HongKongPhooey Reviews

Elephant Juice (1999)

A different 'mates movie'

[21 May 2002]

The bit I liked about this was that it was completely different from the rest of the movies where there's a group of friends which the movie revolves around.

In movies like Notting Hill and others everyone in the group is a wonderful person with little or no flaws, not to mention wise and sage. I like in Elephant Juice that some of the people are unpleasant, but not completely unpleasant, but have more human characteristics than the average soft focus, warm fuzzy rubbish that we usually get served up by movie makers.

Made (2001)

Has there been a more annoying character ever?

[7 December 2001]

Apart from Jim Carrey's Cable Guy character, the role played by Vince Vaughn is perhaps the most annoying and irritating ever. We were so close to turning the DVD off and forgetting about it.

The movie's OK, a good story, but VV's character is too over the top and ruins a good movie.