Michael's Movie Grade: C+
A sporadically funny comedy.
In this film (based off a TV show, I wasn't aware of) an unknown band is trying various crazy schemes to a get a concert at a well-known Canadian venue. Unfortunately, one of these crazy schemes accidently has them travel back to 2008 in a Back to the Future inspired way.
The storyline is completely over the top and silly. However, it is the dedication to this over-the-top silliness that gives the story its charm. It is hard not to appreciate a silly movie that dedicates itself so completely to silliness, especially when these types of comedies have sadly been too rare in recent years. Yet as silly as the story is it has a surprising amount of heart to it. We actually really like our main characters and the relationship between them is very well fleshed out and kind of touching.
I also very much appreciated this movie's mockumentary style of filmmaking. This film perfectly captures the look and feel of a documentary. I was impressed by just how great from a technical standpoint this was achieved, even to the point of using older cameras for the part that took place in 2008.
The main problem is that for a film that is first and foremost a comedy, it is only sporadically funny. There were some moments that made me laugh out loud here that they were too few and far between. A lot of the humor simply falls flat. This is most of all because it seems to try so hard to be funny that it can come off as a little off-putting and occasionally annoying instead. Matt Johnson as the main character can often be too over the top in his delivery of gags as well.
This movie has its charms but for such an over-the-top comedy, it is never as funny as it should be.
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