Something More

An excellent and hilarious look at the relationships between male friends and men and women. The script is full of humour with a decent amount of feeling as we follow a Church League men's basketball team through their relationships with each other and women. Definitely worth the price of admission.

I went to see this movie simply because I enjoy Michael Goorjian and I knew he was starring in this movie. I dragged a couple of my friends to it too, they weren't expecting anything too great, but we were all pleasently surprised. Michael Goorjian was excellent. I was also pleased with the performance of an actor that I don't remember his name now (I was hoping to find it on the imdb but it isn't listed) but Canadians will remember him as the "If I wanted water, I would ask for water" guy from the beer commercials a few years back. This guy can really act! Anyway, it was a very good movie, and it was nice to see a canadian movie that is not simply about being stereotypical canadians! If this movie is playing in your city, take a chance and go see it, you won't be dissapointed.

Of the Relationship Labyrinth genre, this work, filmed and set in Regina, Saskatchewan, with Canadian players and crew is, just the same, rife with bromides nurtured in United States based pictures, as evidenced by its predictable scenes and dialogue relating incidents concerning a coterie of men in their late twenties whose lifestyles and interests revolve about young women and playing basketball. Sam (Michael Goorjian) and his teammates from a church league cage quintet have enormous troubles in their relationships with females, and when he as well as his best friend ( David Lovgren) seek the affections of Kelly, played by Chandra West, expected complexities are the result, especially since the two have widely disparate abilities when in company with the gentler sex. Although there is genuine chemistry between Goorjian and West, character development is lacking within the script, and most of the portrayed personalities are basically unpleasant as depicted, as are many of the scenes that are additionally marred by erratic direction and mean-spirited endeavours at humour that are simply not funny, and while Sam spasmodically cites philosophers Kierkegaard, Sartre, Camus and Descartes, they are quoted in an embarrassingly witless fashion. Continuity weaknesses often appear along with a shortfall of storyline logic, and at no time does the scenario reveal anything of the men's occupations, as apparently they only play basketball and chase women, but Lovgren takes the acting garland with his solid reading as a persistent libertine, and striking compositions from cinematographer Jon Kranhouse enable one to upon occasion ignore the discursive plot.

This film has less pace than my grandmother walking up stairs! I was gullible enough to believe the video cover which stated "If you liked American Pie" (...you've got better taste than those who found this funny). And by the way it's not even a teen-movie, but more an "insecure-mid-twenties-movie".

A decent romantic comedy is one where you feel for the characters. Here they're all so shallow, there's no way anyone could care. Fair enough, Chandra West is lovely, but all she plays is an adhoc part where she's required to smile crookedly or whimper.

My advice, next time you're at the video shop, "If you liked American Pie"... rent it out again - not this piece of crap.

I Really liked this movie it was made where I live and it was fun to see the places I go everyday. I like the character Sam the most, he reminds me of someone I care about very much. Make sure when you watch this movie it's with someone you love, you will like it that much more.