Jane White Is Sick & Twisted

Jane White Is Sick and Twisted is an independent comedy about a girl named Jane White, who is obsessed with TV so much that she thinks her long-lost father is talk show host Gerry King. She decides to try and see him.

I really wanted to like this movie, but I just couldn't. It was stupid, and I didn't get a lot of the TV references.

I'm giving this movie an additional star because Kim Little did a really good job playing Jane White. But other than that very good performance, Jane White Is Sick and Twisted is really stupid and boring.

Not recommended.

The creators of this movie were clearly tring to offer something alternative and different, motivated by the nonconformist, art student indie crowd...(and I emphasize "trying")...trying much, much too hard.

This movie is the biggest waste of time EVER, and it's so clearly, desperately obvious that the writers had intense dreams of this becoming a cult classic long before filming ever began. YOU CANNOT DECIDE A MOVIE IS DESTINED TO HAVE A "CULT FOLLOWING" BEFORE IT'S EVER EVEN SHOWN TO AN AUDIENCE. It's just wrong, people. It's not fair. Jane White is such a blatant rip-off of films that were actually cool, and it upsets me deeply that there are people in this world oblivious to that fact. In addition to all this, the cameos of former child actors and such is almost heartbreakingly depressing. Oh, Winnie Cooper, you shold have ended it on a happy note, with the Wonder Years. The absolute worst aspect of the entire movie (with the exception of the poor acting, done on purpose to give the film more of a "B-quality" feel), are the DVD extras. I don't even know why I looked at them, after fully loathing the movie for over an hour and a half. But, unfortunately, I did. The extras actually include a list of "sick and twisted" games, including a drinking game, for Christ's sake. God help us all. Like anyone in the world is willing to watch this movie over and over for the sake of getting drunk. A word of advice: Get drunk BEFORE viewing this film. It won't make it any better, but at least you'll be drunk.

Plain and simply, Jane White is Sick and Twisted is a funny satired B-movie with some of the best acting I've seen in a while, and great writing and directing on the part of David Latt.

I didn't see Jane White for educational purposed, but surprisingly learned a couple things about myself and the world's over-obsession with televison. Although it's all in good fun, it's satire done right, and it makes you think.

Kim Little is great as Jane White, the girl who thinks life is like TV and her dad is the host of the Jerry Show. She has the innocence to pull off the naive character. Wil Wheaton too has a school-boy innocence that makes him the perfect choice to play Dick Smith, Jane's romantic interest. More than once I felt like shooting Dick for his sappy Hallmark language, and I'm pretty sure this is the reaction wanted by David Latt. Alley Mills (the mom from Wonder Years) shows a completely different 'mom' side, as Jane's mother who's afraid to go outside. Chris Hardwick's character Burger is totally unneeded for the plot, but his accent and teeth bring in big laughs. The most memorable performance was Colin Mochrie's, the married man picking up closet transvestite prostitutes.

In summary, this is a movie that is guaranteed to make you laugh. Rent it. Buy it. Do whatever you need to do, just make sure you see it.

I saw this movie at a screening in L.A. that a friend invited me to and the movie feels like a Saturday Night Live movie done right. The cast is great especially the kid from Star Trek (who knew he was funny?), the guy from Who's Line... as much fun as you would expect and everyone else is recognizable and great. Although, I hadn't seen the woman who played Jane White before she was just teriffic, amazingly funny and twisted. There were some really funny moments mocking TV and our obsession with it. I don't know when it's coming out but, if you get a chance see this movie!

I guess I'm just not an "indie" kind of guy. I went into this movie thinking I would love it. I'd heard (mostly on the internet) that it was really funny.

I almost laughed a couple of times but never quite made it.