Kabluey

2007 "Every family has a black sheep. This one is blue."
Kabluey
6.5| 1h26m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 25 June 2007 Released
Producted By: Whitewater Films
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.kabluey.com/
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Leslie is left with few options when her husband is sent back to war in the Middle East. A modest amount of help arrives in the form of his brother, Salman, who is less than prepared to care for the couple's two preadolescent boys. When Leslie still can't make ends meet on her own, Salman is forced to find employment, but, with minimal qualifications, his only option is to become a mascot for a digital company by donning a bulbous blue costume.

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Kirpianuscus the first motif to see it. because a man , mature only as age, is part of a challenge who transforms the others more than him. result - a seductive film for its adorable simplicity and high realism. because it is the ironic portrait of ordinary people. ignoring heroes, lessons of life, profound questions. just an independent film proposing a blue little man looking for his small slice of happiness. Lisa Kudrow does a real great job and the kids are the best ingredient for a story about self definition in basic terms. so, a real nice film.
Amy Adler Leslie (Lisa Kudrow) is at the end of her rope. Her husband, a member of the state's National Guard, has been deployed to Iraq. Yes, she knew it was a possibility but reality has come crashing down. The couple's two young boys are running all over her and she is desperate and bitter. Closing herself into a room while the boys wreak havoc, she phones her mother-in-law. This lady has a solution. Why not invite her hubby's brother, Salman (Scott Prendergast, who also wrote and directed the movie), who is between jobs, to come and make an extended stay? Sounds good. But, upon Salman's arrival, Leslie finds she gets more than she bargained for this time. Salman is quietly strange and can never hold onto employment. At his last job at the local photocopy store, he laminated everything in sight, even things folks never want laminated. Boss gave him the heave ho hastily. Now, he's floundering. The little boys don't quite know what to make of him and neither does Leslie. So, Leslie hatches a plan. They will share babysitting duties and each will get a part time job. Leslie already has one, after all, while Salman gets a job with her company. What is the position? Why, all he has to do is wear a bizarre blue costume and hawk the dot.com's strong points on a highway near town. Wholly internet, Batman! Will this situation have a silver lining? Maybe. This unusual, quirky movie is obviously Prendergast's baby. He wrote it, he stars in it, he directed it. As such, he has created a strange flick experience, with some sharp social commentary and dark humor. While Prendergast gives a nicely subdued, odd guy performance, he draws a great performance from Kudrow. She is right on the mark as the harried, temporarily helpless mother who eventually makes it back to some kind of normal living as a single parent. The rest of the cast, including Christine Taylor and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, is nice as well. Its likewise an interesting, flatland setting with good costumes, script lines and direction. Want to take your evening into almost another dimension? Get Kabluey!
cannonclubonline Not many things in life are worth watching that will inspire you to laugh at other people's crazy situations more than this film. Filmed in and around Austin, TX, this 86 minute film wins you heart by captivating you with a surrealistic story-line that depicts the players lives as pure chaos.Our hilariously funny young man Scott Prendergast makes his feature film debut as the lead role, director, and writer. Prendergast strikes pay dirt on this one, making it fun to be quirky and strange. This sort of life imitating art is perfectly balance off as Salman (Prendergast) is suddenly thrust into the middle of his sister-in-law Leslie's (Lisa Kudrow) miserable situation as a wife with two small bratty kids trying to make ends meet while her husband serves another tour in Irag.It's quite hard to pick up on but Suze (Teri Garr) is supposedly the mother of Leslie (Lisa Kudrow). This actually happened once before on Friends (1994) with Phoebe's character.The most disturbing things about this film, is that Salman has no way of controlling his two nephews, Lincoln (Landon Henninger) and Cameron (Cameron Wofford). It's amazing that the uncle didn't hurt this one kid who poured something like comet in his mouth while he was sleeping. Ironically, when Salman finally wears his blue dot suit to the birthday party. The children completely change when they discover that Salman is inside the suit. They win a new respect for Salman since they think he's some kind of super hero.Leslie finds Salman a job at her defunct DotCom company BlueNexion. We find that Salman has no idea what he has gotten himself into. Kathleen (Conchata Ferrell) steals the show as Salman's stressed out employer who recruits him to go out into the middle of the country wearing the company mascot suite and pass out fliers. Ferrell small fits of rage with cursing, and the tantrums she has while hiring Salmans is completely unexpected. Every moment she's on screen is absolutely hysterical. Even though she's supposedly playing this seriously, the comedic nature of it all was way too funny. Too bad she doesn't have a show like Carol Burnett did.Kudrow plays this role with dignity and believability. It's not what I'm certainly used to with her roles, however, it is played so well she should have gotten an award for it. You could almost, for a few moments feel the pain in her life and the trouble she faces as an abandoned and troubled mother. The strong supporting cast also includes Angela Sarafyan as the weird grocery-store clerk named Ramona. Teri Garr plays a believable deranged woman who lost her savings with BlueNexion and takes it out on the company's big blue mascot. Christine Taylor has a very small part as Betty yet she gets a higher billing than Teri Garr. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is pretty good as Brad, one of the corporate bosses who seems to have a few tricks up his sleeve with his office secretary, Leslie.Roddy Bottum's makes all that you see much better with his charming and unconventional score that keeps the movie rolling right along. Their seems to have a lot of time put into the closing credit by introducing 4 or 5 really short, but interest sets of animation using the BlueDot guy. Perhaps one of the funniest scenes of the film was one where the blue kabluey guy ganged up with cheese-girl taking Polaroids of Brad at the Motel with his other girlfriend.Don't miss this film if you can help it. There are many things enjoyable in life & this is one.
joemamaohio Salman (Scott Prendergast) is a 30-something year old loser. He has no real job, no home, and no life. He goes to live with his brother's wife, Leslie (Lisa Kudrow) while his brother serves in Iraq. He gets a job at an Internet company where he dons a huge blue suit and stands on the side of the street handing out flyers.It's a hilarious scenario as his life couldn't sink any lower, and its hilarious to watch. But there's also a hint of the dramatic, as we see the lives in the film suffering turmoil and depression. It's a perfect blend of comedy and drama.An excellent film that mixes comedy and drama effortlessly that will have you laughing one minute and completely sad the next. You feel for the characters and you want a happy outcome for everyone.