Entertainment Ave! The Movie Theater - A movie review of Feeling Minnesota.

Feeling Minnesota Movie Stats & Links
Starring:	Keanu Reeves as Jjacks, the megga-babe Cameron Diaz as Freddie, Vincent D'Onofrio as Keanu's loser brother named Sam, and Dan Aykroyd as a cop on the take.
MPAA Rated:	R
Kiddie Movie:	Uh..... No. This ain't Natural Born Killers but it ain't Dumbo either.
Date Movie:	Yeah. I think so. It has enough action to interest guys and a goofy love angle to appease the girls.
Gratuitous Sex:	There are some great sex scenes but unfortunately Cameron does not bare all.
Gratuitous Violence:	Like I said... This ain't Natural Born Killers but it ain't Dumbo either.
Action:	Some suspense moments - like where the hell did the body go?
Laughs:	A lot of sublime, low-key humor.
Memorable Scene:	In my opinion it would have to be the bathroom floor fuck scene, but others might say it is when Sam, after shooting his boss, decides to shoot open a safe that is already unlocked and takes a ricochet in the arm. Throughout the entire move your just sitting there thinking about what a dumb-ass loser Sam is.
Memorable Quote:	That's a tough one. I'd have to say it is when Jjacks tells Sam he didn't move the dead body and everyone in the audience is saying "Huh? What the!?!"
Directed By:	Steven Baigelman
Produced By:	Danny DeVito, Eric McLeod, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher

Sitting with one seat between me and Big Cooter (I don't want people thinking we're like "together"), Cooter and I laughed and shook our heads saying "huh?" throughout the whole movie. I guess the people around us didn't care too much for Cooter and I thinking out loud because were told to "Shush up!" to which Cooter replied "Fuck off! It's a matinee."

What Cooter and I were talking about was the fact that this was one screwed up twisting and turning movie. We liked that! We liked it a lot! Feeling Minnesota is about loser, petty crooks, tired of life and just wanting a fresh start. Jjacks (Reeves) has spent more time in jail than he cares for and doesn't want to go back. This is a hard thing to do when you have to steal a car and rob a gas station to buy your brother a wedding gift, fuck the bride on a bathroom floor after the wedding, run off with the bride three days later, and then have your brother frame you for a murder.

Jjacks loser brother Sam (D'Onofrio) is a greasy, loser accountant whose dream is to get married and buy a 2700 square foot house. Being a greasy accountant, he's not that big with the chicks. So he skims off the top from a local mobster, blames it on a pretty blonde stripper, gets the mobster to force her to marry him (to forgive her debt), and puts a down payment on a house. The only problem is that his new bride has other plans for life and runs off.

The pretty blonde stripper bride is Freddie (Diaz) and all she wants to do is become a Vegas show girl and eat at $4 buffets. She's happy to use anyone she can to obtain her dream, but this is a hard thing to do when you're pimped off to a loser accountant and later left for dead in a ditch by the man you ran off with.

Sounds like a complicated movie? Actually, it really flows quite well. You're never quite lost during the movie but you are left saying "What the? But I thought..." all the time. Cooter and I also joked about the fact that Keanu always seems to get parts where he plays a dimwit. Even when he played an FBI Agent in Point Break or a cop in Speed his character seemed a little light on the gray matter. We're beginning to wonder if he is being type cast or maybe he's not acting.

Cooter and I were also quite opinionated about the... Hmmm... How to say it? The bathroom fuck scene with Jjacks and Freddie at the wedding of Freddie and Sam. Then there was the front seat of the parked car fuck scene. I personally would have liked to seen some T&A in these scenes but they were good none the less.

I liked Feeling Minnesota. It's no Pulp Fiction but is funny and smart none the less. I give Feeling Minnesota 4 out of 5 stars. I'm Stu Gotz. 'nuff said.