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10/22/08
Baghead (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 83
Fresh: 64
Rotten:19
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Consensus: Pitting actors against murderers in a self-aware struggle for stardom, Baghead successfully skates the borders of horror and comedy.
Theatrical Release:Jun 13, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Following up on the surprise success of their micro-budget production THE PUFFY CHAIR (2005), brothers Jay and Mark Duplass turn their handheld DV camera toward skewering the pretentiousness of the... [More]
Starring: Steve Zissis, Ross Partridge, Greta Gerwig, Elise Muller
Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
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Reviews for Baghead
A wildly funny parody of low-budget horror cinema.
10/18/08
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10/18/08
The plot is tired, the actors are not much good, the situation is way too familiar, there is no humor or fright in sight.
10/18/08
Just when you think the film is about to zig, it zags and heads another direction. And it's smart enough to cut things short before it wears out its welcome and before it gets too predictable.
10/18/08
Alternately funny and scary, 'Baghead' suggests that 'The Blair Witch Project' may be as responsible for mumblecore as any of the self-consciously anti-commercial movies that usually are credited with jump-starting the trend.
09/19/08
The truth eventually comes out, as it must, and it's not exactly a stunner.
09/18/08
Top CriticI want to shout, not mumble, that the Duplasses are a couple of the most promising filmmakers out there.
09/11/08
Baghead's got exactly one joke to exploit -- it's a relationship movie masquerading as a horror movie -- and proceeds to beat it to death.
09/05/08
The co-directors and co-writers, Jay and Mark Duplass, appear to be saying, 'Hey, we are the new emperors of the independent cinema. And guess what? We have no clothes.'
09/05/08
Baghead is best in its first half, when it's just about a group of four friends trying to escape the ruts their lives have become.
09/04/08
A refreshingly brisk and modest salvo from the American independent film front, proving there's still interesting life in the scruffy, shot-on-video genre.
08/29/08
Jay and Mark Duplass -- the brothers who wrote, directed and produced this bauble -- take literally two-thirds of the film to come to a very small point.
08/29/08
Alternately hilarious, subtly sinister, and finally poignant, Baghead is not quite like any other film in memory.
08/23/08
Baghead is at its best when it captures the subtleties of romantic machinations, macho power plays and the indignity of women aging in Hollywood.
08/21/08
Top CriticCompared to films such as Tropic Thunder and The Blair Witch Project, Baghead's poke at the film industry and attempt at verite horror are a little like making vroom-vroom noises next to a Porsche.
08/20/08
The coda, even if it doesn't wholly work, should have some sobering lessons for would-be filmmakers who see this. Kids, try this at home.
08/15/08
Baghead is at once a terrifically smart and scary piece of entertainment, an embodiment of the mumblecore aesthetic, and a sly commentary on the challenges aspiring and independent filmmakers face in finding an audience for their work.
08/08/08
It's clear that horror isn't really the Duplass' forte: The simple scenes of these four aspiring filmmakers sitting around a table, brainstorming ideas while tearing each other apart are more interesting than all that running and screaming.
08/08/08
he brothers Duplass have a knack for the to-and-fro of modern relationships. Their horror sense is less acute, but at least they understand that when the budget is low, it's best to keep the villain in the shadows.
08/08/08
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June 20, 2008:
Baghead: A Mumblecore Mix of Laughs and Screams 
A guy with a bag on his head can play out a couple of ways. The Unknown Comic went for laughs. Recent films such as "The Orphanage" and "The Strangers" go for straight scares.... More...
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