Douchebag (film)
6.4 /10 1 Votes
Director Drake Doremus Duration Language English | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date January 22, 2010 (2010-01-22) (Sundance) Writer Andrew Dickler, Drake Doremus, Jonathan Schwartz, Lindsay Stidham Music director Jason Torbert, Casey Immoor Screenplay Drake Doremus, Andrew Dickler, Lindsay Stidham, Jonathan Schwartz Cast Andrew Dickler (Sam Nussbaum), Ben York Jones (Tom Nussbaum), Marguerite Moreau (Steph), Nicole Vicius (Mary Barger #2), Amy Ferguson (Sarah), Wendi McLendon-Covey (Mary Barger #1)Similar movies Jupiter Ascending , Fish Tank , Factory Girl , The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things , At the Edge of the Abyss , Pitch Perfect 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Douchebag theatrical trailer
Douchebag is a 2010 film directed by Drake Doremus. The film is a black comedy set in Los Angeles, focusing on Thomas Nussbaum (Ben York Jones), his older brother Sam Nussbaum (Andrew Dickler) and Sam's fiancée Steph (Marguerite Moreau).
Contents
- Douchebag theatrical trailer
- Following douchebag 2010 sundance film festival
- Plot
- Cast
- Background
- Critical reception
- References
Following douchebag 2010 sundance film festival
Plot
The film is a road movie following the journey of Sam Nussbaum, his fiancee Steph, and Sam's younger brother Tom, an aspiring artist, to Los Angeles for Sam and Steph's wedding. The two brothers had not seen each other for two years prior to the journey and there is bad blood between them. Along the way they try to find Tom's fifth grade girlfriend.
Cast
Background
DoucheBag is Doremus' second feature. It was filmed in Santa Monica, Palm Springs and outside Doremus' father's house on the Newport Peninsula.
The film was an official selection for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The success of the film at the festival led to it being picked up by distributor Red Dragon for a theatrical release in September 2010.
Critical reception
Douchebag received a "Rotten" score of 57 percent on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on a weighted average of 23 total reviews. Variety's Justin Chang opined that the film "often feels forced and unconvincing", though praising Dickler's film debut as "memorably repellent". Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman called it "a bubblingly sharp and fresh and dark and winning comedy". The Hollywood Reporter called it "a clever DIY comedy". BoxOffice was less complimentary, calling it "undistinguished, in the sense that its ideas and emotional payloads are both safe and small".
References
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