2008 - Rated R - 1 hr 32 min
Director: Andrew Flemins
Starring: Steve Coogan, Elisabeth Shue, Catherine Keener, Joseph Julian Soria, Skylar Astin, Phoebe Strole, David Arquette, Amy Poehler, Melonie Diaz
Oh my God, I love this movie so much. It's one part Waiting for Guffman and one part Napoleon Dynamite all grown up. Awkward and lame high school drama director tackles his inner demons by rewriting Hamlet with a happy ending? Done.
The kids in this movie are also fantastic. Epiphany's racist, Rand's in the closet, and Octavio's a secret genius, mistaken for a troubled, "ethnic" youth. As they work together despite their differences, and their director's life falls apart, and the school bans the show, you're never in doubt that the show will go on. It's just funny to watch how they'll get there.
Maybe I love this movie because I'm a theater person. But I'm pretty sure it's hillarious even if you don't know which direction stage left is.
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