The Day My Parents Ran Away

This "zany" teen comedy is kinda terrible. The scenario is bizarre. Entire sections are just plain weird and yet there are a few stellar moments of dialogue. Unfortunately you'd be well advised to just read the quoted on IMDb and forego the viewing experience. The lines are clever but the video viewing experience doesn't really add anything.

The actors are for the most part professional and have done other roles that prove that they're not the problem here. It's partly just that the scenario doesn't stand up to a feature length movie. It might have made an interesting 5 minute skit on Saturday Night live but it's probably not quite good enough for that.

I think I blame the director. It was his first feature length film. Others might have blamed him as well. It was his LAST feature length film.

I've given the movie 4 stars because as bored as I was there were no insufferable bits. I have seen other films that have left me moaning and/or cringing and this is better than those but still...

I'd rate this movie sort of like my last root canal. Not really traumatizing but certainly not 2 hours I'd like to sit through again. At least with the root canal there was the prescription afterward for pain killers.