Mr. Dungbeetle

I saw this film at the Mendocino Film Festival. Everyone who saw the movie in Mendocino raved, not just talked-up, RAVED about it. After the encore showing, it received a 3 minute standing ovation as people wiped away tears! It is magic. It is thought provoking. It makes you laugh. It makes you cry. It makes you FEEL! Anyone who has had a loved-one pass away will be positively affected after viewing this film. If it were a book, it would be number 1 on Oprah's list! The story is about mental patients who escape the institution and find the cure for their ailments has been inside them all along. It is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest with more laughs and a stronger message of empowerment. Once the general public is given a chance to see Mr. Dung Beetle ( if it ever gets distributed ) it will take Hollywood by storm. I am a 53 year-old movie buff and this is one of the top 3 films I have ever seen.

I cannot comprehend how this film has a 5.6 rating. It's one of the most inspirational indie films I've ever seen. It's so well done, and everybody involved in it (especially the actors and director) does a phenomenal job.

Mr. Dungbeetle is such an innocent film, a group of mental institution escapees go out on an unsupervised (for a little while) adventure into nature, where they admire the beauty surrounding them, as well as the beauty dwelling within themselves. This is a movie about seemingly flawed individuals who find self worth and meaning. They are adults, but yet so charmingly childish, it makes the audience feel like a youth themselves.

It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think about it ever since then, it leaves an impact on you. You get lost in the story and the characters. I agree with another user, who in their review related it to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Quite an accurate comparison, Mr. Dungbeetle is like its younger, inexperienced yet unsoiled sibling.

DO NOT just brush past this one, it most certainly deserves the entire public's attention. More and more folks these days are realizing that indie films now are just as good if not better than Hollywood box office films, in both quality and themes: this is the age of independent cinema. And Mr. Dungbeetle is an excellent ambassador for it.

When you see a movie and you leave not sure if you love it or not, wait 24 hours... if you cannot get it out of your head and little insights keeps coming back to you, you realize that its a brilliant movie! This movie has continued in my thoughts and the meaning keeps embedding itself in my mind. Brilliant!

I am most impressed with the positive feeling it leaves you about facing your fears and allowing yourself to change and heal. At first you feel like there is no way to relate to these characters, and are even a bit uneasy "hanging out" in a movie with crazy guys. By the end of the movie, they are not only endearing, you see yourself wishing you were friends with them.

This is one of the best movies I have watched in a VERY long time. The cinematography was beautiful, the plot was intelligent and very thought-provoking. It was painfully funny and a tear-jerker at the same time. I can't wait to see it again. I wish I could purchase it on DVD, otherwise I am going to have to drag my friends and family to the next screening. I can see this movie getting very popular. I also loved the fact that it was clean enough that I can bring my whole family to watch it. There is no foul language or nudity. The soundtrack was excellent! There are some good bands on it as well as some indie artists I have never heard of. Be sure to check this movie out when you get the chance. It will be well worth it.

I saw this film at a screening on the BYU campus earlier this year, and I truly enjoyed this film. I talked my sister into seeing it with me, and we stood in line for an hour and a half so we could get on the "waiting list," and we were not disappointed. It was refreshing to be able to enjoy a film that had humor (a great deal of it, too) and a good message without all of the sexual content and graphic language that is prevalent in many of today's films. I hope it finds a distributor soon, because I have told my friends about it, and they too are excited to see this movie (I am looking forward to seeing it again). I look forward to being able to say a line from the movie and have others say,"oh yeah, that's from Mr. Dungbeetle!" A charming film that deserves to be recognized.