Review of Vulgar (2002) by Allen C — 30 Mar 2009

So, I have just about anything that Kevin Smith has been even remotely involved with and that's how I came across this flick. It was written and directed by one of his friends, Bryan Johnson, and Kevinâ??s production company, View Askew, produced it. Anyway, I have a lot of friends that like to borrow movies and this flick has become a kind of initiation for the new cat over at the house looking to borrow a flick or two. It goes something like this:

â??Hey, you mind if I borrow a movie?â??

â??Umâ?¦not at all. Have you seen Vulgar?â??

â??Vulgar? No. Is it good?

â??Oh, itâ??s a must see man, why donâ??t you start with that one.â??

â??Whatâ??s it about?â??

â??Brother, I wouldnâ??t want to ruin it for you. Trust meâ?¦â??

At this point, anyone in the room who has seen the flick is either groaning or snickering, but of course they all agree that this is a movie that must be watchedâ?¦I mean, they had toâ?¦and no one likes to suffer alone. Itâ??s not that itâ??s a particualarly bad film; actually itâ??s a pretty damn fine effort in a lot of ways, but there are these 10 minutes or so that really live up to the title.

Upon returning the flick (no one has thought to burn it yet) the reaction is generally the same: â??Dude, thatâ??s Vulgar.â?? They will then usually ask to borrow something else and after watching this flick, the rest of my collection probably wonâ??t scar them much further. There is the occasional cat that doesnâ??t ask to borrow anything else, but I figure thatâ??s probably a pretty good barometer of our potential friendship. If this movie is too twisted for you, then I probably am as well.