More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A spoof of typical 's teen movies. Where the dancing is dirty, the pink is pretty, and the foot runs loose. Did you know Edit. Trivia Dominique Swain plays a young girl who has a physical relationship with a much older man. Swain's breakout role was in the controversial movie Lolita in which she played the title character who is a girl who has a physical relationship with a much older man.
Goofs Tracy Morgan's character and his friend breakdance. Dancing is outlawed, yet no one says anything. Quotes Lori Gunderson : Get outta my room-ah! Connections References The Wizard of Oz User reviews 25 Review. Top review. I made it all the way to the end I watched the entire movie without stopping and deleting it from the DVR.
That's about the best thing I can say about "Totally Awesome". The thing about spoofs is that they only work if they consistently satirize their targets. They need to find humor in parts of the original films that weren't "funny" and find humor in them. This is the biggest flaw of "Totally Awesome". The movie is just lame setups, horrendous overacting and a few interesting ideas that never quite hit the mark.
There is very little actual satire. Miyagi got more laughs in the original Karate Kid than his "spoof" counterpart did during this entire train wreck of a movie. Dominique Swain is another big offender here. I'm sure she was directed to completely overact, but she completely blew past the line separating funny from downright annoying. With maybe one or two exceptions, I found her performance almost unbearable.
It's not all doom and gloom, after all I did get through the whole thing without deleting it. I'm not normally a huge Tracy Morgan fan, but he completely stole the show with the brief role he was given.
Even by spoof standards Joey Kern might have been a bit too over-the-top as the nemesis, but he did get me to laugh more than once. There were also some laughs to be found in some of the dancing scenes and the lead actor looked eerily like C. Thomas Howell from "Soul Man" when in black-face.
I guess it's not a complete waste of minutes, but it's not hard to realize why this script wound up as 'made for VH1' filler either. I have a sneaking suspicion that this was shot for theatrical release or possibly direct-to-DVD. The transfer is clearly cropped from some widescreen film format.
It's pretty easy to see why it never made it that far. Altho from what I hear, this is being released on DVD. Oh boy. Anyways, this one misses far more than it hits. When you are constantly reminded how much superior the original 80's movies are instead of being inspired to laugh at their silliness, the makers of the spoof have dropped the ball.
Who thought the movie "Soul Man" was a good idea? Apparently the same folks that thought "Totally Awesome" was a good idea. Details Edit. Release date December 4, Argentina. United States Canada.
There's a lot of talk about having sex, but nothing seen. A lot of comic violence including: a teenage werewolf kills two people graphically, Charlie gets beaten up several times by the cool kids. A girl breaks her leg and you can see the bone sticking out -- the event is watched by a group of people over and over on the VCR. The coach tells his team to kill Charlie. Since this film makes overt what's covert in other '80s teen movies, it's hard to blame Totally Awesome for its borrowed message that encourages one year-old to have sex with teenage girls.
Charlie also learns to be himself and encourages others to be themselves. This information for parents is provided by Common Sense Media , a non-profit organization dedicated to improving kids' media lives. Make your movie list and get Blu-rays and DVDs conveniently delivered to you with free shipping both ways.
Most of our subscribers receive their discs within two business days. Rent this movie. Featuring the directorial debut of Neal Brennan "Chappelle's Show" , this comedy will take you back to the bad fashion, big hair and bodacious lingo of the '80s.
Director Neil Brennan. Genres Comedy , Spoofs and Satire. Format DVD. Screen Widescreen 1. CC Yes. Audio English: Dolby Digital 2.
Rating NR - Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.
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