2009 · adventure · comedy · crime
Fanboys
Directed by Kyle Newman1h 30m2009
In 1999, Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of The Phantom Menace before its release.
Our read: Fanboys (2009) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded adventure · comedy · crime entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle adventure / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
Watching Fanboys tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Fanboys feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want nerdy road-trip camaraderie and Phantom Menace hype nostalgia without heavy stakes.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if Star Wars in-jokes annoy you or terminal-illness comedy feels too bittersweet.
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Discussion
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