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Professor Norman Cornett (2009)
Give me a break!
This film tells the story of Professor Norman Cornett, who lost his teaching position at a Canadian university. The film attempts to depict Cornett as an eccentric visionary whose unorthodox but brilliant methods put him at odds with the administration. A handful of very annoying students speak very highly of him.
Unfortunately, it's clear from the film that Cornett is just a fairly incompetent teacher. The administration seemed to handle the firing very tactlessly, considering Professor Cornett's wife's battle with cancer. But it's not the profile in courage it purports to be.
The director sticks to the conventional talking head documentary format with some archival footage from Cornett's teaching. I was bored.
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Best Comedy of 2001
This film is packed with innovative comedy writing that paradoxically manages to be ironic and over the top at the same time, without pandering. And it's got a great ensemble cast Yeah, it's clearly a low-budget film, but the lack of over-indulgent effects-based gags forces Wain & Showalter to keep the focus on performance. The cast delivers again and again. The background in sketch comedy is evident...but that's a good thing!
Like when the kids are in the raft about to go over the scary rapids, but they don't even look scared! SO funny!
It's like nothing else you'll see this year. Or most years. And it brings back such fond memories of summers past!