Big Nothing (2006)

Sick Product of a Sick System

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

I have come to realize that any film with Simon Pegg is pretty much pure gold. After the first scene of this movie I can assume that this film will be nothing short of a confirmation of my prior hypothesis. The reasoning behind my conclusion is that the first scene is a direct allusion to goodfellas. That memorable opening scene where Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta, and Robert DeNiro open the trunk of the car and see that their gangster friend is still alive, and you know the rest. Anyways, back to the film at hand.The plot of this film follows a couple of call center employees as they attempt to blackmail a pervert priest which ends up going horribly wrong. Then it goes even wronger. Then it goes even wrongerer. The one word that comes to mind which might begin to describe the events which follow is cluster***k. A movie with such perfectly written dark humor is difficult to conclude, however this movie does so with such perfect poetic justice that it seems unreal.This Jean Baptiste Andrea's film brings to mind the works of the Coen brothers with the clever twists, and the sarcastic/cynical commentary on human nature and the question of morality.

Forget David Schwimmer from 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S' and get to know this David Schwimmer, a man who can act and not be silly all the time. With him teaming with one of today's comedy best Simon Pegg with a good looking Alive Eve, all in a background of dark comedy you will have one of the funniest movie made in a long time. You take a movie and twist it, it might look better, but if you twist it multiple times it might look ugly, somehow Big Nothing was twisted so many times yet it ended up looking very very good. The movie will deliver you a great laugh with a plot that makes you want more. More comedy movies should be like this since sadly comedy movies always get poor ratings but this gets a very nice high one and it's one of those movies that can be watched again and still get the same satisfaction from it. Dark comedy at its best, amazing characters, and an excellent plot.

In the beginning Charlie Wood is an ordinary family man, who pushes his little daughter on a swing.We are in a small town in Oregon.Charlie's wife Penelope is a cop and he used to be a teacher.Now he gets a lousy job as a call center employee and gets fired on his first day.His former colleague Gus knows how to get some cash.They would blackmail Reverend Smalls who has frequently turned up in the company database of visitors to illegal porn websites.Also Josie McBroom, a former teenage pageant queen takes part in the deal.Something goes wrong and a man of the cloth ends up dead.But it's not the Reverend, it's his wife's lover Max.It's Charlie who kills the man by dumping him in a septic tank thinking he was dead already.And Reverend's wife ends up with an axe in her head, something Josie does.The wife had killed the Reverend.Also a policeman ends up dead by slipping on a toilet and breaking his skull.Now all they have to do is get rid of the bodies.There's 2 million dollars for them to share, something the Reverend had left.But things don't always happen as planned.Now here's a twisted movie.Big Nothing (2006) is directed by Jean-Baptiste Andrea.David Schwimmer does a great job as Charlie, the decent man who makes a wrong decision.Natascha McElhone is terrific as his wife Penelope.Simon Pegg is brilliant as Gus.Alice Eve is marvelous as Josie.Jon Polito is fantastic as Agent Hymes, who has diabetes.Mimi Rogers is very good as Mrs. Smalls.Also great work by Julian Glover, who plays 80 year old blind man.It's enjoyable to watch how Shcwimmer's character turns from the nice guy to...something else.To this man who's capable of killing a man.In one scene he lets the diabetic agent Hymes eat a lollipop and die.This is a comedy that has very dark humor.I had a good time watching it.

I saw this movie yesterday, and I must say I was impressed. Where do i start? The music, the cinematography, the plot or the acting? Well the music was delightful. A little different from what you usually hear running in the background. The cinematography is simply superb, whether it is the choice of colors or background or the usage of split screens or just the swift movement of camera. The actors did a good job. All actors played their characters convincingly, especially Simon Pegg. The plot. Oh My GOD!. After a long time have I come across a plot like this, with so many twists and turns that it just keeps getting wackier every minute. You get so involved in the plot, that you feel sad when.....I'll leave the rest for you to watch :)