Summary
The film is ostensibly a prequel to the series, though it offers familiar elements: Forty-six-year-old ex-junkie/hooker/girl-thug Jerri Blank ([Amy Sedaris]) is getting out of jail and returning home after two-plus decades of debauchery. The plot is as basic as the after-school specials Strangers mocks: If Jerri could do something special - say, win the high school Science Fair - her dad (Dan Hedaya) might awaken from his stress-induced coma. Too bad the Bible-thumping science teacher, Mr. Noblet ([Stephen Colbert], full of truthiness), despises her.
Part of Jerri's appeal (in small doses) is that she is unlikable. With the TV show, there was something exhilarating about heralding an ugly, selfish, middle-aged deviant within the confines of the small-screen teen-genre that relentlessly celebrates beautiful youth. Stretched over 90 minutes, the burden of the film's generic plot inclines us to root for Jerri, but it's hard to truly hang your hat on her.See the full content of this document
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Strangers with Candy
Strangers With Candy
Back to SchoolOH, WOE IS the television sketch comedy that makes a mad scramble for the big screen. What was howlingly funn...See the full content of this document
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