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AIRHEADS
If you're looking for some silly and pointless fun at the movies, the 1994 comedy Airheads should fill the bill. Despite an occasional plot hole or slow spot, the movie delivers consistent laughs thanks to a terrific cast , many at the beginning of their careers.
Brendon Fraser, Steve Buscemi, and Adam Sandler play the members of a band called The Lone Rangers who actually take a radio station hostage in order to get their demo tape played on the air. Complications keep the demo from immediate airing and before you can say Dog Day Afternoon, what these guy are doing turns into a media circus.
Director Michael Lehmann and screenwriter Rich Wilkes have mounted a raunchy and over the top comedy aimed directly at that cherished 18-34 ticket-buying demographic. The three lead characters don't have a brain in their collective heads, but they are also completely likable and like a lot of movie characters, do a lot of wrong for the right reasons. If you really want to scrutinize these characters, they are lazy and looking for the most painless path to Easy Street but you can't help but like them.
Lehmann gets some terrific performances out of a cast who play this over the top story with totally straight faces. Brendan Fraser is effectively sincere as the band's front man and Steve Buscemi brings his explosive screen demeanor to another demented character. Adam Sandler reveals the genesis of the angry man/child character that would make him a lot of money later on in his career. Kudos as well to Joe Mantegna as a DJ, Michael McKean as the tight-assed program director, and the delicious Amy Locane as Fraser's girlfriend. Michael Richards also has a couple of funny moments as an employee of the station who our heroes don't know is in the building and is crawling through the air-ducts, a la John McLane. No classic, but there are worse ways to spend 90 minutes.
If you're looking for some silly and pointless fun at the movies, the 1994 comedy Airheads should fill the bill. Despite an occasional plot hole or slow spot, the movie delivers consistent laughs thanks to a terrific cast , many at the beginning of their careers.
Brendon Fraser, Steve Buscemi, and Adam Sandler play the members of a band called The Lone Rangers who actually take a radio station hostage in order to get their demo tape played on the air. Complications keep the demo from immediate airing and before you can say Dog Day Afternoon, what these guy are doing turns into a media circus.
Director Michael Lehmann and screenwriter Rich Wilkes have mounted a raunchy and over the top comedy aimed directly at that cherished 18-34 ticket-buying demographic. The three lead characters don't have a brain in their collective heads, but they are also completely likable and like a lot of movie characters, do a lot of wrong for the right reasons. If you really want to scrutinize these characters, they are lazy and looking for the most painless path to Easy Street but you can't help but like them.
Lehmann gets some terrific performances out of a cast who play this over the top story with totally straight faces. Brendan Fraser is effectively sincere as the band's front man and Steve Buscemi brings his explosive screen demeanor to another demented character. Adam Sandler reveals the genesis of the angry man/child character that would make him a lot of money later on in his career. Kudos as well to Joe Mantegna as a DJ, Michael McKean as the tight-assed program director, and the delicious Amy Locane as Fraser's girlfriend. Michael Richards also has a couple of funny moments as an employee of the station who our heroes don't know is in the building and is crawling through the air-ducts, a la John McLane. No classic, but there are worse ways to spend 90 minutes.