Review of Best Night Ever (2013) by Aidan M — 05 Jan 2014

Having rented it off of iTunes for $9.99, I can happily expect the film to be of the duo's more critically appreciable films when it dwindles down to looking back on the duo's filmography.

Now, yes, the film does have a recycled plot line, but for some reason, it does work. Friedberg and Seltzer take the paty movie route with a Hangover-esque direction, but instead of our band of characters waking up the following day, they cleverly use found footage to record the goings-ons of the night. I will admit, though, that is there is really nothing ground-breaking with their techniques. I can say that the most ground-breaking steps that the found footage genre last took were in Chronicle. All they do is your simplistic, run of the mill photography, and it's nothing notable.

The storyline is put on the backs of four women, on a bachelorette outing for one of their friends. Upon arival, they have an unlikely lax schedule set up, but if you have either seen the film or have seen the trailer, this plot thread is obviously thrown to the curb, with good intentions. One of many things that I liked about the film was that it was told in a woman's perspective. In one scene, they are in a private room at an adult's club, and when one of them touches a performer, it has a more tamer outcome. In the film Go, there is a vignette that has a scene like it, but when a performer is touched by a man, a guard comes in threatening to beat him to a pulp. So it's interesting, seeing that dianamic from these guys, which is a complete shot of left field.

Now, the acting is tolerable for the hour and a half you're in for, but in a slightest of ways, it does seem to evolve these characters into a seperate situation that helps build their characters, so, that again was refreshing to see.

I'm just very happy to see these guys spread their wings and attempt to fly in a complete other direction. While the film isn't perfect, it is something to see. As it goes to show a completely trashy reputation in film can't go to show for all films. I hope these guys stay on the correct path down the line, because with more films like this, they will learn.