Movie - Frenemy

[personalreality]

Has anyone seen this movie?  It's called Frenemy in the US but it seems to have been called "Little Fish, Strange Pond" elsewhere in the world.

Let me preface by saying, I'm a HUGE Zach Galifianakis fan and have been for many years (long before the hangover - his stand-up is brilliant).  So when I saw the cover of this movie,

I thought, "This should be good, an unknown Zach film, it must be a hilarious indie film".  I was very very very wrong in that assumption, it was nothing like what I expected.  If you watch it, you'll understand why the cover of this film is so misleading.  Nevertheless, it was actually a really good (albeit very strange) movie.  Firstly, if you wanna see it for Zach, don't.  He's not a main character (per se) and he's only in one scene (though it is a long scene).

All of that aside, it was actually a really good movie reminiscent of "Coffee & Cigarettes" or "Waking Life" in that most of the movie is two guys talking about the implications of morality and divine will.  But don't let that comparison give you the warm fuzzies, because the movie also has a "Fight Club" & "Seven"  kind of atmosphere.  You really don't know what's happening right up until the end and the best you can really gather is that this movie is about two really crazy people.  To be quite honest, after I finished watching it, the only thought I had was, "man....that was an effed up movie".  It was brilliant though.  The moralistic message felt pretty simplistic, but in a good way.  If you haven't seen this movie, I definitely recommend checking it out, but don't be surprised if you don't get what the cover made you expect.  And don't watch it with children. 

[Micael]

I don't know about this movie but thanks for mentioning waking life seems amazing. 

[Kra]

Due Date is another funny movie with him.

[Lexy]

I haven't seen it but I will put it on my list, thanks! I loved hangover 

[personalreality]

It's been a while since I started this thread, I know.  But let me say something to the people that are saying "I loved the Hangover" and "Due Date was great". 

This movie is not about zach galifianakis and it is NOTHING like either of those movies or any other movie that zach has done.  He's barely in the movie.  This movie is pretty much nothing like you've ever seen.  I put it more in line with movies like Pi or Fight Club or Seven or even maybe a little Taxi Driver.  It is not a comedy in the traditional sense (it is a very very dark black comedy).  In all likelihood, this movie is nothing like what you expect and you probably won't like it.  You tend to walk away from it feeling very grungy and confused.  It's a brilliant movie in my opinion, but everyone that has watched it on my suggestion has basically told me that it's crap and never to recommend any movie to them ever again. 

So.

Unless you really appreciate ambiguous and abstract cinema, don't watch this movie, it will just make you feel bad.

[Lexy]

Thanks for the info PR....dark black twisted comedy is actually my favorite genre.   but I still love hangover too

[Lexy]

Finally saw this movie...Though I enjoyed the "action parts" in the beginning, all that witty banter bored me to tears. on & on & on, just too much. It had that guy in it from "dead like me"  Anyway, I kind of started reading a magazine halfway through. So I was really bored.