Killing Poe

MOVIE DETAILS

Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Director: Nathan Andrew Jacobs
Writer: Paul Engstrom, Steve Engstrom, Chris Firestone
Star: Matt Bush, Osric Chau, Julianna Guill
Genres: Comedy
Release Date: November 2017 (United States)

Killing Poe

An intellectually dark comedy, Killing Poe is a marvelously original film that surprises with every twist and turn.

In the same boring Edgar Allan Poe class, five students join forces to teach their terrible professor a lesson. Things go terribly awry for the team, leaving them grappling with the very same paranoia they have been studying in their lessons. A few more twists later and these five most unlikely of friends must take charge of their lives and discover that truth, however hard it may be to face up to, can indeed set you free.

There’s something about this film that I can’t quite put my finger on and yet am absolutely enchanted by. The fun without being silly Bryan Fuller-esque writing perhaps that manages to be intelligent without ever becoming dull. Maybe it’s the theatricality of the stylisation or else all the actors just doing such good jobs and really seeming to get what they’re saying as well as where they’re going with it.

Or maybe it’s simply that all these characters actually appear to like each other which is so rare in films like these. They are presented for us in the beginning nice and neat like Poe would do your typical cast; Brainy girl, Goth boy, Average ringleader and yet somehow they feel current and you love them all instantly. They’re disparate but together; diverse sans point-making; 21st-century Breakfast Club if Bender had brought along some ‘shrooms for everyone post-joint burial of Mr. Vernon.

Joseph (Matt Bush) shines brightest here as Joseph a young man who feels trapped within his own life while leading this motley crew towards tomfoolery after another until things finally hit breaking point somewhere between act two’s commencement right before intermission ends leading into act three beginning shortly thereafter culminating during climax scene immediately following penultimate sequence just prior-to finale event horizon moment at which everything changes forevermore henceforth unto eternity Amen thus sayeth Lord God Himself through John Jacobs’ celluloid scripture.

But Joseph’s stoner roommate Bud (Osric Chau) defies stereotypes throughout and is a joy to watch every step of the way while even Xavier Lamont’s enigmatic groundskeeper Mr. Brown provides much needed levity in an otherwise pitch black comedy although truth be told all characters here seem more interested with defying expectations than anything else really. Indeed, one could say that about pretty much everyone involved as this cast truly does shine from top to bottom leaving no stone unturned when it comes down those character interactions which are sure bring smile upon your face until credits roll and beyond.

This film tries too hard to be different, but it’s funny in all the wrong places. However, what makes it great is its reachability factor; you can watch this movie over and over again without getting bored because there are always new things that come up each time you see it. Fun from beginning to end, Jacobs’ film will make you laugh out loud multiple times throughout watching it so if nothing else then do yourself favor give ‘era look-see or two three hundred thousand million gazillion trillion whatever number suits fancy best moment now or later whenever however wherever whomever whatsoever whichever wheresoever who knows why not indeed?

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