Plump Fiction
Cast
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Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #2
5/10. Ever since Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker broke up, we've been hard pressed
to find good parody movies. The Scary Movies gave us a laugh or two,
but nothing like Airplane! or The Naked Gun. Plump Fiction is a hit-
or-miss parody of Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Natural Born
Killers, and other violent, (usually) Tarantino movies. Some of it
works, some doesn't, but after a while, you just want to quit.
Jimmy (Paul Dinello) and Julius (Tommy Davidson) are two
exterminators who are sent by their boss Montello (Robert Costanzo)
to eliminate rodents from Nicky (Matthew Glave) and Vallory (Pamela
Segall) Cox's apartment. Jimmy also has to take Montello's plump
wife Mimi (Julie Brown) out to lunch. Throw in some references to
the overbudgeting of Waterworld, some Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
and Forrest Gump, and that's Plump Fiction.
The movie starts off well. It's almost scene for scene with Pulp,
and with some very funny bits poking fun at Pulp, such as Jimmy's
fascination with telling people what they call things in different
countries. Basically, most of the parodies are pretty funny, until
about halfway through the movie. Then it gets boring, unfunny, and
repetitive. The whole Reservoir Nuns gag was one of the worst things
I've ever seen. It's just a bunch of people in nun outfits cursing.
For ten minutes. Plump Fiction does have its moments, and Tommy
Davidson is awesome, but ultimately, it fails in becoming a lasting
parody. It's almost like an SNL skit turned movie. None of those
work out.
Rated R for strong language and violence.
Running time: ? minutes
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