Existo

Congratulations, your film was so bad it actually made my feel ill to my stomach. Every single scene makes the top 10 of things that are worse than injecting boiling titanium into my thigh. If your name can be associated with this movie in any way, then i recommend you immediately tie your feet together and jump down a flight of concrete steps.

I recommend you stop making movies forthright. Perhaps you can find another outlet? Maybe knitting? Restoring classic cars? I don't care. As long as there is absolutely no chance of seeing another one of your wretched movies again.

I have yet to see this film. But the mere fact that Varney is in it is reason enough for me to get this movie. I'm familiar with Existo from the "Hey, Vern! It's Ernest" series and also Jackie Welch and Gailard Sartain. Yes, I'm going to buy this film. Not only do I need to add it to my Jim Varney collection but I want to see what all the fuss is about. Yes, I have lollipop written all over my face when it comes to anything Varney.;) It seems this movie is political and talks of the government and its problems? But I'm curious to see this film and I will not let any reviews I have read here affect my opinions. Of course, since Varney is in it, I might tend to be a bit biased where he is concerned.

The whole film appeared to be one big rant about how much the makers hate conservatives. As much as I may share their opinions, I honestly think there are other things you can put in your movie. The word 'plot' comes to mind.

I also wish to point out that nearly all the positive reviews here are from Nashville (where this was filmed) or in the surrounding Tennessee area. It makes me wonder if the people reviewing had anything to do with the actual production, and if they have anything better to do than write themselves positive reviews with temporary IMDb user names like "Scott Smith", who only ever wrote one review for this movie. I'm assuming that a certain someone has this page on bookmark, and make a point of visiting it at least once a week to read reviews. Yes, I mean you. I can only guess as to the ratings this review will get.

Incorrectly described as a "Rocky Horror Picture Show" for the next millennium, this rampage of images and near-Shakespearean wordplay is a dagger through the heart that makes "Rocky Horror" look like a pin prick. This is an amazing example of what truly creative people can do (for an astoundingly small amount of money) when freed of the confines of the Hollywood machine. "Existo" skewers both the bizarr-o radical left and the oh-so-self-righteous right by presenting both as their all too accurate extremes. It's filled with musical numbers that simply will not leave your head and will have you annoying your local record store until a soundtrack is released. And I can't wait to see Bruce Arnston's face on t-shirts! Pray to all the gods you've heard of that someone will pick up this monuMENTAL work for wider distribution!

Quite profane, but an interesting idea is at work here. The exaggerated extremes of the Right and the Left leave the audience pretty disgusted with both sides, even with Existo and his artistic ensemble - but that's the point. There are holes and inconsistencies in the plot, but it's interesting nonetheless. The musical numbers are pretty interesting, as are the scenes with Existo's ensemble.

Probably one of the best moments in the movie is when The Artists are emerging from the sewers to inflict guerrilla "art" on the hapless, brainwashed suburbs - the integration of the Arts into a warlike situation is very funny, and quite well executed. The various Arts being performed are completely lacking in beauty or real meaning other than to outrage and startle, but then this movie is not meant to ever be perceived as a realistic depiction of the fight between Conservatism and the Arts. It's just meant to be outrageous.

The cast is a Who's Who list of the Nashville acting elite - a particularly good performance is Jenny Littleton as Penelope. Mark Cabus as the smarmy Roupen is a cariacature at first, but in the last scenes of the movie he suddenly becomes a real person.