The Chumscrubber Reviews

Bizarre

I went to see Cumscrubber without knowing anything about it and found the experience pretty bizarre. It's a weird combination of smalltown American soap opera, teen drama and David Lynchian weirdness. The nearest comparison I can make is Donnie Darko, but without the time travel / rabbit stuff. Fantastic cast, some excellent dialogue and some unpredictable twists make it an interesting and involving film. However, I found the Chumscrubber video game / tv show that the kids watch throughout the film to be a concept shoehorned into the plot with no relevance to the rest of the movie. Otherwise, recommended!

My face is bleeding

This film does not know what it wants to be. It is a crappy teen relationship flick, a study of suburban anomie, a confused, quirky leftfield comedy and thumb in the mouth, sulky, pubescent whine but mostly its just unwatchable and clueless. The characters are caricatures and the 'hook' that the town are all on chems to get through the day was so outrageous it would have been more at home in Tim Burtons suburbia. The kidnapping story was well unconvincing, as were the Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters, Glenn Close was in wide eyed maniac Cruella de Vil mode as the maladjusted bereaved mother. I turned it off after an hour. The cinematography was nice.

rubbish

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Painful!!

I watched this film to the bitter end hoping for some sort of reason for sitting still for an hour and a half, but no it just left me and my wife slowly shaking our heads in disbelief at this awful film, i like weired but this film had no drive. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME, LIFE IS TOO SHORT, peeling spuds is more interesting!

'The Chumscrubber'

Biggest load of crap I have ever seen!

[Highly rated reviewer]

what?

havent a clue what was going on at all. most of the cast took drugs & i think you would need to be on them too if this crap was to make any sense

[Highly rated reviewer]

What The F****!!

I thought 'Donnie Darko' was weird, but this film beats it hands down!! I think the on-screen drugs that were being liberally taken by the characters were also being taken by the cast and crew - only Carrie-Anne Moss played her role 'straight'. Whether this film is a critique of American suburbia and the futility of existence or just an excuse for Arie Posin to create the wackiest film since, well, the last wackiest film, I couldn't tell. Not a film to veg out to...

[Highly rated reviewer]

Just ok.

Okay! It wouldn't be a movie I'd watch twice.

tofally unexpected

Chumscrubber was gripping, you had to keep watching the story unfold

The so called adults in the film were so self-absorbed it was simply a joy to watch. Glen Close was fantastic. Stepford on speed, loved it.

[Highly rated reviewer]

rubbish

rubbish bored to me so stupid huh