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If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Ben and Arthur deals with gay marriage in America and the issues surrounding it with religious groups opposing legalization and so forth. Obviously, Sam Mraovich cares greatly about this issue as he has made it the painstakingly obvious main theme (perhaps only theme) of his movie. I say his movie because Mr. Mraovich wrote, directed and starred in the movie himself. The problem is that he is not very good at either of these roles, and frankly, neither are the other actors at theirs. Another problem is that Sam Mraovich has taken a very childish, oversimplified approach to the issue in the main theme. They could have had the characters actually discuss the issue, talk it over and have different characters with conflicting views, you know, some drama. Instead, the protagonists overly religious brother decide he must stop them at any cost, and goes to kill the gay couple, and with the that the movie goes from what could have been a decent drama, to a poorly executed action thriller.

I laughed so hard reading the reviews here, I just had to watch this. It's available on the Internet for free, so, I watched it. No one should have to spend money to see it. If I had paid to watch even part of this movie, I would have been really upset. Note: This review has many spoilers, so... you've been alerted.Sam Mraovich stars in the leading role - and also wrote, directed, and produced this movie intending it to be a serious drama about two brothers, one who is gay, the other who is a religious zealot.It's a topic that could have been addressed wonderfully on film, but, WOW, this movie really is as bad as people wrote. Through most of it, you laugh because every aspect of this movie is so horrible. It's like it was thrown together by a few gay drunk junior high schoolers. The entire thing is a mess, start to finish, and is difficult to watch (even for the laughs.) The acting is incredibly bad, as are the lines. Combine bad acting with bizarre and ridiculous lines, and you end up cracking up.For example, the following is one of many hilarious scenes: Victor hires a private investigator to follow his gay brother, Arthur. The PI shows up and knocks on Victor's apartment door, and after Victor opens it, the PI announces, "Hi, I'm the private investigator you hired" while standing outside the apartment.Once inside, Victor says: "My brother is a homosexual. He's marrying a man, and I need to find out what his next move is." The PI looks like he's about age 16, and Victor mentions that he looks very young to be a private investigator. The PI then explains that he's actually just an Intern, and this is his first 'case.' Well, that should have been obvious when he announced he was a PI outside the apartment in the hallway for everyone to hear.The Intern says his fee is $800 a day. Interns get $800 a day? And on their first case? Well, that's no problem for Victor, who pays up. The PI Intern, on his first case, is able to amazingly predict that he'll have everything "in two days" - to which, right after he says that, it screen-cuts to an audience announcement: "Two Days Later." Then you have the annoying fold-out card-table that is used in almost every scene, the same dream-catcher that seems to be a decoration for every room in the movie, a Crayon Jesus "painting" in the Priest's office, them flying on a FedEx shipping airplane for their Honeymoon trip, and the Casio keyboard music throughout the movie.While most of the movie is so absurd, you just have to laugh, there are plenty of other scenes that are downright ugly, creepy, disturbing and bizarre. Certainly not appropriate for anyone under the age of 18. Some of the scenes that left me wondering what kind of person Sam is to come up with (and then actually film) some of this stuff are: A Catholic Priest who repeatedly yells obscenities to his secretary over being out of white out, Sam's character Arthur happily "skips" to his car to get gasoline out of the trunk, which he then pours on the same Priest and lights him on fire, a scene where his brother Victor forces a fully NAKED Arthur to be baptized in his own bathtub, Arthur (played by Sam) getting punched in the face and literally knocked out by his spouse - because Arthur told him he could use his death insurance money to buy 100 bicycles, and a bizarre incestuous moment between the two brothers just before they shoot and kill each other. No, I'm not making this all up.You can get over an hour of that kind of motion picture quality on the Web, just Google the movie title. Oh, you can also use Sam Mraovich to buy or sell your house in Hollywood. Seriously. On his website about his movies he's made (and continues to make), he also encourages you to call him if you're looking for a good real estate agent. No, I'm not kidding.While a lot of the movie is unintentionally hilarious, it's equally just flat out offensive to the LGBT community (I'm gay, and it insulted me in a variety of ways), religion in general, an insult to anyone really trying to put together an Independent amateur film... and so poorly written, acted, and directed that it falls into that category "so bad, it's funny." The truth is, though, I honestly feel sorry for Sam. I'm sorry for him because he isn't embarrassed.

I love movies, but I have also seen some bad ones as well as bottom of the barrel worthy ones. Ben & Arthur was a movie I stumbled on by chance, and unaware of its dubious reputation I went ahead and watched it. And I regret it, while something MIGHT find some novelty value in it, it is really bottom of the barrel stuff.The story is thinner than a needle thread, and is little more than a series of disconnected scenes, and I probably have got "cringetitis" from the countless number of times I cringed at the terrible dialogue here.Ben & Arthur is also rather badly made, the editing is slapdash and if I was paid £10 for each continuity error and goof I spotted I'd probably be one of the richest women in England by now. The characters are annoying and unlikeable, and the acting is horrendous, of all the acting I've seen in a movie the past month or so only The Room comes close to the atrociousness of the acting here.In conclusion, a terrible film with no redeeming qualities. 0/10 Bethany Cox

Just watched this after hearing about how bad it was and wanted to see for myself. Seriously, even if you read all the negative comments on here you will be nowhere near able to comprehend how awful this film actually is, although it has to be one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen! Never bothered to post a comment on here before, but this piece of crap really warrants it. Firstly the entire plot is ridiculous and nonsensical. Brother of the lead character (either Ben or Arthur, I forget which is which, and frankly it's never very clear) wants to stop some kind of gay marriage by killing everyone in sight - because homosexuality is abhorrent to Christians, but apparently mass murder isn't. Then there's some other crap thrown in about one of the gay couple's ex-wife trying to force him to remarry her at gunpoint. This leads to nothing, but provides us with one of the funniest lines of dialogue in the whole "film" - "I don't make sense? You don't make sense! That's who makes sense!". Brilliant.Then there's the acting, which is just atrocious. It must be seen to be believed. My personal favourite is the apparently stoned civil rights lawyer woman, who is clearly reading her lines off of something, yet still managing to mess them up. Enough said. The gay couple couldn't be less convincing. There's the vaguely attractive and completely gormless guy, and his boyfriend who looks like that little cartoon dough man of the bisto adverts. Only fatter. And less talented. The "film" has also been filmed by someone who is incapable of holding a camera even remotely still, and the number of mistakes throughout is amazing. The whole thing kicks off with the fat main guy in bed with a pair of boots on. Yep.But anyways, we all know how terrible this thing is, so I'd like to highlight some of the most priceless comedy moments that the "film" provides. When the fat guy sets the church on fire and then prances like a six year old girl across the car park to make his escape. Hilarious.Mildread! No idea what relation she is to the main characters - sometimes they know her, sometimes they don't, but she pops up in a couple of scenes nonetheless. Hilarious.The stoned lawyer. Already mentioned her, but she's so funny she's worth another mention.The evil brothers dinner of crackers that he lays on for his guests.The evil brother's anti-gay potion.The evil brother's cats.The ending, which I won't give away because it MUST be seen to be believed. I warn you though, make sure you're not eating at the time!!!! The tub of lard main character/director/producer gets naked. It's foul. Basically, Ben and Arthur is indescribably bad, but unintentionally the most comical thing you'll see for a long time. Literally, nothing is good about this excuse for a film, the goon of a director even manages to make the opening credits into a joke by writing his own name about 15 times.