Don Verdean

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Harry G May 17, 2018 Actually fell asleep watching this. Had high hopes, due to the good cast. I'm a massive fan of Jermaine Clement and Flight of the Concords and was hoping for that style humour, but it didn't really give off any laughs at all. See more

Mar 31, 2018 Wonderful dark humor. Great cast!

Kylo R Mar 31, 2018 As a Christian who believes the Old Testament to be largely allegorical, and riddled with mistranslations, I enjoyed the way this film poked goodnatured fun at a literal translation. Don Verdean was smart, clever, and sports an extremely talented cast. I laughed many times throughout this movie, especially at Leslie Bibb's hilarious rendition of "Lot's Wife". Many of the "professional" reviewers seem to think the film should have been more meanspirited towards people of faith. That seems like a sad sign of the times to me. See more

George W May 6, 2017 I laughed a few times but there really isn't much to enjoy in this bland comedy.

Hermione W Apr 19, 2017 Whatever Don Verdean is, it certainly doesn't feel like a comedy, despite what the premise, cast and trailer may make you think. What Don Verdean certainly is, is another big old flop from Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess who here, much like his previous film Masterminds, squanders a vast array of comedic talents on material that is well suited to the bargain basement bin, not oddball comedy. Going for strange over outright belly laughs, Don Verdean never seems willing to make the most of its potentially humorous examination of its religiously tinged world and its abundance of oddball characters and when the likes of lead Sam Rockwell and the normally scene stealing Danny McBride can't get the laughs rolling along at a steady pace, you know your films material just isn't happening the way in which it should be. On somewhat of a career lull since his tremendous turn in low budget sci-fi Moon, Rockwell in particular seems both dull and bored in his turn as religious archaeologist Don Verdean. Imbuing Don with nothing but a luscious lathering of facial hair and a bad wardrobe, Rockwell can't get going and while the likes of McBride, Amy Ryan and Will Forte get little moments within the film, their roles are to slight to improve the overall success of Hess's misguided journey. Nothing that happens within Don Verdean, whether it's overseas digs, awkward press conferences or uninteresting love plots, the film feels forced, no better exemplified by Flight of the Concords star Jermaine Clements Borat-lite turn as Israeli conman Boaz, which ends up being a performance that has to be one of the most grating in recent memory. Had Hess been in tune with his film, a performance such as this would've never seen the cold light of day. Don Verdean might well have been a funny film had it been done differently but as it stands this almost laugh free experience is weird for the sake of being weird and when you've forgotten to bring the funnies to the weird party you're hosting, blame must lay at the feet of Hess, a director that once showed so much odd-ball promise, only to now be wasting the time of us and his cast members in dire ways such as this. 1 large human skull out of 5 www.jordanandeddie.wordpress.com See more

Albus S Apr 10, 2017 It's not a bad satire, but it's nothing really all that stand out. It's definitely Hess' weakest. I chuckled a couple times, I expected much more. With the cast and crew involved this should've been much better... See more

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