Movie #757 ........................."Putzel"

Movie #757 "Putzel" was the movie voted as best picture at this festival, out of all the feature length films in competition (the other two I have critiqued were not in competition). We didn't choose to see this in particular, but we got the tickets for the "best picture" and this is what won. I had it on my list already, because the plotline sounded funny. It's about a guy (a Josh Radnor lookalike, from "How I Met Your Mother) who has worked at a family fishouse all his life with his uncle (John Pankow), and his one big wish is that he would like to take over the business. Meanwhile, his uncle falls in love with a dancer (Melanie Lynskey - Rose from "Two and a half Men") Putzel (the young guy)is worried about that relationship because he thinks his uncle will get a divorce and never give up the fish place, so he tries to distract this woman by dating her --- and guess what? Of course, he falls in love with her! How Original, right? I didn't care for the movie all that much -- the humor seemed stretched, the situations unbelievable, and the storyline all over the place, trying to do too much in a small amount of time. I would give it 3 out of 5 stars, and I would say that it doesn't come close to the other two films we've seen already for this festival. This is a don't bother, unless something I said above sounds intriguing to you.