Review of Meet Monica Velour (2010) by Francois D — 26 Sep 2011
Even with a surprisingly strong performance from Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City, Mannequin, The Ghost Writer) it isn't worth meeting Monica Velour. The film is too cliched to be any good and with a Napoleon Dynamite-ish protaganist parts of it are downright bad.
It is a coming of age tale about the ND-clone who graduates from high school a virgin (oh the horror!) and is gifted a Weiner foodtruck by his grandfather upon graduation. To give the character a bit of originality, he adores vintage porn with one actress from the early 80's in particular -- Monica Velour.
When he decides to sell his Weiner truck AND find out that Ms. Velour is performing a special engagement near the buyer's location, he roadtrips to Indiana to meet the woman of his dreams. What he discovers is that Ms.
Velour is rather washed-up and jaded ... although she does initially fancy the young man's flirtations. The film goes exactly where you'd expect it to go ... nothing more, nothing less ... except for a most-unfornuate turn by film-vet Brian Dennehy.
:( ... yes, a sad face.
This review of Meet Monica Velour (2010) was written by Francois D on 26 Sep 2011.
Meet Monica Velour has generally received mixed reviews.
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