Muffin Man

If you're looking for cheap jokes, personal put-downs, and physical comedy, this movie probably isn't for you. Muffin Man is a dark, poignant, cerebral comedy that stabs at the heart of all of our social ills.

Unfortunately it was not without its problems. On the plus side, it was wickedly funny with a very sharp wit. There were a lot of subtleties that make you do a second take. Also, I especially loved the music - I really want a copy of the soundtrack. On the minus side, the production was a bit campy. Not sure how to describe it, but it had more of a cult feel than a mainstream production - I'd really like to see it on a big screen, I only watched a promo version on DVD. I'll give it a 7 on a scale of 10.

Ok, as Executive Producer of this film, I admit that I'm a little biased (I'm saying that up front so no one accuses me of ballot stuffing) ... but audiences genuinely love this movie!

Muffin Man is a hilarious, yet frightening look at the obesity epidemic that led to the extinction of the human race. This movie is an absolute "Must See" for anyone concerned about the ballooning size of the American population. However, the movie is not about making fun of fat people - the humor is derived from social commentary about the general excesses of modern civilization and all its foibles (violence, race, religion, sex, and of course, our love of food are all fair game in this movie). What makes this movie so successful is the combination of truthfulness in its message and complete outrageousness in its delivery of that message. The characters are completely real people, but are complete caricatures of themselves. The jokes are a combination of very subtle high brow cynicism and low brow crudeness that makes you catch yourself when all of a sudden you're embarrassed that you're laughing so loudly.

Go see Muffin Man - this is going to be a classic that will entertain audiences for many years to come!

When you mention the word "mockumentary" you usually think about movies by Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show) or Woody Allen (Take the money and run, Sleeper). But Muffin Man brings the mockumentary concept into the 21th century - to the year 2030, to be exact, when human beings complete their evolution from homo sapiens to homo twinkus. The new species, dubbed Muffin Man, is overweight, lazy, and sits around eating junk food and watching TV. Extinction soon follows. I think the whole concept is very funny, and the execution is great - the acting is good, the jokes are hilarious, the production is obviously low budget but still very good. If you are offended by this movie, then you need to take a good honest look at yourself in the mirror, because you're probably a Muffin Man!

I am appalled at the condition of today's kids. Every day, I see grade school children eating doughnuts as they walk by my house on their way to school, and they are all FAT.

I'm 75 years old, and I know people hate it when old ladies say "in my day", but in my day kids weren't fat. Parents didn't feed their kids sugar coated cereal for breakfast. An occasional small scoop of ice cream and maybe a soda pop once a month was about the extent of the treats we got.

I got such a kick out of Muffin Man, I just had to write about it. People are so afraid to tell the truth in movies. If someone is fat, you should tell them they are fat, not beat about the bush. Muffin Man is very honest and calls a spade a spade. This movie shows what will happen to our country if kids don't stop eating so much junk food. I'm just glad I probably won't be around in 30 years to see it come to pass.

Mary C.

I was in Seattle on business and just happened to attend the premiere of Muffin Man. I laughed so hard i thought i would wet my pants! I think some of the people in the audience were somewhat offended but that didn't stop them from laughing too. To whomever made this movie: please make another one! I can't wait till it plays in New Jersey so I can tell all my friends to see it.