Malibu Crush

Malibu Crush starts in Los Angeles with Michael Chase ( James Pratt ) spraying an 81-year-old lady in the face with a fire extinguisher, and Duey ( Billy White ) drinking beer on the couch while hiding from his landlord. This pretty much sums up what to expect for the rest of the film - A fun buddy comedy with some outrageous moments.

As the film progresses, Michael receives a phone call from an ex-girlfriend Bridgett ( Kelly Monisse ) stating she's getting married and has a kid. The only issue is Bridgett lives in Sydney Australia and so Michael and Duey set out to Sydney under a student exchange program to stop a wedding.

Upon arrival in Sydney a string of memorable character actors enter the film including Rach Taylor ( Sarah-Louise Collidge ) The Boss, Paul GoFuller ( Scott E Miller ) Jade ( Brittany Hockley ) Carl ( Dan Musial ) and Emma ( Bella Valentini).

The comedy works well within storyline. It's a mix of urgency between Michael and Duey stopping a wedding while keeping up the disguise of being film directors shooting a big-budget commercial.

There are a few humorous gems from this film that have a high place on my list of memorable comedy scenes to watch, such as Johnny Watson being run over by a golf cart after Duey changes the script, The scene in which Tiffany's ( Yuan Lin ) strict father uncovers porn magazines after Michael and Duey lend their apartment to her and the fantasy scene in the spa between Duey and Rach Taylor.

However one of the most memorable scenes is not a comedy scene but rather a soft and touching moment between Michael and Emma over sunset on Bondi Beach in Australia, this is beautifully shot ( Conner Jansen cinematographer) and captures a brief pause in the mayhem and comedy which adds to the overall enjoyment of the film. Often comedy films have too much emphasis on just trying to be funny and not allowing the audience a break, Malibu Crush doesn't have this problem it's a comedy movie but it allows the audience a break every so often with some touching and nostalgic moments.

On behalf of Alpha Phi Alpha at Florida State, this is our go-to movie for drunken weekends. It's basically the movie we watch when we all get stoned and drunk but you can watch it sober and it's still fun. A lot of movies you see you can't watch more than once because the jokes are just not funny after the first time, In Malibu Crush you can watch this movie over and over and still find it funny. The storyline and characters are all pretty stupid and so it's easy to follow and the comedy is a college stoner joke like in Van Wilder or Slackers.

It's made in what looks to be Australia and Santa Monica and the quality of jokes you get are perfect. The best scenes are when the two main characters arrive in Australia, instead of enjoying what look's like paradise there, they instead seem to be on a quest to find hot girls and then forget what they are doing there and argue with each other about what the purpose of their being in Australia actually is. There are some really hot actors in this movie and loads of laughs.

This was a wonderfully funny comedy that kept me laughing throughout the entire movie. Wonderful cast - evident in that none of the actors try too hard to be funny, instead, the comedy is very organic and the characters are written in to match the comedy. Rach ( Sarah Louise Collidge ) and Duey's ( Billy White) relationship dynamic is hilarious. - look out for the dream scene which ends in disaster.

The only problem I had was there wasn't enough time spent at the wedding which could have been played up more- it was built up during the movie then came and went too quickly. I gave the movie a "7" - Strongly recommend to anyone looking for a good laugh.

I watched it and thought it was pretty funny... very stupid, but funny. The thing that can sink this type of stupid, slapstick style movie is if it starts going into places where it doesn't belong, Like getting too serious or introducing a different type of humor. "Malibu Crush, sticks to its aesthetics as stupid as they are and never sells itself out. Therefore, I think it works, and is in fact a well-made guy-humor comedy.

The acting from the two leads (James Pratt) and (Billy White) is good and you root for the main characters as they run their scams. I think this movie will only appeal to a very specific audience, but you can say the same thing about a most comedies.

Runtime is 79 minutes and in that time it cracked me up several times.

A good movie in it's own right, but not your typical comedy material.

As the movie started, I was trying to compare it to other comedies in it's form of humor, it's a mix of American Pie, Dude Where's my Car and has parts that feel similar to a Stephen Merchant comedy.

Many of the scenes are basic, but still pull a laugh. The movie was good, but compared on a comedic level to American Pie or Dude Where's my Car, it falls short because of the scale of the film. It looks like it was shot on a small budget so the audience relies on the humor and acting rather than having special effects and bigger locations.

In general the acting is hilarious, Billy White and James Pratt definitely turn a pretty simple story line into an entertaining movie. Bella Valentini and Brittany Hockley also have acting scenes that keep you watching.

I like the movie, it over achieves for an independent film, however it doesn't compare to an American Pie scale and won't be the same watching.