: Strangers with Candy
Pretty funny parody-style movie. The humor’s a little odd and takes some getting used to — it’s not laugh-out-loud comedy, but more word and absurd situation comedy. The premise is a (rather moronic) middle-aged woman returns home after a failed life culminating with a stint in prison and finds her father’s remarried and is now in a coma. She decides to “restart” her life by going back to high school and getting the diploma she never got. This sets up all sorts of bizarre situations where the older woman mixes with teens and tries to pretend to be one. There is a rough plot — winning a science fair to be “special” to her father will come out of her coma — but mostly the story’s just an excuse for silliness. Some fun cameos and casting, and overall the film’s entertaining. Not brilliant, but I can see where this would get a cult following.
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