A True Story. Based on Things That Never Actually Happened. …And Some That Did. (2013)

A True Story. Based on Things That Never Actually Happened. …And Some That Did.: Directed by Malcolm Goodwin. With Katrina Bowden, Jon Gries, Malcolm Goodwin, Cameron Fife. Mike and Matt own nothing and share everything, including their life’s work, a screenplay, which seems to be their only escape from the harsh reality that is the Hollywood machine.

“There is a current vogue for movies about ugly, geeky kids who for some inexplicable reason are romantically irresistible to the drop-dead gorgeous leading lady of the picture. For proof of this watch almost every movie that Jessie Eisenberg or Micahel Cera have ever made. Without wanting to sound like a bigot I wonder if this has anything to do with the fantasies of 90% of Hollywoodu0026#39;s power-brokers who before attaining their positions as producers, directors and agents were ugly, geeky kids of a certain ethnic/religious persuasion who were anything but irresistible to the beautiful girls they fantasized about in school while getting straight u0026quot;Au0026quot;s and having their lunch money stolen by the football team. This movie is yet another one of these geeky kid fantasies. It might be believable if the u0026quot;geeku0026quot; had a dynamic personality, amazing sense of humor or perhaps some superhuman power or Love Potion No. 9 in his backpack but no. In this movie, surely one of the most beautiful women to have ever walked the planet (Maxim readers have my back on this opinion by the way) canu0026#39;t take her eyes of the beady-eyed, rodent-like features of Cameron Fifeu0026#39;s pathetic character when she sees him at a toga party and before he has even spoken one word. They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder but come on! Add to this the fact that metaphorically his character has all the fizz and personality of yesterdays unfinished beer, It is all to ridiculous for words. The only nerd who could ever seriously get away with this u0026quot;beauty and the geeku0026quot; nonsense was Woody Allen – and Cameron, you sir are no Woody Allen.”