Drive-Away Dolls is a quirky crime comedy movie with psychedelic elements directed by renowned filmmaker Ethan Coen. The film revolves around two lesbian friends who organize changes in their lives as they drive from Pennsylvania to Florida. They get caught up in a criminal scheme involving a confused rental car shop owner, two inept criminals and their bipolar boss as well as a conservative politician with a wild past. While dealing with all those unexpected obstacles, the two ladies also start transitioning from friends over sexual partners to genuine lovers.

This movie convinces on several levels. First of all, the filmmaking is entertaining with creative camera angles, efficient lighting techniques and wonderful psychedelic passages used as smooth transitions between scenes. Up next, the plot is filled with numerous quirky characters and creative ideas that make this wild ride diverting throughout. The acting performances are certainly unique, memorable and diversified with an outgoing Margaret Qualley and a much more serious Geraldine Viswanathan. The film's quirky soundtrack blends in wonderfully with the movie's overall tone.

On the negative side, the film's story might be eclectic but remains paper-thin at its essence. The movie is at times overloaded with quirky side stories that add entertainment but no substance whatsoever. The film also desperately tries to include as many ethnical, sexual and visible minorities among its characters which makes a well-intentioned approach feel pretentiously exaggerated.

At the end of the day, Drive-Away Dolls is a quirky comedy film on the pulse of time that offers entertainment over substance. It's a great popcorn cinema flick that invites to switch your brain off for eighty-four minutes, take a break from your everyday life and enjoy the wild ride while it lasts. While this rollercoaster ride is diverting throughout, the film certainly doesn't have any deeper meaning and doesn't offer much, if any replay value. Enjoy this flick at your local cinema or in the comfort of your living-room with a few drinks and some friends but don't purchase this feature film while expecting to revisit it time and again.

For years, fans of Tommy Wiseau have been waiting for the release of Big Shark. A trailer was dropped, then the project seemed to be on hold, up next it appeared to be canceled, suddenly a new trailer dropped and the film was finally released last year. It was a unique experience watching this film at Ottawa's legendary Mayfair Theatre with much crowd participation and a few drinks beforehand. This is the exact attitude you need when watching Big Shark. This film is so absurd that it requests a complete suspension of disbelief to take this feature humorously. Otherwise, you will get frustrated by the movie's excessively weird characters, terrible dialogues filled with stunning grammatical mistakes and paper-thin plot that doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

To keep it short, this movie revolves around three firefighters who spend their time partying, hitting on women and drinking booze every single day. One day, one of these firefighters named Patrick claims to have spotted a thirty-five-foot shark in a muddy lake that he calls a river for unfathomable reasons. His friends don't believe him but soon a gigantic shark surfs through New Orleans on randomly appearing rivulets of water. For vague reasons, the three firefighters decide to kill the shark as the military and police don't intervene at all. They decide to catch three pigs as bait for the shark that they ultimately decide not to use. Instead, they get a dead pig at a butcher's place, fill it with blood and dynamite and launch it on a rubber dinghy to kill the shark.

For those who are not familiar with Tommy Wiseau's work yet, there are several reasons why people enjoy watching his movies. First of all, his movies are so uniquely bad that they don't compare to anyone or anything else. Even other controversial directors look like experienced geniuses next to Tommy Wiseau. Up next, these movies are so hilariously bad that they are genuinely entertaining as viewers will come back revisiting them by remembering their favourite worst scenes, plot twists and awkward dialogues. The characters in his movies stand out because they act entirely irrationally and sometimes change their attitudes, behaviours and mindsets from one minute to the other. The technical aspects of the movies also leave a lot to be desired as the shifts in the sound department are excessive, lighting work at times blinds the audience and the settings offer numerous awkward choices.

You might now wonder why people watch a movie like Big Shark that sounds bad on paper and is actually even worse than you expect it to be. This movie offers unparalleled escapism and invites for a light-hearted fun ride that is best enjoyed with a few drinks and friends. I have watched The Room time and again and would watch it again in a heartbeat. Big Shark is even more consistent in its absurdity and thus appeals even more to me. I'm prepared to return to the cinema to watch this film again, I would purchase it physically to enjoy it at home and I have written this review to promote this weird masterpiece to the entire world.

For those who are already familiar with the works of Tommy Wiseau, this movie is everything you expect it to be and might even exceed your expectations as you will be crying tears of joy while watching this unbelievable cinematic accident.

