Gentlemen Broncos (2009) - 62 Points

Chuckles 42, Laughs 8, Belly Laughs 11
Notes: I am a huge fan of Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre (both are currently on my 100 funniest movies of all time list) and although Jared and Jerusha Hess wrote all 3 movies, I honestly had very little interest in this one because of the name of the film to be honest and it had really bad reviews. I was on Amazon Prime tonight looking for a comedy to watch and this one was about to leave in a week so I thought I'd at least start it. The credits starts like the other two movies and has "Hess feel" through the film. I was surprised to see Jermaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) and Hector Jimenez (Nacho Libre) as well as Jennifer Coolidge and Sam Rockwell so I settled in and laughed (more than I thought I would). It's stupid but look around, lots of comedies are stupid. It's awkward, gross but it's also funny. I was surprised at how many actual "belly laughs" it scored. The basic plot is a teenager in rural Utah has his sci-fi story stolen by a famous author. It didn't score as high as Napoleon or Nacho but it holds it's own. If you love quirky comedies, this is your film. I happen to be a big fan of quirky. I'd never seen the protagonist (Michael Angarano) before (or since) but he did a good job. This film scored pretty high because there were quite a few chuckles and actual big laughs for me. It's kinda like a movie that we would have made when we were teenagers in the 80's.
Would I watch it again? Probably.