This is far from a perfect movie and there are some moments that just seem out of place or forced, but for the most part it works pretty well. The story is a bit all over the place, but works fairly well to due to these quirky strange characters and the bizarre story they are thrust into. As the story moves forward each character is seemingly given their own time to shine to help bring this quirky dark comedy to life. This is mostly due to the creative and interesting characters that populate this 1970's universe. At first this film feels like its going to be a complete mess, but then something happens and it sucks you right into this ridiculous world. The latest attempt to bring another Leonard novel to life comes in the form of Freaky Deaky featuring a great cast including Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Billy Burke, Michael Jai White, Bill Duke and Andy Dick, but does it deliver the strange and unique qualities needed to bring his characters and world to life? Freaky Deaky follows an ex-bomb squad officer who is thrust into an investigation filled with rape, revenge, and explosives during circa 1974. Writer Elmore Leonard has delivered some interesting characters over the years, but up until now it was really only Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown and Barry Sonnenfield's Get Shorty that really successfully brought them to life. One can only hope that someday a director like Tarantino remakes this film the right way, and captures the crazy 60's vibe from the novel. I have to believe Elmore Leonard is supremely disappointed in this effort, since as I recall he labeled this his favorite novel. But it is what it is.and cool 70's sets and apparel (the novel was set in the 60s), witty Leonard dialog and clever plot apparently weren't enough for director Mattheau to pull this off. Perhaps I'm holding it up to too high of a standard with the aforementioned Leonard film adaptations. Everything seems out of sync in this film. Even the usually outstanding Crispin Glover as the spacey drunken rich guy Woody Ricks is tepid, either overacting scenes or underacting them. The explosion scenes are evidence of a severe shortage in the sfx budget as well as the actor budget. (Their legs and other beautiful body parts are the best things about these mediocre actresses, in my opinion). This film often comes off as a bad TV tongue-in-cheek crime show, complete with dramatic musical flourishes when the camera zooms in on the sexy legs of actresses Sabina Gadeki and Breanne Racano. Unfortunately, Charles Mattheau isn't up to the task, and characters are miscast, pacing is awful, even the score is wrong in so many places. In the hands of a master like Tarantino, Elmore Leonard's complex and fast-paced plots, with numerous characters throwing witty street banter around, really shine. I love Elmore Leonard novels, and loved Get Shorty, 52 Pickup, Get Straight and Jackie Brown (Rum Punch). We can’t believe Freaky Deaky is almost here and we can’t wait to see everyone’s squad pics.I wanted to like this film. Tickets are available for all of these events as well as passes for the festival itself. Of course there are other after parties throughout the city, so there are plenty of options, whether you are a bass head, house shuffle queen or a total party monster. Day one will have Space Jesus and his Moon Dot Takeover including Esseks and Huxley Jane and Day two will have Green Velvet and Mason Maynard. For Saturday and Sunday, ravers that hate leaving the dance floor now can keep the party going at Club Freaky on the festival’s site. Check out the list below.Īttendees can get their haunted celebrations started early on Friday with Getter set to shake down the Clé to rubble. While we wait to gather with our fellow ghouls, skeletons, and witches alike to do the ultimate monster mash, the team behind Freaky Deaky and Disco Donnie have revealed the pre-party and after party events for this year. Freaky Deaky is just a week away from taking over the Houston Raceway for the biggest Halloween event in Texas.
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