Dirty 30

Writer and film star Mamrie Hart may have got her wish to "star" in her own film about a girl named Kate Fields who works as a dental hygenist and is turning 30 but she is still single and relies on her two besties for her social life.

This is supposed to be one of those "loser turns winner" camp/comedy/romance films where the high school loser(s) get together for a wild reunion at a rich and absent house owners mansion and for Kate Fields 30th birthday party. The scenario of a girl trying to find true love but keeps getting into bad relationships such as Kate's blind date with a loser guy named Raven who still lives with his parents, has been done a million times before, and now I can honestly say this is the one millionth PLUS ONE failure.

I did not laugh once. Writing and acting were below par. It reminded me of a film that was made in less than seven (7) days and for less than ten (10) grand.

10 minus 7 equals a 3 out of 10 rating.

Anyone who Youtube will know all 3 of the main actors: Hannah Hart; Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart. They got together for this movie and I believe they hit the cinema nail right on it's head. The film is colourful, well paced, well acted for what it is, nicely written with great dialogue, witty and charming and a little emotional in parts. There's plenty of cuteness to keep people interested but not enough to turn it smulchy. It's about as believable as any film of this genre and very formulaic, but that doesn't stop it rising to the heap of all the other unbelievable and formulaic movies. The only time I write reviews is if a film touched me or moved me in some way, be that positively or negatively, and this one was definitely a feel good, positive surprise. I've given it the highest rating I ever give a film and that's because tonight that's exactly what it deserved.

Kate Fields (Mamrie Hart) is turning 30 and life kinda sucks. Her long-time friends Evie (Grace Helbig) and Charlie (Hannah Hart) have their own difficulties. They find a letter from Kate's 16 year old self. She allows them to throw her a small and tasteful birthday party but...

This is a film featuring a bunch of YouTube personalities. I'm sure that it's great for their fans. For everybody else, this is like every other single gal comedy by a second tier comedy troupe. They are functional comedic actors. There is nothing here that's going to blow anybody's mind. It has a few harmless jokes and a general knowledge of every single gal tropes. The party needs to go more crazy, faster and harder. It runs out of steam by the midway point. Instead of taking off into a wild night, it gets dull.

If you are a fan of specific youtubers and those who make cameos in this movie then you will probably have a great time, otherwise there really isn't much here.

The comedy is at most mildly amusing and most of the time it isn't even that. The writing comes across as disjointed and kind of lazy, like where people are with problem partners for seemingly no reason just so they can break up with them, that sort of thing. On top of this the story itself feels completely self-serving as we aren't really given a reason to care why any of the three mains should be happy, it's just presumed that they deserve to have the best lives and that we should care about them garnering some type of resolution of struggle.

Overall I imagine these people had a blast making this movie, but it really isn't for anyone outside of their fan base, so if that's not you then you probably shouldn't bother.

I have never seen any of the people in this movie before - and that's OK. I liked the actresses OK. But none of this movie was even the slightest bit believable. It opens with an over the top bad date to set the stage - kind of funny but really? Nothing in the movie is original - everything has been done before. Sad girl about turning 30, girl they hate from high school, cool guy from high school is old and fat now, and the boy she now likes is misunderstood when he leaves the party with the girl from high school they all hate - but really he is a good guy because he was just driving a drunk girl home and he had no interest in her. I didn't laugh that much and found it rather boring.

And Kate - the main girl - while I could see me liking her in other things I don't think she is a strong enough actress to carry a movie as the lead.

If you are in the mood for a "stupid" funny movie - then this is for you.