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a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Play along with the jokes, this movie has heart - the nostalgia for the past is authentic and real, and the ending, amazingly has a much deeper meaning, with statements made by both main characters intended for the living, and for life - and love - you give your best to someone , and time moves on, youth is fleeting, and lacks meaning, the only real meaning is way beyond skin deep. . I doubt many picked out the far deeper message, it was truly a shock in a comedy, but is a great tribute to the best in these actors, who span generations, and ages, reflectively, to the movie's theme. . very rare indeed. highly recommended.

Essentially, all through the movie, fun is being made of the "vampire movement", but, not in a spoof kind of way. That is, there are no explicit spoofs of "Twilight", "Underworld" or any other vampire movie or show. This is, of course, good, as the "movement" is so silly and worthy of reproach.In all that, some things work, while others don't. Of those that do work, a few are _great_ - for example, the one at the dinner with the Van Helsings. But, just a few.The other problem is that with all that trying, there's no real reproach of the "vamp movement", which is a lost opportunity. Also, there's no real story here, it's mostly a bunch of sketches.Krysten Ritter is playing a role that is great fit for her acting skills, Alicia Silverstone, not so much, but, is well cast as a middle- aged woman (turned-vampire) who used to be hot. Sigourney Weaver is a misfire, her playing the "crazy, horny, vampire boss" should have worked, but it didn't: by the end, when she's being beheaded, you're neither happy nor sad it has come to that.It is worth to watch the whole thing (except maybe the very end) to get those few great jokes that only work in this context, but, don't expect anything more.

Maybe you've overdosed on the undead - vampires, zombies, cyborgs, Young Republicans, and you've sworn off any more such movies. Make an exception for this.VAMPS is a charming comedy about two sweet girls in NYC who just happen to be nosferatu. Goody (Alicia Silverstone) was made a vampire in 1842, and Stacy (Krysten Ritter) in 1992, but because vampires don't age they both look to be in their mid-twenties (and Goody has fibbed about her true age to Stacy). It turns out that both of them were turned into vampires by, and are thus under the thrall of, Cisserus (Sigourney Weaver), a mean and self-centered psychotic vampire. But Goody and Stacy are not like her; for one thing, they have never attacked a human but have survived entirely on vermin - in fact, they support themselves with night jobs as rat exterminators, which provides them with sufficient sustenance, and then the twittering of birds warns them of the coming dawn in time for them to rush back to their apartments and their coffins.Goody and Stacy belong to a support group of vampires who have sworn off human blood. Even Vlad Tepish (Malcolm McDowell) is a member. Vampires cannot be seen in mirrors, or in photographs or television; a great frustration to Goody, who ceased to live before photography and who hasn't seen her reflection in 170 years. Goody is also baffled by the modern preoccupation with wireless communications. They have some non- vampire friends, and both girls have accumulated hundreds of credits at night-school - their only difficulty is that the graduation ceremonies are always in daytime.Stacy meets a nice boy in class - Joey ... van Helsing (Dan Stevens). His dad is Dr. van Helsing (Wallace Shawn), the famous vampire hunter, who thinks Stacy is a tad too pale. Stacy is able to charm (literally) Joey's mom (Kristen Johnston) but the Doctor is a tougher challenge. However, real romance blossoms with Joey. In the meantime, Goody encounters an old boyfriend (Richard Lewis) - and, yes, old. He's aged, she hasn't. He's keeping vigil over his dying wife, but there's still a spark between Goody and old flame Danny. In the meantime, there's a crisis in the local vampire ranks: Suddenly the government wants lots of the local vampires to show up for IRS audits, immigration updates, jury duty, etc., in the middle of the day. And at the same time a different and very personal crisis for Stacy and Goody.This is, in fact, a lovely and sweet movie. A little too gruesome and perhaps too adult for children, but not the sort of thing to cause nightmares. Goody may be undead but she made my heart beat faster and I honestly wouldn't mind if she gave me a hickey.

What is wrong here? Why does a good try still come across as kinda lukewarm? I like this flick, but perhaps it is because I like the idea of it, the DVD is nicely presented with that glossy box cover design, and the movie reunited Amy Heckerling with Alicia Silverstone and I say MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT US C L U E L E S S ! I revere that title, Alicia as Cher is one of my main muses for the novel I am currently writing, so to me CLUELESS + Amy Heckerling + Alicia Silverstone is heartland country, and I will only say one thing, thumping my heart - "Respect!"But here, Amy, you have made a mistake. I have found that I often watch movies with the nagging feeling Something Is Wrong But I Cannot Say Exactly What. Here, though, it would instantly have helped if your gross-out unfunny gags (girls drinking rat's blood from the dead rats with straws = unfunny Yuck = intended audience (girls) might just puke) would have ended up on the cutting room floor. There were several, but I singled out the worst one. Come on, those scenes were poorly executed, lame, and since they're just yucky, to be dumped!Of course, there are so many other things. The terminally ill patient does pan out very well with Marilu Henner, but just doesn't fit with the idea of this being a fun movie. Also, I thought to myself, 'written and directed by Amy Heckerling'. Somebody like me could only dream about having such power. Okay, perhaps she'd smirk at my use of the word 'power' here, but influence... My point being, if you could film something, and we are in the fantasy realm here with VAMPS, make it a good one. This is, like so not a good one. Krystin Ritter's character Stacy has to age twenty years. Gee, where's the fun in that? And the aging scene with Alicia Silverstone as Goody? Come on, even if it furthered the story... Write a better story. A fun story. Something that lived up to the pretty box cover of the DVD throughout the movie, not just in some scenes.I have to say I absolutely adore Krystin Ritter. I wish I knew where Hollywood finds these people, I'd like to go there. (Just my little joke, I know about casting agencies) But Krystin is marvelous, and I thought the part must have been written with her in mind. Confirmed that on Wikipedia this morning.Alicia, nicely done. Took well care of herself. This comes two decades after CLUELESS, almost.(It is currently my honor to be doing the synopsis here on IMDb for this title in response to a five-year old request (??? Can't be, but it is, click the Revert button and see for yourself) to update the incomplete entry. Check it out. Right now, 8 Dec. 9:46:32 AM still just In Progress)Nerdy fact. An obsession with Adolf Hitler throughout the movie, the initials AH also references Audrey Hepburn, what's the point? Amy Heckerling is the self-contemplating director & writer.