recommended
... View MoreA brilliant film that helped define a genre
... View MoreBlending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
... View MoreAmazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
... View MoreWorth a Netflix watch if you enjoy randomness, odd cameos, and references from before either of the star actresses were born.
... View MoreI was looking at the IMB score and I was completely confused. Did we all watch the same movie? Then I entered reviews to find out what's it all about and now I'm not confused anymore - now I'm pissed! If you've never seen anything from Kevin Smith, or if you did and you did not like it, please, do not even try to watch "Yoga Hosers". This film is the second part of "The True North Trilogy" (the third part is still not out) and therefore requires that you see "Tusk" first. And for a true understanding and complete experience of any Kevin Smith film, it is required that you already saw all of his previous movies. If you did not, you have no right to give negative comments on this one. True, it's not a masterpiece on the level with "Chasing Amy" or "Dogma", but it's side by side with "Clerks" and "Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back"."Yoga Hosers" takes place in the same "world" as "Tusk", and takes a part of the story and several characters from it. The film mocks the teens today and is full of references to many of Kevin's previous films, as well as a bunch of other stuff from pop culture. Johnny Depp has taken the role in this trilogy because "Chasing Amy" and "Jersey Girl" are his favorite films, and his daughter is the best friend of Kevin Smith's daughter since kindergarten. And guess who plays the main roles in this movie. If you saw "Tusk", perhaps you remember a teenage girls working as saleswomen in "Eh-2-Zed". These are Harley Quinn Smith, daughter of Kevin Smith, named after Joker's villain lover from "Batman", and Lily-Rose Depp, daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis (who also appears as a history teacher). There are also Depp's son Jack and Kevin's wife Jennifer, who's Harley's mother both in the movie and real life. Real family movie. There's also Kevin Smith himself, in the role I mustn't mention to avoid spoilers, as well as Adam Brody, Tyler Posey (Kevin is "Teen Wolf" fan and character Gordon Greenleaf is written specifically for Tyler), cameo appearance of Stan Lee, and of course Jason Mewes. The story is "so bad it's good", completely crazy and over the top, but what essentially makes this film ingenious is a continuous array of references to all sorts of things, that have led me to tears of laughter. So, gentleman haters, it isn't Smith who lost his genius, but you are the ones who got old in the meantime and lost your sense for humor.8/10
... View MoreKevin Smith was good filmmaker. He made Clerks on a shoestring budget. He made the wickedly funny Dogma. And he made the surreal Tusk. But somewhere along the lines he seems to have forgotten certain things. While Sophia Coppola wrote a love letter to Japan in "Lost in Translation", Kevin Smith seems to have scrawled something on a bar napkin for Canada in "Yoga Hosers". It's frankly a wonder why specifically this movie was made.The story itself, is unremarkable. Two girls, played by the daughters of Johnny Depp and Kevin Smith play the two Colleens who wind up in the middle of some really strange stuff dealing with Nazi sausages. Yes that's right, Bratzis. The girls are cute but they're not great actresses. You really need more if you plan on building a career for these two. But that's not the problem. The problem is why specifically is this set in Canada? Put it in the United States and the story would barely change. The only difference is there wouldn't be all those lame Canadian "jokes" that people say when trying to be clever.Yes. We get it. Canadians have an accent. They say "sorry" differently. They say "zed" instead of "zee". And nobody, especially in Manitoba, says "aboot". Maybe that's an East coast thing but I've spent time in Canada and never heard anybody say it that yes. Sure, it's different than how we say it in the United States but it's not "aboot".But literally that's the joke. Canadians talk funny. Ha ha ha. Get it? If not it's okay, it'll only be hammered home with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. If you make the mistake of trying to take a shot every time somebody says "sorry" or "aboot" you'll be passed out in the first 10 minutes.I'll admit it had some decent moments but overall, it was just terrible. I'm really not looking forward to "Moose Jaws" because I honestly think it's just going to be more of the same.
... View MoreWow. As a previous fan of Kevin Smith, I am completely gobsmacked as to how this was ever created. This was unbearable. The time, the energy and the money put into this production is a complete and utter waste - and everyone associated with it's existence should be ashamed of themselves. How they managed to get such revered actors to be a part of this production is completely incomprehensible. Kevin Smith - it appears as if you're trying to mock current cultural traits but you have failed miserably to get the message across. You were once absolutely awesome - but seem to be on a steady decline. Shame, man. I hope you find your spark again.
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