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Scarecrow (2002)
Directed
by Emmanuel Itier
 Lester
is one of those guys that don't fit in at school. He is always on his
own and is a favourite target for the school bullies. Even the teacher
is a bitch with him.
The sad thing is that Lester isn't a bad kid. Sadder still is the fact
that even his home life is hardly a stable one. His mother is drunk a
lot of the time and the rest of the time she seems to be little more
than a whore who appears to have very little in the way of feelings for
her son. It is pretty fair to say that Lester does not have much of a
life and just when it seems that things could not possibly get any
worse for the young man, they do get worse, because he doesn't have any
life at all. One of his mother's boyfriends kills him and leaves him
strung up by the neck in a cornfield. His mother witnesses the murder,
but manages to do with her mouth the one thing that she seems unable to
do with her legs, she keeps it shut, and her son's killer goes free
because everyone thinks that poor, old Lester killed himself. His
mother doesn't even go to the funeral.
The last thing that Lester sees isn't his life flashing before his
eyes; it's a rather ugly scarecrow. Somehow his spirit attaches itself
to the bundle of rags and straw and Lester returns, with a new attitude
that is as ugly as his new look, and revenged on his mind.
 Scarecrow is an
okay movie and has a lot of good points. It has the look of a
professionally produced movie and I thought the camerawork very
good. I particularly like the way that sometimes, between
scenes, the camera flashed to the clouds blowing past in the sky. The
soundtrack to Scarecrow isn't just good, it's great and I can't fault
it. It is young, lively music and it rocks. The only thing that lets
the movie down is the cast, because most of the actors don't seem to
know how to act. Half the cast are young girls though; all of which are
incredibly easy on the eye, so I suppose that compensates a little for
the poor acting. Talking of easy on the eye, Scream queen Tiffany
Shepis plays one of the key characters and she is one of the
few who can
act, so not only does she look incredible, but she is credible as well.
 Is
there any sex and nudity in the movie? Not really. Sex is talked about
in reasonably graphic terms, but, nothing over the top. There are a few
humorous scenes though. One of my favourites has got to be
when two young kids find a dead body in the corn field. The deputy is
pretty grossed out by the whole thing, but manages to keep a firm hold
on his lunch and goes to talk to the boys. He explains to them that
death is just another part of that big circle of life and then say's,
"Is there anything that you would maybe like to tell me or maybe ask me
about the way you are feeling right now?"  "Yeah,"
smiles the first boy. "It was the greatest thing I ever seen. He had,
like, sticks coming through his ribcage. You could see bones . . . and
blood. He even had, like, holes in his face." When the other boy joins
in and mentions the maggots it proves too much for the poor deputy and
he looses his fight to hold onto his lunch and tosses his cookies into
the cornfield. For me it was worth sitting through the rest of the
movie just for this scene, but I always did have a weird sense of
humour.
Scarecrow
is not the best movie ever made, but it is nowhere near being the worst
either; so if you fancy a change from watching all the latest
Hollywood blockbusters; if you want to see something a little
different; or if you just have a weird sense of humour and enjoy movies
where girls run around in tight-fitting pants, then you could do a lot
worse than Scarecrow.
CAST
Lester
Dwervick
... Tim Young
The
Scarecrow
... Todd Rex
Judy
Paterson
... Tiffany Shepis
Morgan
... Jen Richey
Stephanie
... Roxana Bina
Chad
... John Moore
Shriff Patterson/Hewitt ...
Aristide Sumatra
Eddie
Barclay
... Jason Simon
Farmer
Haley/Burt
... Mark Irvingsen
Rhonda
... Belinda Gavin
Melton
... Sonja Ecker
Mitch
... Armont Casale
Jake
... Anthony C.Ferrante
Tiger
... Skyler Caleb
Greg
... Anil De Mello
Ken
... Stephen Wozniak
Brian
... Guilford Adams
Mikey
... Myles York
Marty
... Brad Jurgens
Nicole
... Nicole Rayburn
Ruben
... Ruben Ridge
Mrs.
Granger
... Clare Elfman
Mr.
Dufourq
... Emmanuel Itier
Jimmy
Patterson
... Todd Rexx
Cornfield
Kids
... Brandon Harland
Rachel Harland
DVD
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Run Time
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90 mins
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Aspect Ratio:
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1.33:1
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Language
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English
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