Review of The Marc Pease Experience (2009) by Drew G — 14 Feb 2010
Even for a movie with stars like Ben Stiller and Jason Schwartzman, it's not enough proof to be a good film, and look no further than a movie like The Marc Pease Experience, which lasts under an hour and a half with a half baked story mired in delusion.
Schwartzman stars as a past his prime Acapella singer intent on living his dream of his own group, even hounding his former high school teacher (Stiller) in getting him to produce a record. The movie had potential, but despite what the plot description says, the movie casts an entirely different story about one man finally realizing it's all a lie.
Stiller gets props for giving a more carefully restrained performance than playing off the physical quirks and awkward moments he creates onscreen to play an actual human being, whose a mixture of both affability and down and out sleaze while Schwartzman plays the same goofy character from Shopgirl.
Not a bad film but if the opportunity comes to rent something better, rent that instead.
This review of The Marc Pease Experience (2009) was written by Drew G on 14 Feb 2010.
The Marc Pease Experience has generally received negative reviews.
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