Weirdsville: Amazon.ca: Taryn Manning, Maggie Castle, Dax Ravina, Raoul Bhaneja, Jordan Prentice, Greg Bryk, Matt Frewer, Joe Dinicol, Wes Bentley, Scott Speedman, Allan Moyle: DVD

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3.0 out of 5 stars Wonky DVD, May 14 2012

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The DVD I ordered did not work in my DVD player, so I returned it for another and that one did not work either. I am still waiting for my refund. However, this is a fantastic movie! I reccommend picking it up, I was just very unlucky.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Weirdsville, Feb 10 2009

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We rented this one from Blockbuster on a whim and immediately had to buy it so that we could have a copy of our own. Weirdsville is smart, quirky and fun! Great characters in strange situations with a Canadian twist. Highly recommended. You won't be sorry.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A simple, complicated Stoner Comedy, Feb 5 2008

By Madelyn Pryor "Goblyn Queen" - Published on Amazon.com

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If you're looking for the next great independent movie that will make you think and change the way you look at the world... keep looking. But if you want to laugh yourself silly while scratching your head at the insanity at the same time, then this is the movie for you. Weirdsville is by the Director of Empire RecordsEmpire Records (Remix! Special Fan Edition), Allan Moyle and it has Scott Speedman as one of the stars (Michael from UnderworldUnderworld (Widescreen Special Edition)). It is about a few druggy friends who owe a local dealer way too much money, and they have no way to pay him back. While they're trying to figure out how to stay alive, one of them over doses and dies. The guys decide to bury her body and are discovered by Satanists... this leads to a high speed chase, an armed robbery, a group of little people who are into Medieval Recreation Battles and kicking Mooney butt and all other kinds of insanity.

Allan Moyle has managed to again deliver a great movie about little to nothing (like Empire Records) that leaves you feeling entertained. The sequences that are interspersed throughout the film that show events from the characters point of view that have just used drugs are nothing short of brilliant. The visuals are amazing. This movie does not really glamorize drug use but shows how twisted it really is. However, they juxtapose this view against the greater picture of how twisted the world at large is.

If you liked Gramma's Boy, Empire Records, Clerks, or if you just want a good laugh then grab this movie and enjoy.

Highly Recommended.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Moving up with Taryn Manning, Oct 9 2008

By Music Lover in Omaha - Published on Amazon.com

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Actually, I wasn't going to review this film for a couple reasons. One was that it was pretty obscure and the other was that I really had a hard time deciding if I really liked it or not, but then I realized that this blonde in WEIRDSVILLE was Taryn Manning, who was also in two films that I blasted here at AMAZON.COM. Well, fair is fair and I am forgiving of THE CULT and THE BREED. While Taryn isn't the main reason I liked this film, I did think she did a good job, even though she spent a good part of the movie as a corpse. The heroes of this movie were Wes Bentley and Scott Speedman. They were in trouble with a loan shark but also had the problem of disposing of the aforementioned corpse and these two brilliant fellas decide to bury her at a drive in theater. For a couple losers already near the bottom, things go downhill pretty fast but in a glorious ending, things all work out. I thought they did okay, but in my opinion, the film was stolen by Maggie Castle, the girl in the Satanist cult and by Greg Bryk, who was terrific as the leader of the satan worshipers. I don't think I've ever seen a less menacing group of devil worshipers in a movie, but at least his prayers were answered in the end. I guess. I give this one 3 stars. My expectations weren't too high for WEIRDSVILLE and it was pretty much what I expected. Funny for the most part but not just downright hilarious. My advice here is give this one a chance, maybe rent it and you might want to buy it. Shoot, you might even become a Taryn Manning fan, but if you do avoid THE CULT and THE BREED. now I'm going to watch banshee staring (who else) Taryn Manning.

3.0 out of 5 stars Weird is the Operative Word Here, April 16 2012

By Eric Sanberg - Published on Amazon.com

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This is a dark farce that doesn't amount to much more than a one trick pony.

Here's the scoop. Scott Speedman and Wes Bentley play Dexter and Royce, a couple of junkies who are trying to bury their friend Matilda's (Taryn Manning) body because they think she's overdosed. During the near burial they witness the ritual killing of a guy by the hands of a Satanist cult. Add to that the fact they are into a local thug for $8,000.00 with the clock ticking fast and you're off to the races.

As I mentioned, this is a farce. The various factions need to get things done quickly. The cultists need to off the stoners. The stoners need to crack a safe for the money to get the thug off their case. They run all over Ontario and sometimes there are near misses, while other times they connect with dizzying results. Other characters, who are only peripherally involved, enter the fray at various levels with ....weird results. This starts out as a lot of fun. Speedman and Bentley play well off each other. Most of the other characters are written well, but it starts to get tired after awhile. Royce's utter stupidity and constant misquotes turn from funny to bothersome about half way through things. The fact that Dexter doesn't haul off and whack him is curious further still. And when the "little people's" Medieval Reenactment Troupe enters the picture, all bets are off.

I enjoyed this enough. The acting, directing, music etc. are all decent. And I liked the characters. There just doesn't seem to be much up or down in it all. It's a series of set pieces where the dynamic is nearly flat. And the end. Unless I read this wrong, it seemed to be saying it's better to go through life as a drug addict. Didn't get that. This is a decent, likable movie. Just don't expect much out of it.

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