Totally Awesome (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Neal Brennan

Writers (WGA):

Neal Brennan (written by) &
Michael Schur (written by)

Release Date:

4 December 2008 (Argentina)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Where the dancing is dirty, the pink is pretty, and the foot runs loose.

Plot:

A spoof of typical 1980's teen movies. The idea is that VH1 found a "long-lost", never-released teen...

Plot Keywords:

1980s | Spoof | White Male Pretending To Be Black | Incest Overtones | Female Nudity

Cast

Mikey Day	...	Charlie
Dominique Swain	...	Lori
Chris Kattan	...	Gabriel
Trevor Heins	...	Max
Nicki Clyne	...	Billie
Brittany Daniel	...	Kimberly
James Hong	...	Mr. Yamagashi
Teryl Rothery	...	Mrs. Gunderson
Greg Kean	...	Mr. Gunderson
Joey Kern	...	Kipp
Tracy Morgan	...	Darnell
Tone Loc	...	Tone Loc
Adam Thomas	...	Kipp's Boy #1
Marc Menard	...	Kipp's Boy #2
Richard de Klerk	...	Werewolf / Nick (as Richard DeKlerk)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Tsawwassen, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

3 Art Entertainment

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Charlie and Billie are walking in the school there's a poster on the wall that reads, "DECATHALON TRYOUTS!! FRIDAY." The correct spelling is decathlon.

Quotes:

Darnell: You need some new gear, with that shirt on we might get jumped by 8 Decepticons or somethin'

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Soul Man (1986)

Soundtrack:

Round & Round

At first you want to rank on it.....then...

I've seen spoof movies and decided to watch "TOTALLY AWESOME" on DVD. At first I thought it was really terrible even for a spoof....but I kept watching and it kinda grew on me. There were some surprising Laugh out Loud scenes. I think the dance (Flashdance-Dirty Dancing) side story probably seemed funnier on paper (the script) but didn't work. Brittany Daniel is listed as top bill and we didn't see nearly enough of her. KIP was hilarious at times. Not a "TOTAL" waste of time if you just want a few laughs while eating pizza! The "Miagi" spoof of being gay was very funny as well. I thought there could have been more sexiness...but hey--it's VH1 TV movie. Maybe they can't show too much.