Fat City, New Orleans (2012)

I love this movie so much

Fresh and Exciting

Excellent but underrated film

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

I don't know why I left this movie on until the end. Where do I start. The Main characters just get high and drink and giggle and mack on chicks the whole time- so to start with there is no plot to speak of. There is no story, no special moments, no script. The father seems rather homosexual and the mother too young to be his mother and they both just seem like 2 of his friends- bad casting. Its supposed to be about some place in New Orleans? Ho did the movie show that in any way except for stating several times the 18 year old drinking age. Its really not worth reviewing so this is more like a warning don't waste your eye sight.

There is a valid reason to see this movie, but not the reason most will guess. How do you learn to appreciate really good writing, acting, and cinematography? It helps to occasionally watch a really bad one, and "Fat City, New Orleans" is a good "bad" one to watch. Everything in it is amateurish, painfully so.Most will not realize, "Fat City" is an area of Metairie, adjacent to New Orleans but not part of New Orleans. It was a very popular night spot in the 1970s. I lived in that area from 1973 to 1986, so I am very familiar with it.Stephen Mouton is from New Orleans, by his age (born 1961) he was a teenager in 1979 and his writing and directing this film was perhaps his homage' to that era. But his biography says he is also a Clinical Psychologist, and it appears that he should stick with that profession, he doesn't seem cut out for writing and directing.There are a few minutes total of scenes around New Orleans and the Lakefront, probably "stock" footage they purchased, but the film certainly was not shot in New Orleans, nor do any of the characters sound like they were from the area. There is a focus on the drinking age of 18, which it was. But all in all a very good example of a very poor movie.And the movie closes with a perfect example of this. In the last scene the family ... mom, dad, son, daughter, and girlfriend ... are sitting at a table and the set-up looks like something kids put together for their family performance.Did I mention this film is really amateurish?

Boy did I have a good time watching this movie. Fat City seems like the perfect place to be during the 70's. As a movie buff I definitely have high standards when it comes to any movie about the past, since it has to seems real and accurate. Director Stephen Mouton did a great job at making a film that was not just fun, but I felt like I was there living it. I wasn't there living it up like these characters did during the 1970's because I wasn't born yet, but man I really wish I had. They all seemed to be doing it right. The acting was well done, and there were some very important scenes where you can tell the acting had to be good or it wouldn't have worked. I give this a 9 out of 10.

Live in and know Fat City. This is the worst movie I have seen in years. Makes the old Porky's seem like an Oscar winner. I just keep realizing that I will never be able to get my time back. The acting is very staged and not at all professional. The film work makes my father's old super-eight filming look like Eastwood directed it. The script should have been left as a book report for the 10th grader that wrote it. Those that funded this very bad movie will not have to worry about the awards. It will make a nice tax right-off for someone. It is very difficult to even find a redeeming thing to say about this film. Wait, some of the shots of the French Quarter in the opening were very nice. I bet it was stock footage that was used because it does not seem to match the rest of the mess. So sad, the movie just destroys the city. Go to New Orleans and Fat City on your own and don't watch this really bad film.