Shut Up and Kiss Me!

I was out at the Newport Beach Film Festival last week and had the chance to see Shut Up and Kiss Me as well as meet some of the cast and crew. I thought it was a very cute movie! It proves that true friendship can overcome any obstacle and that love conquers all. It was a pleasure to watch a fun-filled movie in a time when there's so much happening in the world. The 2 main characters, Ryan(Chris Barnes) and Pete(Brad Rowe) are best friends and are total opposites, but they don't let that affect their friendship. They each meet the girls of their dreams, one a friendly tour guide(Kristin Richardson) and the other a stuck up mob princess (Krista Allen). They go on missions to make these girls theirs forever. There's alot of action involved and alot of sex scenes that will be sure to catch your eye. The music rocked!!! It was cool to see Burt Young in a part that was so perfect for him. The pace of the film moved very quick, I wasn't bored, even for a second. I'd definitely go see it again when it's officially out in theaters.

Shut up and Kiss Me! is a great comedy. It has everything in it: talented actors, very pretty girls, a clever plot, great shots of Miami and Miami Beach and stretched limos. The movie is far better than most big productions from Hollywood. Krista Allen is the true star of the movie. She is not only hot or a 10 but also very funny. Brad Rowe played his role as a beach boy well. Ryan as Christopher Daniel Barnes did a good job as a struggling financial broker who stuck gold twice (meeting his girl and getting a big account). Burth Young (the coach from the Rocky movies) was obviously the most experienced actor playing a "Soprano" from Miami. Shut up and Kiss Me! should do well on the silver screen.

I am a huge Krista Allen fan, and I recently bought this on DVD from the UK after reading a good review of it on this site. After getting it, my wife and I watched it together, and I have to say that both of us thought it was really bad. The acting was poor, the writing was bad, and the whole experience was a waste of time. The only thing that was good in this movie was that Krista Allen was hot (although her accent didn't seem very Italian). I think I would have been much happier downloading some screen shots of Krista, and skipping the terrible experience of watching a movie that should on be shown on Cinemax late night or USA up all night.

What a bad movie!

Very few movies are a romantic comedy as well as an action-packed buddy movie. It was shot in and around South Florida and shows us some of the prettiest scenery of any movie I have seen in a while. The gags come one right after the other. But it's the minor characters that steal the show here! Pay close attention to the "Smiley" character (he rarely smiles). This is the writer's first movie and a low-budget independent film at that, but you wouldn't know it from the screen. Between the writing, the directing and the cast of characters (Frank Bonner is in this!!) this movie will have you laughing from start to finish. This really is the sleeper movie of the year!

The first half of the movie was alright. It was kind of cute and quirky. But then I think they just lost direction and weren't sure how to wrap up the movie because it just got worse and worse. Some of the plot points weren't ever explained and seemed wildly unrealistic or confusing. The characters were unlikeable and absurd. The flow seemed very jumpy, possibly attributed to a poor editing job. There were way too many viewer assumptions and leaps of logic that were necessary to even make the plot coherent. The producers mentioned it took them five years to complete, maybe they just got tired of trying to make a good film. It really was a waste of time.