Review of Stay Cool (2011) by Michael N — 24 Apr 2009

You know how pineapple express was a david gordon green take on tango & cash? well this is the polish brothers take on every eighties movie. ever. I couldn't keep track of all the amazingness. off the top of my head, license to drive, less than zero, pump up the volume, heathers, pretty in pink.

... so many were directly or nearly directly cited. and that's fun. and unexpected coming from the polish brothers. it's beautiful. the performances are top notch. especially chevy chase. he gives what I would call the best performance of his career.

hilary duff is really impressive. the whole thing just works. that said, I had the feeling that most people in the theater just had no idea what was going on. I think it's a really smart send-up of some really great bad good movies.

and that's amazing. did any of that make sense? no.