Review of Cecil B. Demented (2000) by Stig S — 09 May 2009

I'm shocked I had to track this film down, I mean something of this calibur. It must be a studio thing. Well, I'm not sure actually. I can't really tell if John Waters is ultimately comitted to the messages conveyed in Cecil B.

DeMented or if he's playing it for laughs. Whatever the case I now have a film to point to when asked why the average film-goer deserves a fate worse than death. The story's entire drive is one message: mainstream cinema sucks.

While I do admit to enjoying the occasional big budget flick I think I tend to agree with the characters in Waters' film. It's by the book (mine anyway). What a perfect satire. A bunch of radical cinephiles terrorize the Boston area? Amazing.

I hope this film reaches a much larger audience, the audience it deserves to have. Demented forever!