''Splinterheads'' is a 2009 American
romantic comedy film written and directed by Brant Sersen and starring
Thomas Middleditch,
Rachael Taylor
Rachael May Taylor (born 11 July 1984) is an Australian actress and model. Her first lead role was in the Australian series ''headLand'' (2005–2006). She then made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in films including ''Man-Thing'' (2005 ...
,
Christopher McDonald
Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American film, television, theatre and voice actor.
McDonald is best known for playing the villainous professional golfer Shooter McGavin in the 1996 comedy ''Happy Gilmore''. Other notable ...
and
Lea Thompson. The film opened in limited release in the United States on November 6, 2009.
The film is about a young man, Justin Frost (Middleditch), who falls in love with Galaxy (Taylor), a splinterhead (someone who works at a carnival but is not a
carny). The two go on their share of
Geocaching adventures and in the end start
dating. This aspect of the movie has caused it to develop a cult following among those who do
geocaching as a hobby.
Schuylar Croom of the band
He Is Legend makes a cameo in the film.
Reception
On
review aggregator website
Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 27% based on reviews from 11 critics, with an
average rating
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of 7.5/10.
Nick Schager of ''
Slant Magazine
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'' gave ''Splinterheads'' .5 stars out of 4, explaining his reasoning as "Despite positioning itself as a ''
Napoleon Dynamite''-style comedy about a spazzy social retard,
he filmseems to have misplaced most of its jokes". ''
Variety''s Peter Debruge criticized the film for "Attempt
ng to compensate for its too-familiar romantic setup by defining its characters through idiosyncratic hobbies and traits".
Chris Nashawaty of ''Entertainment Weekly'' gave the film a "B−" and called the film "a quirkier ''Adventureland (film)">Adventureland''" which, according to him, "never rises above mildly amusing". Jeannette Catsoulis of ''The New York Times'' called ''Splinterheads'' "a shaggy comedy with more heart than heft".
According to Nick Pinkerton of ''The Village Voice'', the film "[is] another tale of an overgrown kid accepted for his sweet, stammering self and nurtured out of his cocoon".
References
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2009 romantic comedy films
American romantic comedy films
Films scored by John Swihart
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
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