Feeling Minnesota

A pitch-black comedy whose plot elements suggest a film of good quality. Unfortunately very few Americans master the genre, and director Steven Baigelman is not one of them. Jjaks returns to Minnesota to attend his older brother's wedding to the girl Freddie, who has more or less been forced into the marriage. She is not particularly enthusiastic about her future husband, an uncharming small-time crook, and instead takes an interest in Jjaks, who cannot offer her anything at all apart from a ticket out of Minnesota. Freddie and Jjaks run off in the dead of night, but Freddie insists that they go back to get hold of the husband's hidden money. There is the basis for plenty of comic scenes, but it is all just violent and unfunny. It is a wonder the actors agreed to take part. Perhaps they too could see the qualities in the script before the debutant ruined everything.