More Than Frybread

This was basically 2 hours of yelling and screaming. It has to be one of the poorest films I have seen.

This movie is about a fictitious fry bread competition in Flagstaff, Arizona. Representatives from the many Arizona Native American tribes travel to Flagstaff for this first annual State of Arizona Frybread Competition. It is in the form of a documentary and we get to meet the contestants in their native lands before the competition.

The story follows five of the 22 entrants and we get to know them and root for them when they get to Flagstaff. The movie is not technically a slapstick comedy but it is humorous and a little crazy. The actors do a great job and they play their characters so well you almost wonder if it's not a real competition and they are not actors at all.

I watched this movie with my family in a theater only 15 miles from the Apache Reservation. Almost everyone in the theater was Native American, we are not. They laughed at the parts we laughed at and then some. I guess there is humor that only they can understand. They seemed to enjoy the playful rivalry between the tribes.

All in all it was an enjoyable movie. If you live in Arizona around any of the Indian Reservations, you will enjoy this movie as the Indians say and do very typical or even stereotypical things.

A totally fun film about a frybread contest, with different Native nations trying to answer the question. Who makes the best frybread. The film introduces the many characters played by talented Native American actors/actresses. Those actors/actresses should be in other films in Hollywood. They bring their wit and humor to the film making this film hilarious. More Than Frybread follows along the lines of the film Best In Show, but with a Native flair. If you have a few hours to kill, then I highly recommend this film highly. I would love to see a sequel to this, a More Than Frybread II (like where are they now). I give this film 10 out of 10 arrows. :)

"More Than Frybread" is one of the strangest films I've ever seen. Imagine...a mockumentary about a frybread competition among Native Americans in Arizona! That is NOT a topic you'd expect to see in a film! But apparently, the filmmaker Travis Holt Hamilton wanted to make a film about Native culture and decided to do one on the lowly frybread, a staple that Native Americans began making once they were placed on reservations and were forced to subsist on government handouts of flour.

As far as describing the film goes, it's tough and more something you just need to experience yourself. I appreciated how the entire film was done in such a deadpan manner. It really made the film incredibly strange and silly.

Before you decide to watch this film, I should point out that it starts off very slowly and is not an easy movie to love at first. STICK WITH IT....it gets better as it progresses. Besides, it's nice to see a film talk about and feature Native Americans....as very, very few others have in recent years. Weird, clever and ell worth your time....provided you have a high tolerance for tongue-in-cheek humor.

We lived in northern AZ for many years, but moved away. Trying to find frybread - good frybread - can be a challenge. Not too thick, not too thin and just the right color. Filmed throughout Arizona, it was great to see familiar sites and a few familiar faces. This comedy will keep you laughing and searching for more frybread!