Flakes (2007)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Michael Lehmann

Writers (WGA):

Chris Poche (written by) &
Karey Kirkpatrick (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Aspiring rock musician Neal Downs manages a cereal bar. Stylish Miss Pussy Katz is the creator of radically-themed art clothing...

Cast

Aaron Stanford	...	Neal Downs
Zooey Deschanel	...	Miss Pussy Katz
Izabella Miko	...	Strawberry
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christopher C. Brown	...	Construction Worker
Robb Conner	...	Winston
Gary Desroche	...	Lawyer
Ryan Donowho	...	Skinny Larry
Anthony Michael Frederick	...	Process Serving Deputy
Anthony Gangi	...	Waiter
Shannon Hubbell	...	Customer
Jaime San Andres	...	Bartender
Tanner James	...	Laundromat guy removing pants
Brent Kirkpatrick	...	R Cafe Lead Singer
Mark Krasnoff	...	Enrique
Christopher Lloyd	...	Willie
Ann Mahoney	...	Astrid
John McConnell	...	Ashton Hale
Kennedy Morgan	...	Protestor
Michaela Morgan	...	Protestor
Pepper Morgan	...	Protestor
Taylor Drew Morgan	...	Protestor
Wayne Douglas Morgan	...	Protestor
Keir O'Donnell	...	Stuart
Sean Patterson	...	Arbitrator
Danielle Rees	...	Gigi
Allison Robin	...	Hossier Family Daughter
Glenn Robin	...	Hossier Family Dad
Henry Robin	...	Hossier Family Son
Gary Michael Smith	...	Lawyer
Sarah E. Spencer	...	News Reporter
Marco St. John	...	Tre Zeringue
Rusty Tennant	...	Midwestern Tourist
Frank Wood

Runtime:

USA:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

InDigEnt (Independent Digital Entertainment)

Trivia:

The homeless extras were recruited from local homeless shelters.

Movie Connections:

References "Danger Mouse" (1981)

Soundtrack:

Hey You

Thumbs Way, Way in the Middle

This is a movie that tries to be poppy and indie at the same time. There are lots of movies that do this, and they rarely hit the mark. There's enough quirkiness to keep you watching it, but not enough to really make you remember that you actually did watch it the day after. As amusing as the concept is of guys who buy black market cereal is, there's only so much you can do with the concept, and it ends up with a story line about a nice girl with a jerk boyfriend who really doesn't have the ambition to record his mediocre songs. It is nice to see New Orleans, and to see Christopher Lloyd dusting off his Jim-from-taxi persona one more time. It's the kind of movie you could recommend to your parents when they're trying to figure out how to set up their Netflix queue, unless they don't like swearing, that is. In the end, they probably should have just scrapped the whole idea of being edgy, and gone for the poppy movie thing.