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ProjectX(2012)
88min
Comedy
Country:
USA
Lenguage:
English
ReleaseDate:
8June2012(Spain)
Director:NimaNourizadeh
Writers:MattDrake,MichaelBacall
Stars:
ThomasMann ...
Thomas
JonathanDanielBrown ... JB
Storyline:
Threeseeminglyanonymoushighschoolseniorsattempttofinallymakea
nameforthemselves.Theirideaisinnocentenoughlet'sthrowaparty
thatnoonewillforget,andhaveacamerathere,todocumenthistoryinthe
making.Butnothingcouldpreparethemforthisparty.
Review:
ProjectXisafilmthat,onpaper,doesnotappealtomeatall.Ipredictedit
tobealowbudgetfilmwithsomeunmemorablegagsandapoorplot.I
waswrong.Itwasasurprisinglygoodfilm.Theplotdid,asanticipated,
containseveralholesandyoucouldn'thelpthinking"surelythatwouldn't
havehappened"butafterallitwasbasedonatruestory.
Thefilmisbasedonsomeunpopularhighschoolstudents,(Thomas,
CostaandJB)whothrowapartywhenoneoftheirparentsgoesawayfor
theweekendanditquicklyescalatesoutofcontrol.Thefilmisseemingly
shotbytheirfriendDexonaportablecameraandsomeothervideosina
documentarystylesequence.Thereisagoodbalanceofdialogue,
montagesofgeneralpartymayhemandThomascompletelystressingout
andthefilmsgreatforwatchingwithafewofthelads.