Malibu Crush

There is much to appreciate about Malibu Crush. I gave myself 2 minutes to decide if I wanted to watch the entire film and ended up watching it all the way through and placing it on my blog as a top 10 comedy to watch in 2023.

The movie chronicles the lives of native Los Angeles residents Michael Chase and Duey on their quest to reunite with a long-lost girlfriend from high school Bridgette Van Ryan who now lives in Bondi Beach Australia.

Malibu Crush is a comedy at its core, so anyone watching be prepared for crude humour with dumb characters, however, it also has some intelligent scenes to keep the film on track and help the objective of finding an ex-girlfriend in another country.

The acting performances are decent, I found out much of the film was shot in Australia using several Australian actors doing US accents, considering this and the fact it was a low-budget film this is even more impressive. In particular, actor and director James Pratt stands out in his performance as Michael alongside Bella Valentini who plays the authentic yet sweet Emma. Scott E Miller has some funny moments as the annoying boss from hell.

Cinematographer Conner Jansen also did a nice job using a softer textures to show Bondi Beach in Australia over Los Angeles.

It would be great if this film had a sequel with more money attached because for what it is on a low budget Malibu Crush is a solid movie.

8/10.

On behalf of Alpha Phi Alpha at Florida State, this is our go-to movie for drunken weekends. It's basically the movie we watch when we all get stoned and drunk but you can watch it sober and it's still fun. A lot of movies you see you can't watch more than once because the jokes are just not funny after the first time, In Malibu Crush you can watch this movie over and over and still find it funny. The storyline and characters are all pretty stupid and so it's easy to follow and the comedy is a college stoner joke like in Van Wilder or Slackers.

It's made in what looks to be Australia and Santa Monica and the quality of jokes you get are perfect. The best scenes are when the two main characters arrive in Australia, instead of enjoying what look's like paradise there, they instead seem to be on a quest to find hot girls and then forget what they are doing there and argue with each other about what the purpose of their being in Australia actually is. There are some really hot actors in this movie and loads of laughs.

A good movie in it's own right, but not your typical comedy material.

As the movie started, I was trying to compare it to other comedies in it's form of humor, it's a mix of American Pie, Dude Where's my Car and has parts that feel similar to a Stephen Merchant comedy.

Many of the scenes are basic, but still pull a laugh. The movie was good, but compared on a comedic level to American Pie or Dude Where's my Car, it falls short because of the scale of the film. It looks like it was shot on a small budget so the audience relies on the humor and acting rather than having special effects and bigger locations.

In general the acting is hilarious, Billy White and James Pratt definitely turn a pretty simple story line into an entertaining movie. Bella Valentini and Brittany Hockley also have acting scenes that keep you watching.

I like the movie, it over achieves for an independent film, however it doesn't compare to an American Pie scale and won't be the same watching.

Malibu Crush is a film that doesn't attempt to be smart. This should be evident from the title. However, the film is good at not trying to be smart and passes a point where it becomes a masterpiece in dumb comedy and keeps you watching.

The wide cast of characters keeps the film's plot fresh and in spite of some ridiculous plot elements the film manages to burst quite a few guts with its utter retardedness. The film's plot actually has a pretty smart setup, "A guy trying to track down his dream girl in a foreign country, but it's the comedy that happens that's why you watch not the story. The movie is luckily not a one-joke film either. The amount of variety makes most comedies seem very bland by comparison.

The film is a brilliant no-brainer, but a nightmare for lovers of intelligent cinema.

I watched it and thought it was pretty funny... very stupid, but funny. The thing that can sink this type of stupid, slapstick style movie is if it starts going into places where it doesn't belong, Like getting too serious or introducing a different type of humor. "Malibu Crush, sticks to its aesthetics as stupid as they are and never sells itself out. Therefore, I think it works, and is in fact a well-made guy-humor comedy.

The acting from the two leads (James Pratt) and (Billy White) is good and you root for the main characters as they run their scams. I think this movie will only appeal to a very specific audience, but you can say the same thing about a most comedies.

Runtime is 79 minutes and in that time it cracked me up several times.