Devolved (2010)

Brilliant and touching

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

A group of teens shipwreck on an abandoned isle with limited supplies. They must find a way of saving themselves before it's too late but instead, the start partying, wasting supplies and fighting about who's in charge. A battle between the popular and unpopular, obviously without any future whatsoever.It's supposed to be a comedy but I got so bored I actually started skipping scenes. Not even a sign of comedy, just black humor that I really don't understand. And to make matters worse, in the middle of a "glorious" fight between the "leaders" of the two groups, they are interrupted by their parents and local police who came to save them. "Brilliant"! Such story! Such acting! In a single word: garbage!

The problem with this film is the directing, acting and script writing. The film portrays itself as a teen comedy but although there are teens, it is not funny. At best it is the kind of humor that young kids would laugh at. The film also tries to be dramatic in parts but this does not work as it is spoilt by its unserious nature. The script writing is abhorrent because it portrays 'The Raj' as this incredibly annoying, immature character who is followed around mindlessly by the 'cool kids'. The script writing does not even make sense. How on earth do all the teens get their food? Where do they sleep? The characters seem so blank that their actions never are understood. In all there are only 3 characters that are at all interesting in the film. Also, the 'reporter' scenes which are the most amateur and badly done parts of the film have no place. The acting is also terrible. The only OK actor is Lindsey Shaw while the others cannot comprehend what the word 'acting' means. They cannot accurately portray a character in their scenario. About the music, it was so bad that I don't even remember it. No themes or anything. Boring. All in all, a terrible film with the humor of a child but with teenage themes. No point watching it.

You'd think some (French) people were watching Tree of Life instead of a low-budget teen comedy. I don't think the movie re-invents anything, but there are a lot of sharp laughs to be found here. It's certainly gotten a lot of good reviews, many more good than bad in all the ones I read.It doesn't start off the best, but gets going as soon as The Rog (Robert Adamson) shows up. He's sort of a low-rent Spiccoli, except without the brains. As soon as he arrives, the laughs really begin, as we now see the setup between the two groups. Lindsey Shaw is also very good as the Rog's girlfriend Peggy.Chris Kattan shows up, and while I'm not a fan of his, it was one of the less annoying performances I've seen him give.The rest of the movie is basically a back and forth between the two groups, with the island sort of becoming a metaphor for high school.I get the feeling this is destined to become a cult film. Not a cult classic, mind you, but a fun little movie that has some kind of message. My guess is that if you don't like the message, you won't like Devolved.

This movie is not as bad other have said. Generally I turn anything I rate lower that a 5 off and never make past the 1st 1st half hour. This is watchable better than most of the Saturday night live skits. The characters are definitely stereo types and writing is somewhat juvenile but I thought it was a better comedy than most of those Leslie Nielsen films. Basically the style is knockoff of Idiocracy with a voice that explains things. The lord of the fly thing is about 2 minutes of the movie and is not the core of the movie. The acting is definitively B players. The other reviewer is correct the Chris Kattan character is a waste but he is the only star in the movie.