Mike's "One Minute Review" of The Chumscrubber
by Mike Feher |
Storyline: The Chumscrubber starts out with Troy, a normal teenager who supplies "feel good" pills to everyone in his high school (this way he spreads happiness all around). But when his friend Dean pays him a visit, Dean discovers Troy has hung himself in his bedroom during one of his mother's pool parties. After the death, three local teens: Billy, Lee and Crystal, want what's left of Troy's stash of pills and they know that Dean is the only one who knows where they are. But when Dean refuses to get the pills, the three teens kidnap Dean's little brother, until they realize they've kidnapped the wrong kid.
Well, well, well. Chumscrubber. You have made going to Walmart and buying DVDs from the $5 bin well worth my while.
Once again, Billy Elliot comes back to stage and screen to dominate my mind with his theatrical skills and impeccable American accent. My hats off and plenty of Kudo bars to him.
As for the story itself, it's like a prescribed-drug-ridden suburban tale version of Crash. That complex. That intertwined, yet to add to it's flavorful juice, it had the twisted and bizarre undertones of Welcome to the DollHouse just wriggling through-out.
I almost couldn't stomach how fuc*ed up all these psyche-drug peddling suburban teens were, but I guess if I gotta stomach the twisted goings on of the planet on which I live, I should be able to stomach such monstrosity.
Whelp, you've heard my peace, but don't take my word for it, watch the movie and learn for yourself.
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