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Drool

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This is a quirky, left of center indy comedy. It centers on Anora, an Oklahoma housewife who lives in a dream world fantasizing over a perfect husband, perfect marriage and perfect family that is at odds with her reality. Her husband's a jerk, her marriage is a mockery and her kids are screwed up beyond all possible belief.

She gets a new neighbor, Imogene, who sells a Mary Kay type line of cosmetics. Imogene is upbeat, friendly and black which doesn't bode well with Anora's husband or kids. But she's the only person in Anora's life that pays her any attention and shows her any kindness. The two end up falling for each other and during a sexual interlude Anora's husband (drunk) comes in and goes bananas. He pulls a gun but things go wrong and he's the the one who ends up getting shot by Anora. The two women dump his body in the trunk of Imogene's car. Anora grabs her two kids and they all head to Savannah, where Imogene's boss lives, to dispose of the body. It's a shortish road trip but all come to new understandings in their lives.

This is pretty light stuff. It's shot on the cheap but looks good to the point of not being detrimental to the viewing experience. The only actors recognizable to me were Anora, played by Laura Harring and her husband played by Oded Fehr. The production, overall, is even handed. Most of the performances are pretty good and it's dotted with some quirky animation sprung from the doodlings of Anora's daughter.

The writing is really what makes this worthwhile. It IS quirky. A lot of unexpected things happen and everything moves a brisk pace. It clocks in at an hour twenty five so you won't sit there looking at your watch. The performances match the quirkiness of the script. Harring particularly seemed to understand her part and the tone of the movie. For my money she hits it dead on. It's a shame she doesn't get more work.

These kinds of movies are not for everyone, but those who really enjoy film in all its varied forms, should have a good time with this. It won't change your life but it's a nice vacation to an unexpected destination.

'Drool' was a good little film of its' type, an 'independent' and shot on a shoestring budget. Laura Harring has a certain sweetness as mousy, downtrodden and abused housewife Anora Fleece, Jill Marie Jones turns the rather formulaic sassy black woman into something a bit special, and Oded Fehr plays both the misogynistic racist wife beater, Cheb Fleece who is sexually abused by his male boss (but keeps it a dirty little secret) and the 'fantasy man' Anora dreams of. Credit where it's due,Fehr injects a subtle note of sympathy into the monstrous husband, and gives a nice little comedic flip to the hunky Harlequin hero. The actress who played 'Kathy K' did less well, largely because hers is another sassy black mama role, so all she could do was parody it. 'Drool' is a film that works on many levels, even though it is touted as a gay comedy, it's never preachy, the writing was good, and the idea of using illustrations to convey teen Tabitha's secret feelings was a neat twist. If the film had one flaw, it's that the theme of 'home is' didn't work that well, and I would like to have seen more exploration of the idea that violence/abuse is self perpetuating - Cheb is abused by his boss, and in turn beats his wife and she lashes out at the children - but this was largely overlooked in favour of the feelgood factor. That's a minor quibble though, on the whole it was one of the best independents I have seen.

This movie doesn't rank as a bad movie. The script and story are bad. The acting by Laura and Jill Marie is good, however, the supporting cast is terrible!!!!! If you have nothing else to do with your time...I mean even getting an oil change, then see this movie.

Made on a budget, but was entertaining. I especially liked the thirteen year old boy who was a 'queen' in the making. Not a long movie, but was a pleasant way to spend a little over an hour.

I enjoyed this movie but I was hesitant to watch it all the way through. It may be an acquired taste but if you give it a chance you'll find it funny, crazy, and heart-warming. The relationship between Imogene and Anora is great and they have wonderful chemistry. By the way I have see this movie 8 times, that's how much I like it.

It's hard to believe I watched this movie twice before I passed it onto others. It's enteraining in a strange way, the over the top plot, characters and accents (maybe it's because I'm australian). I'd be surprised if you would see this one in anyones home collection, don't expect too much.

This film seems to be a blend between the "pushing daisies" TV series & the "color purple"... It was slickly covered toilet paper..,And I liked "Pushing Daisies"... You got your wimpy weak abusive husband, A promiscuious daughter, a gay son, a doormat lesbian wife turned terminator and the single lesbian neighbor with no social responsibilities... The viewing of this Dvd became tedious with each scene, the ending brought relief... The disappointment with this Dvd was the pricing...

I almost didn't watch this movie after the first few minutes because the kids were so snotty to their mother and the beginning was totally heterosexual. But I hung in there and was rewarded with a rather silly but likeable, feel-good movie.