The movie is about Reed Fish, who’s parents recently died and he takes over as the local DJ for a small rural town. As he prepares for his upcoming wedding to his fiancé, who’s mother also died in the same accident as his parents, an old high school crush returns and things become confusing for Reed. Then suddenly we learn that we’re actually watching a movie within a movie.
The plot is what made this movie interesting, the fact that the movie becomes a movie within a movie, saved it from being cliché and boring. The dialogue was nice and witty, but the basic plot of the movie about the love triangle etc, wasn’t cutting it. With the refreshing addition of the movie subplot, it became interesting and very unique. The characters were highly one dimensional and the believability of the plot was not very solid, but it was entertaining.
The cinematography was basic. The two songs written for the movie were quite nice though. The soundtrack was also good which was to be expected in a young hip movie such as this.
The performances are nice and actually it takes pressure off once we learn that some of these people are ‘actors’ playing a part within the movie. The bit about DJ Qualls looking at the camera every time he was onscreen was priceless. Wasn’t the greatest casting, but not the worst either.
Overall, it was entertaining and just the right length for the movie. I don’t think it would’ve held my attention for much longer. It was light-hearted and fresh. I think that it had some real potential to be really awesome, and it almost made it, but not quite as it still felt like I was watching a high school movie. “Did you know that the human eye expands 45% when looking at something pretty?” – I’m Reed Fish.
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