Strangers with Candy

Strangers with Candy

2006 "Going to high school for the first time is always scary... Especially the second time around."
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Strangers with Candy

5.9 | 1h26m | R | en | Comedy

A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.

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Released: June. 28,2006 | Released Producted By: Comedy Central Films , Roberts/David Films Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.

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Comedy

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Cast

Amy Sedaris , Stephen Colbert , Paul Dinello , Greg Hollimon , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Ian Holm

Director

Mylene Santos

Producted By

Comedy Central Films

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Mylene Santos
Mylene Santos

Art Direction

Ray Fisher
Ray Fisher

Leadman

Teresa Mastropierro
Teresa Mastropierro

Production Design

Siobain Flaherty
Siobain Flaherty

Set Decoration

Oliver Bokelberg
Oliver Bokelberg

Director of Photography

Anne Joyce
Anne Joyce

Still Photographer

Vicki Farrell
Vicki Farrell

Costume Design

Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert

Creator

Mitch Rouse
Mitch Rouse

Creator

Amy Sedaris
Amy Sedaris

Creator

Paul Dinello
Paul Dinello

Creator

Nicole Callender
Nicole Callender

Utility Stunts

Paul Dinello
Paul Dinello

Director

Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert

Co-Producer

David Letterman
David Letterman

Executive Producer

Rob Burnett
Rob Burnett

Executive Producer

Strangers with Candy Audience Reviews

Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.
Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
redciocc If you have an expectation built on the TV show of the same name, than perhaps you won't enjoy this totally bizarre gem. Much of it is completely surreal, but then, much is not. School daze indeed. What a refreshing blast of weirdness compared to the torrent of "lower brow" schlock that Hollywood pumps out. If you went to high school in the 70s or 80s, the scenery is accurate. The idea of returning to school, or never really leaving, is the stuff of fear and loathing in so many people. A comedy spin on a shared formative societal experience is comedic genius. Politics, families that are light years away from what would be amusingly normal. A heaping of deadpan, bizarre characters, deranged conclusions. Amy is almost too funny for mass consumption.
Jim Whitehead If Jon Stewart and David Letterman spanked their monkeys with steel wool, it would be funnier than this vile train wreck of a movie. If they put down their joints, even many fans of the TV show its based on would be offended at the messages of the movie.After 32 years in a coma, on the lam and in the joint as a "boozer, user and loser," ex-prostitute/junkie Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) decides to start again "right where I left off" -- as a high school student. She's almost three times the age of her classmates and daddy (Dan Hedaya) is in a coma, and "mommy" is his hostile second wife (Deborah Rush) who has a moronic jock son (Joseph Cross) and a butcher boyfriend (David Pasquesi).The jokes are indescribably overacted, moronic and venal. To say they were obvious as an exploding cigar in the face of a clown, would to be complimentary. This is, in my opinion one of the worst movies ever made. They tried to squeeze one last million out of a TV franchise that had long run out of gas and brains. We see a perversely grotesque vision of all-American suburban high school life acted with incongruous good cheer and ersatz schmaltzy "uplift," while the incessantly voiced racist and gay-bashing remarks are so pointedly ludicrous that they parody prejudice itself. If you want to see a "good bad movie" look up Ed Wood's work. If you want to just see a bad movie, this one is for you. It makes the old test pattern look good.Without giving away the ending, it even manages to call the whole audience racist. (Note to show writer Jon Stewart: If everyone is a racist, then the concept has no meaning, and becomes the standard of behavior and therefore must be deemed acceptable by you).Was this movie deliberately written to offend everyone and lose money (think of the Producer's imaginary play "Springtime for Hitler")?
BlessedB_uk This is my first review....why you might ask yourself? Why now? I'll tell you why.....so i can help people to avoid the god awful tripe that this movie is. I don't think my comedy tastes are really any different to anyone else's...i don't think i just didn't "get it" i honestly and truly think this is the worst film i have ever seen in my entire life. Not once did i laugh....the whole film i wanted to punch Jerri in her mutilated face, and quite frankly i'm disturbed Colbert would put his name, let alone face, to something this bad. The quote on the box says "The funniest film since 'Shaun of the dead'" - where was that from you ask? IMDb. Yes folks...right here...thats the only place they could find someone insane enough to actually like this movie. Avoid like the plague. For the love of God.
Ronia Segerberg When I saw the title I thought it would be a hilarious movie. However, when I watched the fist 10 minutes, I was deeply disappointed.For starters, Sarah Jessica Parker had a shameful role, and why she accepted the role is beyond me.Also, I wondered why no one thought it was strange that a 47-year-old was in high school. If she turned up at my high school, I would think she had a mental problem.We also didn't find out why she went to jail. On the plot summary, it said she was an "ex con-junkie whore" yet that is not explained in the movie.If anyone asked me about this movie, I would tell the not to hire it.Awful movie