"That is the funniest message I've ever heard."
Felix (Lemme) is an average college student, content to mock his slacker friends and troll for hot girls. He finally meets his match in the beautiful Suzanne (Butler). She has a boyfriend at another school, Traci (Selby), but they begin an affair anyway. In addition, she is serving as the defense counsel for Felix's slacker friends, Matt (Soter) and Grogan (Heffernan) who were caught stealing food from the cafeteria.
Meanwhile, their friend Zach (Chadrasekhar) is trying to call the girl of his dreams (Mia Perrson), but only has 6 of the 7 digits for her phone number. And the druggy mailroom guy, Freaky Reaky (Stolhanske) dolls out advice, secrets, and occasionally mail... while chasing after the resistant Emily (Clapp), who tries to do everything continues to fail.
The film that started it all... back in the day, the men of Broken Lizard met at Colgate University. They performed stand-up routines together, and decided to tackle the world of film. Sadly, their first effort is an epic fail.
It just doesn't work... the characters have little glimmers of something funny, but don't deliver. The exception is Erik Stolhanske's Freaky Reaky. The character is outrageous, over-the-top, and not on screen enough. The chemistry between Matt and Grogan is good, and they have funny moments.... like their discussion with the prosecutor, "No book bag no deal! No book bag no deal!" and when they tried to defend themselves in court. The rest of the characters border on obnoxious, specifically the female characters. The ending is subpar and makes you feel like you've just wasted 102 minutes of your life that you will never get back. Skip it, unless you're a hardcore Broken Lizard fan.
Puddle Cruiser (1996) 102 minutes
Rating: R for language, sexual content and brief drug use.
Director: Jay Chadrasekhar
Starring: Jay Chadrasekhar as Zach
Kevin Heffernan as Grogan
Steve Lemme as Felix
Paul Soter as Matt
Erik Stolhanske as Freaky Reaky
Alison Clapp as Emily
Kayren Butler as Suzanne
Jamison Selby as Traci Shannon
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