Customer Reviews

Poor White Trash (aka Bayou) [VHS]

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This film was hilarious! For a low budget movie, I was surprised how well paces, and fun it was to watch. The acting was particularly good. Sean Young was a trailer park mom. That's something I haven't seen before. William Devane and Jason London almost stole the movie. A lot of quotable dialogue. Well written! And very well directed!!

Once upon a time in a trailer park to close to say lived two boys who are bored and decide to score some 'Near Beer" from the local quickie mart. This turns bad and the two are arrested. They meet the grandfather attorney who gets them off.. for a price. A chain reaction of hillarity insues. Sean Young is effective as the white trash mother who will do anything to make sure her son gets into college, and doesn't have to live in a trailer the rest of his life. Not as stupid as it appears to be. The screenplay is smart, even with such lines as "You're hot as doughnut grease, babe." That line is a gem. Bound to be a redneck classic, Jeff Foxworthy would be proud. The only thing missing was Jerry Springer.

From the moment I first saw this film, I was drawn in to it. The entire film is hilarious and each and every time I see it ( and I have seen it over and over)I find yet another bit of hilariously hidden gems, whether it's the scenary, the great looks of the characters or the witty lines, you can easily miss, while in the middle of laughing at something else.
Once, when I watched this film with my best friend, we rewound the same scene over and over again, laughing harder and harder each time!!!
Take a chance and you will be so glad you did!!! BUT POP YOUR POPCORN AHEAD OF TIME YOU WON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE TV!

high camp and outrageous humour
smart throwaway lines and some cranking tunes

no one can expect too much here, but i laughed alot
sure, its stupid - but unlike most movies, it didn't try to be other than that

enjoy it with other folks who have a lghter sense of humor...

This is a highly amusing comedy with heart. It's a shame that lots of people won't see it because it lacks notority - but I urge you to take the "risk" and give this a watch. It's definitely worth two hours of your life!

Saw this once on video and couldn't wait to buy the DVD. It's the kind of comedy like the work of Christopher Guest where the characters seem painfully real. I recommend this to anyone who appreciates off-the-wall slightly depraved humor.

Poor White Trash is a hilarious film! Aside from the humor, what is most interesting about it is the dichotomy between the bad behavior of the lead characters coupled with their good intentions.

The best performance in the film is given by Jacob Tierney as the pyromaniacal and not very bright best friend to Sean Young's son.

I recommend this film for those seeking easy entertainment. A good film to see with friends over several beers.

I wasn't expecting much from this film, after it's limited theatrical run. So, when I sat down to watch it at home, I wasn't too excited. Probably the only reason I bought it was because I'm a huge Jason London fan. But, I had some friends over and we sat down to watch the movie.

We laughed from beginning to end! The characters were so funny, and so real, it has us rolling. The writing from Michael Addis and Tony Urban was awesome. The actors were all at the top of their game, especially London and William Devane. The one who stole the show was Jacob Tierney. The only actor who I thought did a poor job was Tim Kazurinsky. He was really poor, but his 2 scenes were very short, so it didn't harm the film.

Don't expect this to be an Oscar winner. Just take it for what it is, a very campy romp through the trailer parks of the midwest.

Great fun!

I'd give the movie 3 stars on it's own, but due to the refreshing criticism by both Sean Young and the writer/director on the single commentary track, I'm adding an extra star to the overall grade.

This movie suffers from absolutely awful cinematography (Dir. of Photog.'s first film). Although, because this is a movie about poor white trash, it is almost fitting. Regardless, I still enjoyed the movie right from the very beginning.

However, to help get you into the right mood to watch this movie, I would suggest that you listen to a bit of the Sean Young and writer/director's commentary track, before you begin watching, so that you can hear how relaxed and frank the two of them are. They are having fun eating and drinking while they do the commentary (eventually, you hear bottles being opened, etc.). In less than a minute you should be relaxed, so just jump back to the beginning of the movie and watch it without the commentary (the first time).

In the commentary track, both the director and Sean Young quite often comment on the bad lighting and low budget they had to put up with, and I was shocked to hear Sean Young talk about how Jason London didn't get along with her, and how he basically berated her on the set. She also criticized the cinematographer (his first film) and the director, in a friendly, yet, educational way. I found it to be both entertaining and informative.

One great side effect about having a low budget, is that you often have just one take to do most of the scenes. This allows for the inclusion of many scenes that include actor errors or mishaps that would normally be edited out or reshot. One such great scene occurs when Jaime Pressly is trashing a hospital room. Shortly after she kicks a small television across the room, she loses her balance after bumping into a table, slips, and then takes a hard fall. Without missing a beat, she gets up immediately and continues on with the scene. Both Sean and the director get a nice laugh out of it, on the commentary track.

I also believe that if this Dvd was handed out for free, to 100 random people in a major city, 80 of them would probably stop watching it after 20 minutes or less. Ten of them would just fast forward scan to see all of Jaimie Pressly's scenes, and the final ten people would enjoy it as much as the majority of the Amazon reviewers here seem to.

I think the low budget look to the movie would turn most people off. It also takes awhile until the entertaining William Devane or Jaime Pressly appear (no, Jaime is never naked-a bikini is as close as she gets). Also, surprisingly, there's no nudity at all in the film- just one very partial side breast of a girl is quickly shown, but nothing else I remember.

So, even though there's probably a 60%-80% chance you won't want to watch the whole movie, or even bother listening to the commentary track, I would still suggest that you at least rent it, to see if it becomes one of your guilty pleasures. It's certainly one of mine.

Like one of the menu choices on the Dvd states..."Play the Damn Movie".

See ya at the trailer park!

OK show, bought it because my kids wanted to see it since we live in the town where a portion of the movie was filmed.