Pups (1999)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Ash Baron-Cohen

Writer:

Ash Baron-Cohen (written by)

Release Date:

6 July 2000 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

What happens when a kid finds a gun or a gun finds a kid?

Plot:

Two teens impulsively decide to rob a bank, a la Bonnie and Clyde. Quickly they find themselves in over...

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Hostage | FBI | Pizza | Bloody Body Of Child

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Mischa Barton	...	Rocky
Cameron Van Hoy	...	Stevie
Burt Reynolds	...	Daniel Bender
Adam Farrar	...	Wheelchair Man
David Alan Graf	...	Bank Manager
Kurt Loder	...	Himself
James Gordon	...	J.P. / TV Preacher
Darling Narita	...	Joy
Ed Metzger	...	Mr. Edwards
Susan Horton	...	Rio (as Suzie Horton)
Jonathan Coogan	...	Bank Security Guard
Uri Ryder	...	Pizza Man
Matthew Fairchild	...	Rocky's Dad (as Mathew Fairchild)
Hsa Mann	...	Puppy Seller #1
Ash Baron-Cohen	...	Puppy Seller #2 (as Johnny Hawaiian)

MPAA:

Rating surrendered; previously rated R for violence involving juveniles, strong language including sexual dialogue, and for brief sexuality.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:18 | Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:12 | Japan:PG-12 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Allied Entertainment Group Inc.

Movie Connections:

References Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Also recommended...American Beauty?!

Why oh why did someone have to recommend American Beauty. That would be hinting that American Beauty and this movie had something in common. American Beauty was a beautiful piece of cinematic work. This movie was a piece of trash written by an angry 13 year old that never should have made it to film

The "movie," if that is what you call it mainly consists of 2 kids, waving guns around, and saying "f**k" repeatedly. I take it that we are in turn supposed to feel their pain because they come from broken homes. This movie gets no sympathy out of me. The only sympathy is have is for the people that watched this movie and will never get those precious hours of their lives back.

The notion that two kids could rob a bank is completely preposterous. The scenes were downright unbelievable. Especially the scene where Rocky goes outside and waves her gun around at the cops and media. In any real situation she would have been shot as soon as she took the gun out.

The movie plays out almost like a documentary. The sound quality is horrible, I don't remember hearing any music, and the scenes don't even fit together in any kind of order. One minute they are screaming at people outside. The MTV appearance was just plain wrong and didn't help the situation at all. And Rocky getting her period just added more confusion to an already too confused movie.

The acting was atrocious. I thought that Misha Barton was going places after seeing her in Lawn Dogs. But watching her in this movie washed all of those good feeling that I had about her. It was as if she had no acting experience at all. I swear if she moved her arms one more time I would have screamed. And when she is trying to be dramatic talking about her father molesting her, it pointed it out even more.

I should have turned the movie off as soon as the boy came on talking about "f**king the dog." So I guess it is my fault for putting myself in that sort of situation. Don't make the same mistake that I did.