Somebodies

Just saw the Sundance movie 'Somebodies' .... much better than your average 'college' movie ... wickedly humorous and insightful look at coming of age for a young black dude at a college in Georgia. Some really funny scenes, some great lines and cool acting .... true independent but nicely photographed. Underneath the comedy is a serious story of a bunch of 20 somethings trying to find their way in a screwed up world. The main character Scottie is portrayed as a guy in the middle - not a saint or a gangsta ... just you're average guy trying to hang out, make out and stay out of trouble. Of course, it takes a strong headed young woman to really sort him out. If you're white and middle class, you should see this movie - it'll give you a fresh perspective and make you laugh. If you're black and middle class, you should definitely see this movie - it'll strike a chord and make you laugh until you cry.

This film was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved all the characters and the actors who played them. Hadjii is so talented!! He was the director, star,AND writer!! The movie even got into Sundance. I was there and a Sundance festival administrator gave the best opening for it! Everyone should go and check this movie out at the AFI festival in November!If you don't believe me on this than you believe countless critics. Those critics even include the AMAZING Roger Ebert!!!! Can't wait for it to come out on DVD and hopefully in theaters!!! I know that this film will go sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo far if somebody would buy it. So until then I wait patiently for this film.

This was the first of three films I saw at the Sundance film festival and was the best one we saw (much better then the ones Timberlake and Aniston starred in). We laughed so hard during the entire movie, we ended up missing half the movie due to our laughing. Where can we buy the DVD to see the parts we laughed through? The movie did not use typical stereotypes of young black men. Instead of listening to the stereotypical rap music, one scene had Hadji blasting REM. The female lead was wonderful as was the preacher. Please put this on DVD, I am beginning to forget some of the best lines in the movie. Having never been to a independent film before, I will now be more open minded, there is a lot of talent out there and a lot of it is not in Hollywood.

I just saw this film at the Cleveland International Film Festival and it was one of the best films this year. The combination of African-American family and cultural humor with general college humor was great, and I think anyone who's lived "on-campus" at a college will find this a very funny movie. There were several times in the film where the audience laughter was so loud you couldn't hear the dialog. The acting in the movie was impressive, especially since my expectation was that it would be marginal for a first-time writer/director and a low budget production. It turns out that several of the actors are from the Atlanta comedy club scene and their strong comedic skills are put on display in this production. Hadjii, the director and principal actor in the film has a great future if he can do so well in his first feature-length effort.

I saw this movie at Sundance and was completely embarrassed to be black. I mean, wow, there were white people around watching this movie and this is what this film maker decided to portray as "us"?! I think movies like this are why "we" as a people don't get more opportunities. I'm happy for the kid that he got an opportunity to do his craft but I think he totally missed the mark on this one. The story was so hollow and rudimentary that it didn't really need to be told. Besides that, it was like a stereotype buffet of clichés. C'mon Hadji man, you're better than this. I hate to say this, but I really hope this movie never finds distribution.