Review of Outing (2011) by Maria H — 31 May 2008

The Outing was one of the first films I saw about evil Genie's.

Of course it didn't have the same pizazz as Wishmaster, or let alone the cast that film had.

But for what it did have to offer there was quite a lot of good to this obscure little film.

The effects were pretty top notch for its feeble story line.

The characters were interesting and quite believable.

Although it was weird to see the teacher in three separate roles, she was the old lady at the beginning and also the gypsy mother int he photograph that the museum guys looked at.

That didn't quite make sense to me.

The plot was a bit messed up, the kids were going to sleep in the museum (or sleep together) and the jealous boyfriend of the main female character was going to wreck all their fun.

The jealous boyfriend was a bit over the top, no more so than the jealous boyfriend form "Intruder" for example.

But still I felt for the acting and lack of back story for his character that it was a bit overdone.

The genie was interesting, and the death scenes were pretty weird but imaginative.

The snakes in the bathtub scene really freaked me out when I first saw it.

It has some great original qualities, and of course some ridiculous cheesiness that makes it awesome to watch just for a good time.