The Corndog Man (1999)

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Disturbing yet enthralling

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Quite likely the funniest film I've ever seen in my life. I was crying from laughing so hard throughout most of it. Just unbelievably hilarious!!! "Triple K Marine!" "Triple K Marine!" "Triple K Marine!" That might get annoying to people but I thought it was great. This film is an endless tour-de-force of insults and clever jokes. A minor masterpiece but still a masterpiece. Spread the word and tell all your friends about this film. Amazing performances from both characters, though only one has to act. There's no actual scenes of dialog between two characters in the film, the entire film takes place on a telephone. Just amazing. Acts of revenge. With enough surrealism to keep the whole thing crazy. Great.

I actually had the privilege of taking a directing class with Andrew Shea. I think this film was very successful cinematic ally and in many different ways, but I ultimately I think the narrative structure amazingly innovative. It doesn't break the narrative rules by not being linear, but does something totally different that I can't even explain. My only critique of the movie is I didn't feel established enough with his past, so the memory of the rape felt a little to sudden and not developed enough, not enough transition. I was felt the transvesite character kind of swung the story out of wack a little but not too drastically, it just brought out this other element of the character's life that the movie didn't have time to deal with. Although the parts with the drag queen were treated with enough decency and was not too attention seeking that it didn't take to much away from the movie, and in its defense it did drive the narrative at certain points. You can see Andrew's genius come out through the characters considering the difficulty of the material. I also think that not showing the caller, which is a critique of most of the poor reviews, is actually a threshold of the film. It makes us sympathize and experience with the main character, because he never really sees this person either, and one of the greatest powers of this antagonist is his anonymity. Another critique is why does the man keep answering the phone which I think is another threshold of the film. He keeps answering because he has a guilt complex. He knows what he has done, even if its a repressed and subconscious memory, so he can't avoid it because he has an indescribable attraction to the situation. What these characters have to express to each other is complex and subtle (by this I mean the undercurrent of the humor, swearing, and the son toying with the father), which is accomplished by Andrew's amazing skills of working with actors. Ultimately a great film, even though it may take a few viewings, and I gave it only a 7 simply because I have been recently watching amazing films by Bergman, Wilder, and Hawks. Inspiring to see what you can do on a really low budget.

I saw this movie on satellite one night and have been itching to see it again. I was hurting from laughing so much. The only problem I have now is where to find it.Does anyone know where I can purchase the DVD of this movie? Someone please email me if so. Thanks.

This movie is bad.This movie is REALLY bad.This movie is might as well be half a minute long and shown 200 times in a row, because you'd get the same effect.The phone rings. Man A answers the phone and gets annoyed by Man B. Man A curses off Man B, and then hangs up the phone. Repeat.This is the entire movie.DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE. TRUST ME.