Film Geek
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Metascore
35 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

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  • Summary: Film Geek is a hilarious new comedy about Scotty Pelk, a socially inept video store clerk with an encyclopedic knowledge of film. (First Run Features)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 4 out of 8
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    James Westby's loving and self-aware homage to mouth-breathing boys who worship Wong Kar-Wai and can't talk to girls is the opposite of Tarantino-esque: It's Westby-ish, interspersing settings of biting social oafishness with spasms of film knowledge.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    75
    The film looks like it cost 10 cents, but a lot of the jokes are gold. Hollywood, take notice of writer-director James Westby.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    Westby's sympathy for the Scottys of the world is evident, but like them he doesn't always know how to put his best face forward.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    30
    Film Geek has a likable premise, an unusual setting in downtown Portland, Ore., and a pleasantly homemade indie feel. Unfortunately, Scotty Pelk, as written by James Westby and played by Mr. Malkasian, is actually so irritating, so genuinely hard to take, that like the rest of the characters in this semiautobiographical movie, we soon find ourselves itching to get away from him.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. LindaM.
    10
    I loved film Geek! It's a Napolean Dynamite for grown ups and with a twist. I've already seen it 3 times since it came out in Portland. I can't wait for it to be released on DVD!… Expand
  2. AlB.
    10
    Very good movie. The direction, writing, and acting are all excellent. It's funny and sad at the same time. I actually cried.
  3. MarieA.
    10
    Film Geek is such a cool movie. I laughed, I cried and in the end I just wanted to go straight back to the theater and see it all over again. Definitely worth checking out wether your a film geek or you just love to see fun and touching movies.… Expand
  4. CharlieE.
    10
    I knew nothing about this movie until my parents drug me out of bed on a groggy sunday afternoon. I was pleasently surprised at how good this movie was and thought it was cool that it was filmed in so many areas in Portland that I recognized. I laughed over and over again.… Expand

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