Nerdland (2016) (original) (raw)

NERDLAND is the story of two best friends, aspiring screenwriter ELLIOT and aspiring actor JOHN, whose dreams of super-stardom have fizzled. With their 30th birthdays looming and their desperation growing, John and Elliot decide that in this 24/7, celebrity-obsessed world of over-shared navel-gazing, there are more ways to become famous -- or infamous -- then ever before. So why not become famous TODAY? NERDLAND is that day. Making up for what they lack in brains and talent with abundant, witless enthusiasm, John and Elliot troll Los Angeles on a fame-grab journey, encountering and abusing ...(more)

NERDLAND is the story of two best friends, aspiring screenwriter ELLIOT and aspiring actor JOHN, whose dreams of super-stardom have fizzled. With their 30th birthdays looming and their desperation growing, John and Elliot decide that in this 24/7, celebrity-obsessed world of over-shared navel-gazing, there are more ways to become famous -- or infamous -- then ever before. So why not become famous TODAY? NERDLAND is that day. Making up for what they lack in brains and talent with abundant, witless enthusiasm, John and Elliot troll Los Angeles on a fame-grab journey, encountering and abusing friends both new and old. Navigating their hyper-stimulating landscape of consumerism gone wild, our two consumers want desperately to be consumed -- and they will have their FAME, no matter what the cost. (less)

Director: Chris Prynoski
Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker
Starring: Paul Rudd, Patton Oswalt, Hannibal Buress, Mike Judge, Riki Lindhome, Christopher McCulloch
Producers: Kathy Landsberg, Gavin Polone

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Review by Brian Orndorf, December 2, 2016

7 / 10

�Nerdland� doesn�t add anything new to the study of Hollywood as an empty shell of humanity, where aspiring entertainment business professionals race to the bottom, believing that degradation might invite the bright light of fame into their lives. However, the production does have a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker, who two decades ago stunned the world with �Seven,� and now boasts a sporadic enough filmography to suggest he knows a thing or two about industry disappointment. It�s an animated feature from director Chris Prynoski, who doesn�t have much of a budget, but he offers a bizarre visu ...read more...

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