There are some movies that are so bad, they're good.
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist is one of those. It's an out-and-out
parody of the old HK martial arts genre, complete with the bad dubbing and the over-the-top fight sequences. What makes the movie funny is that the original bad dubbing and cheesy dialogue are made even worse. Let me explain that. Basically, the filmmakers took footage from the 1976 film
Tiger and Crane Fist, supplanted the lead character with Steve Oedekerk and gave it a whole new story. A few LOL moments, but expect much else.
Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger is a local production about a schoolgirl and her misadventures. As with other coming-of-age movies, we have a likable main character and a sprinkling of quirky supports. Sadly, the
movie plot is everywhere, and the characters are not fully developed. You have an ugly-ducking Esther, who's ostracized at her posh school; her sociopath brother, who moved to a Jewish school; her nagging mother; her public-school friend Sunni and her stripper-mom, who was killed in a bike accident; and her snooty classmates, who thought she's part of a secret student exchange program.
Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger is a local production about a schoolgirl and her misadventures. As with other coming-of-age movies, we have a likable main character and a sprinkling of quirky supports. Sadly, the movie plot is everywhere, and the characters are not fully developed. You have an ugly-ducking Esther, who's ostracized at her posh school; her sociopath brother, who moved to a Jewish school; her nagging mother; her public-school friend Sunni and her stripper-mom, who was killed in a bike accident; and her snooty classmates, who thought she's part of a secret student exchange program.
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