Post by Gigi on Sept 4, 2006 16:34:39 GMT -5
I recently got the movie Rick, screenplay by Daniel Handler, from Netflix. I got solely because it was written by DH. It is supposedly loosely based on the opera Rigoletto, of which I have no knowledge of the plot. But I will share with you the plot of Rick and my impressions of it.
Plot
Rick O'lette is a business man with an obnoxious, pervert boss who is younger than him. Rick doesn't know it, but his teenage daughter talks dirty to Rick's boss in a sex chatroom. Rick hates his boss, and soon finds out what his daughter is doing. His boss also finds out it is Rick's daughter he's been chatting with and arranges to meet her at their office Christmas party. Rick has arranged to have his boss killed at the party and forbids his daughter to go. She does anyway, has sex with the boss and is mistakenly killed by the hit man hired to kill the boss. The body is dumped at Rick's storage unit and he goes there to find her. The police soon find out and the movie ends.
Handler's cameo
In the credits, Daniel Handler is listed as Perky Waiter. His cameo lasts all of about 2 seconds. As Rick and his daughter are having a heavy conversation at a restaurant about her dead mother, Perky Waiter walks up and says "How's everything here?" and gives a goofy grin.
My thoughts
I didn't really care for the movie. It was billed as a dark comedy, but there really wasn't much humor in it. It wasn't witty like I would expect from Handler. There were a few funny moments. A news reporter talks about a business making "One hundred and forty zillion dollars. No, that can't be right". That kinda struck me as funny. And there is a character that keeps recurring through the movie. Rick humiliated her at a job interview and then she keeps appearing in his life, right at his lowest point.
I would have to say that the best part of the movie was Handler's cameo. I didn't know it was in there and when he popped in, I yelled "It's him!" and then had to go back and see it again. It goes by so fast, that you'll miss it if you aren't watching closely.
Screenshots
I took three screenshots for those interested. The DVD menu screen, Handler's cameo, and his name at the beginning of the closing credits.
In the next few weeks, I should be getting Kill the Poor, another of Daniel Handler's movies, from Netflix. I'll let you know how that movie is too.
Plot
Rick O'lette is a business man with an obnoxious, pervert boss who is younger than him. Rick doesn't know it, but his teenage daughter talks dirty to Rick's boss in a sex chatroom. Rick hates his boss, and soon finds out what his daughter is doing. His boss also finds out it is Rick's daughter he's been chatting with and arranges to meet her at their office Christmas party. Rick has arranged to have his boss killed at the party and forbids his daughter to go. She does anyway, has sex with the boss and is mistakenly killed by the hit man hired to kill the boss. The body is dumped at Rick's storage unit and he goes there to find her. The police soon find out and the movie ends.
Handler's cameo
In the credits, Daniel Handler is listed as Perky Waiter. His cameo lasts all of about 2 seconds. As Rick and his daughter are having a heavy conversation at a restaurant about her dead mother, Perky Waiter walks up and says "How's everything here?" and gives a goofy grin.
My thoughts
I didn't really care for the movie. It was billed as a dark comedy, but there really wasn't much humor in it. It wasn't witty like I would expect from Handler. There were a few funny moments. A news reporter talks about a business making "One hundred and forty zillion dollars. No, that can't be right". That kinda struck me as funny. And there is a character that keeps recurring through the movie. Rick humiliated her at a job interview and then she keeps appearing in his life, right at his lowest point.
I would have to say that the best part of the movie was Handler's cameo. I didn't know it was in there and when he popped in, I yelled "It's him!" and then had to go back and see it again. It goes by so fast, that you'll miss it if you aren't watching closely.
Screenshots
I took three screenshots for those interested. The DVD menu screen, Handler's cameo, and his name at the beginning of the closing credits.
In the next few weeks, I should be getting Kill the Poor, another of Daniel Handler's movies, from Netflix. I'll let you know how that movie is too.
