Kabluey

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Kabluey

Lisa Kudrow, Scott Prendergast, Teri Garr, Christine Taylor, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Inept Salman (Prendergast) comes to help his sister-in-law (Kudrow) tend to his holy terror nephews while Salman's brother is off fighting in Iraq. Salman must take a humiliating job as a giant blue c...( read more  read more... )orporate mascot in order to help make ends meet and hold the family together.

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  • StaisilD
    October 23, 2008
    StaisilD
    Overwhelmed with domestic duties and depression while her husband is away in Iraq, Leslie (Lisa Kudrow) looks to her loser brother-in-law Salman (Scott Prendergast) for help. Moving in with Leslie and her demonic children, Salman is immediately in over his head, which prompts Les...( read more)lie to secure a job for him as a mascot for a failing dot-com company to help with the bills. Stuck in an oversized, blue felt suit on a desert highway, Salman is allowed a rare moment of introspection, while learning the suit has strange confessional powers over strangers. Empowered by his alter-ego, Salman attempts to heal Leslie's emotional wounds. Kabluey, is a black comedy. Everyone's so miserable but their circumstances are invariably absurd. Prendergast's direction is pitch-perfect and whimsical without slipping on acts of sarcasm, lending the film an endearing personality and lasting comic effect. Struggling to squeeze his way into and out of his character's mascot outfit, Prendergast is perpetually evoking a birthing ritual, but beyond the coup of his Tatiesque performance is his vision of the corporate swallowing the personal whole.
  • habitualdamnation
    October 4, 2008
    habitualdamnation
    A hidden gem - delightfully surprisin! Cleverly timed and thought out. I'll watch any Prendergast movie after this one.
  • her69eyes
    October 3, 2008
    her69eyes
    Many moviegoers have claimed that the only shining light in the consistently dumb modern comedy scene is Judd Apatow and the people involved in his productions. In "Kabluey", however, we have an argument that there's still plenty of great comedy out there - you just need to go lo...( read more)oking for it. It's underneath that pile of "You Don't Mess with the Zohan"s and "The Love Guru"s. While "Kabluey" isn't readily accessible to a mainstream public due to some unfamiliar faces and it's low budget, this is certainly one I wouldn't suggest passing up. I wasn't expecting a whole lot when I sat down to watch this film, and it was an extraordinarily welcome surprise.

    Leslie (Lisa Kudrow) is an overstressed mother whose husband is a National Guardsman in Iraq. She has just found out that her husband's tour has extended, and
    her children are proving to be more and more difficult to manage. Enter Salman (Scott Prendergast, also the writer/director of the film), her bumbling idiot of a brother-in-law. He's the same type of guy you see in a lot of these movies - he's completely incompetent and in over his head around kids. Mentally, he seems to be only a step above one of Will Ferrell's endless array of man-childs.

    In return for letting Salman stay at her house, Leslie expects Salman to get a job to help support her kids. She works for an internet company in Texas called BlueNeXion, who certainly seem to have seen better days. Salman arrives at a mostly vacant building and some very eerie dark and quiet rooms. He's offered a job that requires him to stand in a blue foam-rubber suit on the side of the highway and hand out fliers to the people who drive by. Although the salary is only $6 an hour, Salman accepts the job and learns to cope with it - all the while trying to survive through the constant torment placed on him by his sister-in-laws children.

    Kabluey, the costume and mascot of BlueNeXion, is an extraordinarily effective design. It's large head and lack of fingers make the wearer completely useless and incapable of completing the simplest of tasks. Standing alone in a neverending cornfield, Kabluey comes to represent the ultimate alienation. Ironically enough, however, it's the suit that allows Salman to break out of his shell and learn to enjoy life.

    A film about a man who stands on the side of the highway is certainly minimalistic and could come off as absolutely pretentious, but it's actually rather endearing. There's something so sweet about Prendergast's performance although he's nothing more than a buffoon. The concept of the suit itself was also something very new to film and it's a perfect compliment to the subject matter. These surreal moments of Kabluey standing alone in a field are really what makes the film so enjoyable - the only problems arise is when things take a turn for the soap opera direction.

    In the suit, Salman learns secrets about many of the people he encounters - including the fact that Leslie is cheating on his brother with her boss. Teaming up with a woman who stands in a cheese costume, the two sort of pair up to become a superhero-esque team. This is very cute in concept, but unfortunately it's execution was laughable and I did little more than roll my eyes. The drama was so unnatural and especially out of place in a film like this, and things really fell apart by the time the credits rolled. The movie became less about a man overcoming his anxiety and stepping out into the world and more about a "he's sleeping with her, but she's sleeping with him..." soap opera-level godawful mess.

    Another thing I found interesting about the film was that although the character of Leslie's husband is in Iraq and therefore away from his families, there's no obvious political agenda that's forced down our throats. It's not about the struggles of a family with their husband and war as much as it is about people coming together when they're in dire need of help. I enjoyed that the film didn't try to bite off more than it could chew with nonsensical political rants or overbearing forced melodrama.

    "Kabluey" really falls apart near the end, but the experience as a whole is a very enjoyable one. This is a fresh, innovative, and smart comedy that was one of the more unique films i've seen this year. I'd certainly give it a mild recommendation.
  • wbgoose13
    March 27, 2008
    wbgoose13
    An indie dramedy that, for all its undeniable quirks, remains grounded in a greater sense of humanity, thanks in no small part to Lisa Kudrow's supporting performance.
  • LisaMJ
    April 13, 2009
    LisaMJ
    Slow moving but watchable.
  • julito32
    December 21, 2009
    julito32
    Decent drama-dy, but definitely one for the slightly emo crowd. I'm not sure if you're supposed to have cheered for the lead, or just wallow in his inane loser-ness. This is not everyday loser-ness, one can lose his job and be down on his luck and not know where to go next with...( read more)out being a complete social outsider. But that's just who I felt Salman was. Someone who just seems shellshocked through his life and only seemed to rise out of it when he was protecting the sanctity of his brother's family, of whom apparently we're meant to assume his brother probably couldn't stand him. Heh. *shrugs shoulders*

    The cast is really great from Kudrow, to Conchata, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Christine Taylor - but I didn't feel for anyone the way I should have I suppose.
  • dbin78
    December 21, 2009
    dbin78
    Kabluey (2007) is a funny story about Leslie (Lisa Kudrow) and her brother-in-law Salman (Scott Prendergast). Leslie's husband is serving in Iraq and she is faced with raising two rambunctious kids and the fact that she needs to go back to work for the benefits leads her to have ...( read more)Salman come live with her. The kids hate him and he is zoned out half the time. She no longer wants him there; but, he can't leave - no money and no place to live.

    Arrive Kabluey! Salman is forced to take a job as a company mascot for a dwindling internet company. It is hot, degrading, and restrictive.

    He begins to suspect Leslie is having an affair but has no idea how to handle the possibility. And, the kids keep trying to kill. The husband returns home...

    I loved Kabluey - it is a fun interesting simple movie and has many situations you may find yourself in during life.

    7 out of 10 - PG 13

    Dain Binder
    http://www.dainsmoviereviews.com/2009/07/kabluey-2007-movie-review.html
  • dukeakasmudge
    October 19, 2009
    dukeakasmudge
    GREAT comedy.Very different & original
  • randolphiaburning
    September 26, 2009
    randolphiaburning
    Actually In my personal point of view these is a satire comedy with a smooth plot. I really liked the idea of these movie.
  • SFG71
    September 10, 2009
    SFG71
    "Every family has a black sheep. This one is blue."
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