Bedhead (1991)

hyped garbage

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

This short really doesn't look like it was intended for adult audiences and it also looks nothing like the later violent films that Robert Rodriguez was known for--such as EL MARIACHI and (yuck) PLANET TERROR. Early in his directing career, he was responsible for the Spy Kids films (the first of which was a lovely family movie--the others, to be nice, I just won't mention) and so this short seems to fit this early Rodriguez style quite nicely.Filmed in black and white with very simple sets and voice-overs instead of dialog, the movie just goes to show you what clever and talented people can do with very limited budgets. It's about a little girl who has a nasty and disgusting older brother who makes her life miserable--that is until something very extraordinary happens that will make him pay for all his wicked ways!! About the only thing I wasn't thrilled with in this film was the gross breakfast scene--with roaches and a kid eating like a real pig. But, for the audience it was intended for, they probably will LOVE this sort of excessive scene. Overall, I would think practically all kids would love it--all kids except for those who are like the big brother!

It was a typical Saturday morning. Rebecca is easting breakfast with her little sister (as ever done up in high fashion). The arrival of her noisy and aggressive brother at the table ruins the peace of quiet as, on top of having the worst bed-head in the world, he is also a typical pain in Rebecca's life. Later in the day, the bullying and annoyance continues, with Rebecca falling to the ground and knocking herself out cold. She comes to quickly but instantly she finds that the knock has given her powers that she could either use wisely for the benefit of mankind, or to take revenge on her brother. What a choice… A curio piece that I found from early in the career of Robert Rodriguez, using his own family as his cast and his own home as his set. The plot is simple and the idea is that it sets up lots of physical comedy as Rebecca's powers come into play. Unfortunately the limitations of the film prevent it being hilarious because the material is not that inspired; if it weren't for the presence of Rodriguez then it would probably not be worth seeing. As it is, it is interesting to see the way that Rodriguez's hyper style was there from the start. Here it needs refining but it is there none the less.The main positive factor in the film is from Rebecca herself. She is cute and charming, with great charisma and she does drive the film forward by her personality. David has less of a character and is not as good because of his role within the film. Overall though, it is quite an amusing short film but it is not as strong as many have said and does benefit from the curiosity value of being an early short film demonstrating the distinctive hyper/cartoon style of Rodriguez.

A simple eight minute short which manages to demonstrate the unique style Rodriguez would soon become famous for. The special effects were well done, as was the camera work, complete with effective use of a multitude of angles and alternate speeds. The sound effects were also very well done, and I still can't figure out how he did many of them. While not his first film by a longshot (he made 30 other shorts before this, over a period of ten years) this was an obviously low budget production (he used his siblings for the actors). However, it did a brilliant job of showing off his potential, and, along with his first, ultra low budget feature film, he was able to get representation at ICM and became a major player in the Hollywood game.

Actually a simple, funny, and real low budget "try out" movie, probably his debut as well. The whole thing is in black and white, and it's so low budget he uses his own son and daughter for actor an actress.And they both can act as well!I saw the whole thing (doesn't take more than 30 minutes) on a laserdisc of El Mariachi.