As for Tommy Wiseau himself, I have nothing but genuine respect for him as I sincerely admire his resilience at creating movies despite innumerable obstacles. This man deserves recognition because he is living his dream and has offered hours of comedic entertainment to fans from all around the world. I would like to encourage him to continue doing his work as long as he wants to as I'm willing to give all of his releases a shot.

On a closing note, I would rather watch a ridiculous but entertaining, funny and sympathetic movie such as Big Shark than an intellectual but depressing, overlong and pretentious feature such as the heavily overrated Anatomy of a Fall.

The War with Grandpa is an entertaining comedy movie with world class actors such as Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman and Christopher Walken. The story revolves around a forgetful grandfather who is living alone since his wife passed away. His daughter insists that he comes living with her family. He is assigned to live in his grandson's room who himself has to live in the attic. The child isn't very happy about the situation and declares a war on his grandfather who gladly accepts. As the two family members secretly fight each other, they also start appreciating each other more.

This movie for the whole family convinces on many levels. The actresses and actors are becoming one with their roles and are doing an excellent job. The characters are quite quirky, diversified and amusing. The movie has many funny side stories such as the grandfather's daredevil friends and the oldest daughter's boyfriend who doesn't get accepted by her mother. The movie has a strong message that family should always stick together in difficult situations.

On the other side, the movie also has a few flaws. The story is very predictable. The ending is overloaded with happy stereotypes. The characters are often behaving extremely exaggeratedly which leaves an at times bitter aftertaste such as when the family offers the youngest daughter an over-the-top Christmas party in the middle of the summer.

Despite some minor flaws, The War with Grandpa is a highly entertaining comedy movie for the whole family with a positive message that is best enjoyed at a birthday party or around Christmas.

Menteur, internationally known as Compulsuve Liar, is a highly entertaining comedy movie featuring many famous actors and comedians from Quebec. The story revolves around compulsive liar Simon whose lies become reality one day and teach him that facing and telling the truth is important in life.

Not every gag works out and the opening sequences feel slightly rushed but about twenty minutes into the movie, things start getting truly hilarious. My personal highlight of the movie was Simon's boss played by a hilarious Geneviève Schmidt who changed from being strict, organized and influential to a confused drunkard overnight.

Menteur is hilarious entertainment for the whole family and a wonderful introduction to Quebec's comedy culture. In addition to this, the movie even presents valuable life lessons in a light-hearted way. Menteur isn't memorable enough for becoming movie of the year but certainly worth to be checked out at your local cinema.

Bad Seeds is a French-Canadian comedy movie that doesn't necessarily convince with great jokes but rather with awkward situation comedy, interesting characters and wonderful winter landscapes.

The movie tells the story of a stage actor with gambling debts who escapes Montreal via a bus trip and ends up in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue in Western Quebec. He encounters a grumpy farmer who illegally grows and sells weed in order to make enough money to make the childhood dream of his estranged son come true before a terminal illness kills him. Knowing each other's secret, the two men decide to work together but are soon disturbed by an unhappy Lesbian teenager who verifies the farm's electricity meter and accidentally discovers its secret. The teenage girl is kidnapped and forced to stay with the two men. After some initial misunderstandings and tensions, the trio actually starts appreciating working together but their luck soon starts to turn when the teenager falls in love with a local clerk, when the farmer gets sicker every day and when the loan sharks the stage actor tried to run away from end up tracking him down.

On the positive side, the movie's script is quite creative and at times unpredictable. There are constantly new surprises around the corner leading to hilarious situation comedy and some poignant black humour as well. The three main characters are fleshed out and surprisingly realistic as they have their positive and negative sides and offer heroic actions but make dumb decisions as well. The movie's conclusion even has some depth and offers some food for thought. It certainly doesn't offer a conventional happy ending but a very satisfactory conclusion nevertheless.

On the negative side, some of the jokes could have been funnier and delivered with more energy to work better. The film has a few lengthy dialogues here and there, especially in the first third. The movie only starts getting truly intense when the teenager gets involved.

Anyone who likes French-Canadian cinema and creative comedy movies that walk off the beaten path, should give this movie a chance. I watched it on television in its original French version with English subtitles which is perfectly fine. Bad Seeds certainly is a vivid change from the usual stereotypical Hollywood comedy movies. It isn't a sequel, prequel, remake or anything else. And it doesn't try to offer some shallow sociocritical message like so many other contemporary comedy films. Bad Seeds is refreshingly unique.