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Mood:
- GloomyOffbeatCleverHumorousTouching
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Plot:
- Eccentric FamilyOutward AppearanceFamily RelationsDisorderGoofy HeroMischievous ChildrenSingle ParentNothing Goes Right more...
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Genres:
- ComedyIndependent
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- USA
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Humor:
- SlapstickDark Humor
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- Semi SeriousRealistic
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- ProfanitySexual Content
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Kabluey, 2007
English
USA
Profile of Kabluey
The mood of Kabluey is gloomy, offbeat, and clever. The plot centers around outward appearances, an eccentric family, and disorder. It features slapstick humor and dark humor. Kabluey is a comedy and independent movie. In approach, it is realistic. The setting is the USA. Kabluey happens in contemporary times. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed. Note that it includes sexual content and profanity.
Summary of Kabluey
Scott Prendergast makes his feature-film debut as an actor, director, and writer with the quirky black comedy Kabluey. Prendergast stars as Salman, a ne'er-do-well with no money and no place to live. He moves in with his sister-in-law, Leslie (Lisa Kudrow), promising to take care of her kids while she works; her husband (his brother), a member of the National Guard, is still in Iraq, his tour extended yet again. Unfortunately for Salman, his nephews, Lincoln (Landon Henninger) and Cameron (Cameron Wofford), are unholy, unstoppable terrors. Wanting him to get back on his own two feet, Leslie finds Salman a job at her very strange, hilariously absurd company, BlueNexion, where Salman must get inside a big blue costume and hand out flyers in the middle of a nearly deserted highway. But when he finds out a little too much about Leslie, he is put into an awkward situation that he's not sure he can get out of easily. Prendergast excels in the role of sad-sack Salman; whether he's sweating inside his costume, listening to an annoying chatterbox on the bus, or getting dinner ready for the kids, his deadpan, pathetically funny look is reminiscent of Buster Keaton's. Kudrow is in fine form as Leslie, a troubled mother who seems fed up with her life. The strong supporting cast also includes Conchata Ferrell as Salman's perpetually screaming loudmouthed boss, Angela Sarafyan as a weird grocery-store clerk, and Teri Garr as a somewhat deranged woman who lost her savings with BlueNexion and takes it out on the company's big blue mascot. Roddy Bottum's charming score keeps things moving at just the right pace. Kabluey is a charming, offbeat look at life during wartime in America, seen from a unique perspective.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 25 June 2007 |
| Runtime: | 86 min |
Cast and Crew
as Leslie
as Salman
as Betty
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Critics Reviews
The Hollywood Reporter
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- by: Stephen Farber
The New York Times
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- by: Stephen Holden
Users Reviews
- 30.August.2010
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- by: Dain Binder
- Dain Binder rated this movie
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