Lurking in Suburbia
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Lurking in Suburbia is a comedy
motion picture about a writer living in his suburban hometown with his high school pals and trying to come to terms with his biggest fear… Growing up! It was discovered by Sundance Film Festival
programmer Trevor Groth and went on to become a film festival
favorite. The film, which stars Joe Egender (Conrad/Connie), Samuel Child (Sean), Ari Zaragis (Danny) and Buffy Charlet (Frankie), was written and directed by Mitchell Altieri
, produced by Altieri and Phil Flores
, and released by Heretic Films in 2006.
's reflective comedy drama. Conrad Stevens (Joe Egender) is about to turn thirty, yet despite his wild nights spent partying with his roommates at the bachelor pad they've taken to calling "The Palace," Connie can't help but feeling that something is missing from his once-charmed life. Feeling stifled in his suburban hometown and trapped in an endless cycle of raucous boozing and non-committal babes, Conrad decides that maybe it's time to make a change from the ordinary and break the everyday cycle. (source:Jason Buchanan, Allmovie http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll)
dismissed the film as "yet another depiction of the collective anomie felt by a group of thirtysomething friends clinging to their high-school glory days. Tyro writer-director Mitchell Altieri's thin, but occasionally engaging pic plods along a path well-trodden by indie filmmakers of the '90s, particularly Whit Stillman and Noah Baumbach, while never amassing the rich characterizations or pointed insights that have distinguished this genre's more memorable efforts."http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117924201.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
motion picture about a writer living in his suburban hometown with his high school pals and trying to come to terms with his biggest fear… Growing up! It was discovered by Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
programmer Trevor Groth and went on to become a film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
favorite. The film, which stars Joe Egender (Conrad/Connie), Samuel Child (Sean), Ari Zaragis (Danny) and Buffy Charlet (Frankie), was written and directed by Mitchell Altieri
Mitchell Altieri
Mitchell Altieri is an American film director, producer and writer.His first feature film Lurking in Suburbia was discovered by Sundance Film Festival programmer Trevor Groth...
, produced by Altieri and Phil Flores
Phil Flores
Phil Flores is an American film director, producer and writer.-References:* http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0282921/...
, and released by Heretic Films in 2006.
Plot
A small-town writer takes pause to reassess his wild life of drunken debauchery in director Mitchell AltieriMitchell Altieri
Mitchell Altieri is an American film director, producer and writer.His first feature film Lurking in Suburbia was discovered by Sundance Film Festival programmer Trevor Groth...
's reflective comedy drama. Conrad Stevens (Joe Egender) is about to turn thirty, yet despite his wild nights spent partying with his roommates at the bachelor pad they've taken to calling "The Palace," Connie can't help but feeling that something is missing from his once-charmed life. Feeling stifled in his suburban hometown and trapped in an endless cycle of raucous boozing and non-committal babes, Conrad decides that maybe it's time to make a change from the ordinary and break the everyday cycle. (source:Jason Buchanan, Allmovie http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll)
Reception
VarietyVariety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
dismissed the film as "yet another depiction of the collective anomie felt by a group of thirtysomething friends clinging to their high-school glory days. Tyro writer-director Mitchell Altieri's thin, but occasionally engaging pic plods along a path well-trodden by indie filmmakers of the '90s, particularly Whit Stillman and Noah Baumbach, while never amassing the rich characterizations or pointed insights that have distinguished this genre's more memorable efforts."http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117924201.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0
External links
- Lurking in Suburbia at IMDb
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