shelemm I loved watching these people and the power dynamics created by a group of immature dude friends who bring a new 'date' every Saturday night to the same diner to eat cold fries, drink bad coffee, and talk smack. The girls are temporary fixtures in their world of male aggression and slacker love. How they go along with the jokes, abuse, hugs, and bonding makes for an ever changing landscape of desire and disgust. The group is always right, until one of them tries to assert their independence and momentarily offers a different opinion, and then they in turn become isolated from the others. The alliances shift throughout the film, though the one constant is being alone in a crowd. Although the film is mostly eight kids sitting around a large booth talking, a few detours have the group interact with a lone diner they taunt who just wants to be ignored, a self-loathing waitress who puts on an act as a people-pleaser, a couple of drug fiends who bully their way into handouts, and a sexed up producer lady who makes movies and makes out. The audience makes out pretty well too.

GryByteman Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey MaguireSubject: REVIEWER PANS DICAPRIO/MAGUIRE FILM (MOVIE BANNED IN USA AND CANADA: DON'S PLUM)I used to enjoy your work tremendously, but now that I understand that you are suppressing the History of film (by getting the independent film "Don's Plum" banned in the USA and Canada), you both have dropped down from good actors to merely okay actors. This may not bother you, but it will affect reviews that I post online. (I am one of Amazon's top reviewers, ranked about 2000 out of millions of reviews, high enough that people write to me asking me to review things.)Further below is what I wrote about you after watching part of, and not enjoying all of, your banned film (I "watched" all of it while doing other things in the same room, which is how I watch many movies; the good ones I watch again, the bad ones I write two-star or one-star reviews for). I assume you got it banned because you did such a terrible job in the film. You were lackluster in your role playing. Your improv may have been a bit humorous at times, but I'm not going to waste time trying to watch it again, not even for the nude scenes. You probably don't want to admit that you were not excellent in one movie. You were merely one (two) among equals in this film, Neither one of you stood out from the rest.Here is what I wrote as a review on one site. I will adapt it for other sites.This was a most interesting experience. I'm 64 and found it hard to relate to the movie, but in watching part of it, and leaving all of it playing while I did other things in the same room, not really paying much attention after I couldn't really get "into" it, I can see how it would appeal to the people who were that age at that time.Like other commentators, I too have trouble seeing why this was suppressed. I thought that our country had gotten past banning books and movies based on content. I guess that Leonardo (in spite of his speech saying that film history is important) wants to suppress film history when it is an embarrassment to him and his colleagues.I can't think that his alleged "length" argument carries much weight as far as common sense hating of the film is concerned. If he was wanting to get paid more because it was a longer movie than he allegedly agreed to, he could have sued for the additional funds. By suing to get the film suppressed, I can only guessed that he was so embarrassed by his bad performance in the film that he didn't want his fans to see it. In other words, perhaps he was mad because he didn't come out looking like "the big star" in this movie. It's like "Friends" where it was an ensemble, everyone equally good (or equally bad) depending on your perspective.I'm glad that you gave me the opportunity to watch your film, Dale, but if I were reviewing this on Amazon, I'd be giving it two stars. It was okay, but I didn't like it. I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it. I do recognize that many people would give it 4 and 5 stars (out of 5).I used to be more positive in my feelings about Leonardo (I loved him on Growing Pains and he did a great job in Titanic and other films) but knowing that he suppressed this film for whatever reason (the true reason, not the one he claimed in court) has brought him down in my book from a 5-star (excellent) actor to a 3-star (okay or humdrum) actor. I will no longer go out of my way to see his films. Instead of going to see his films in the theater or renting or buying the film, I will merely borrow it for free whenever it is available as part of a membership (like Amazon Prime) or from the library. Given that I know that he earns money each time someone watches his movies on NetFlix or Prime, I'll probably do the library thing IF I decide to check it out (check it out has at least two meanings here) so that I don't put money in his pocket.

worlddowntownheadlinenew I've never seen the movie, but I did get to know David Stutman (the Producer) and I can personally see why he sued Leo DiCaprio and all of his agents for basically stopping the movie from distribution and thereby stopping a lot of people from getting paid.Stutman and some of the others in the producer/writer/actor group were very close friends - there was a lot of smoking pot, drinking, and sexual conduct (not limited to heterosexuality, and involving two big name actors, if you catch my drift). The movie, while seen as a very endearing art-house-style flick by the actors, suddenly became dangerous when Dicaprio was in pre-production for Titanic and Toby was being slated for Cider House rules. With Titanic being released that year and Cider House a year or so later, Don's Plum basically amounted to an early heavily contrasted look at the two actors that the public should never take. Leo's agent's filed an injunction that Stutman had illegally created a movie that Hollywood lawyers had not been present to administer signing of.Long story short, Stutman made a movie that was distributed 5 years later to the back of the VHS/DVD bin, when it might have been a hit if it was sold or even screened simultaneously with Titanic. I believe that the studio settled with him and forced him to put it off 5 years. I still remember Stutman well, with his tiny house in the middle of Venice Beach, with two big dalmations and a slew of precious Disney cels.

dancingmufun_sama This movie isn't the most incredible thing in the world, but it's really entertaining to witness just how insane Leonardo DiCaprio and Toby Maguire are. I am a HUGE Jenny Lewis fan, so I was super excited to watch her, and she has a fairly large role (one that includes making out with Leo). If you want to watch it just for Amber Benson, I'm sorry to say she only appears for about 3 minutes, so don't bother.Check it out if you have a thing for black and white movies about people dealing with their "issues", or if you care to see Leonardo act like an idiot in fake hillbilly teeth.