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I
Need to
Lose 10 Pounds
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I Need to Lose 10 Pounds is a ridiculously
silly musical comedy about a high school student going to extreme
lengths to lose 10 pounds and inadvertently ends up involved in some
random, huge adventure. He has a brother
with leprosy and is the world's only hope against the evil Richard
Simmons (weight loss guru or maniac?) ...oh yeah, and there's a mute
assassin too. If nothing else, you definitely can't say that this
film is predictable or formulaic! From the film's conception in 2000 to it's completion in
2006, writer and director Frankie Frain (who also acts in the film) enlisted the help of
neighborhood friends and used whatever locations were available to him
to get this film made. It began as a high-school student's small
project, but apparently became somewhat of an obsession.
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If viewed as a professional film, I Need to Lose 10 Pounds would
be unwatchable. The movie feels very long even though it's
probably around 80 minutes. The story and most of the
details are just so amazingly silly that it is absolutely impossible to
take the film seriously. The acting is absolutely awful and way
over the top, yet very heartfelt. The singing is
painfully off key...but with emotion. However, you shouldn't watch
this movie as if there was any attempt to make a professional
film. It doesn't pretend to be that kind of film. Even
though the effort it must have taken to
finish this thing is definitely impressive, the film itself never takes
itself seriously. Basically, I Need
to Loose 10 Pounds is the Lord of the Rings of weekend
projects by bored high school students. It is absolutely amazing
that it was ever completed considering the amount of time it took and
the number of people involved. I've heard horror stories about
keeping a crew together for a month. I've heard about people
giving up on a film that's taken more than a year. So just the
fact that after several years of work, Frain kept going gives the film a
lot of credit. Although most aspects of the film are very amateur,
the editing is actually pretty good and the spirit of the film is
wonderful. In fact, it won the Tromadance Film Festival in 2006
and got a distribution deal with Troma Team Video. In conclusion,
if you enjoy the most no budget, amateur, silly, random films that you
can find, I Need to Loose 10 Pounds is at the top of my list of recommendations.
Gore-o-meter
rating: 0 out of 5 (no
gore)
Skin-o-meter:
0 out of 5
(no skin)
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