanesque stature, only too ready and willing to speak for a generation. Terence meanwhile has his own problems – his punk band is going nowhere and his on-off girlfriend, performance artist Sue has hooked up with loathsome music critic Connor Rooney.

This is a laugh out loud debut feature from Montreal based comedy-troupe Kidnapper Films most of whom also appear in the film. Of particular note are director,writer,producers Darren Curtis (Terence Permenstein) and Pat Kiely, (Connor Rooney) in including additional uniting credits by Matt Silver(Theo Huxtable).

This abundance of comedic talent seems to suggest there just might be something in the polite Canadian water supply that has delivered such a steady stream of brilliantly quirky comedians such as Martin Short, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Eugene Levy and now Kidnapper Films.

SB