LolliLove (2004)

Jenna Fischer = God

Awesome movie.
Jenna Fischer is a comedic genius, and is quite possibly the most beautiful woman I've ever set eyes on. Amazon should win an award for just stocking this movie or anything related to her May 9, 2008

I wanted to like it, but I couldn't...

Much as I love Jenna Fisher (that's why I watched the movie), this wasn't really a successful mockumentary. I got the jokes -- the thrust of the film is poking fun at the mindset of those who wrap up their self-importance in the guise of trying to help others -- but the comedy just fell flat here. Much as I wanted to like it, I didn't. February 7, 2008

The Troma film that Everyone will like!

Directed by and starring Jenna Fischer who most people will know from her role in the American version of The Office tv series. Her very natural acting abilities make it very easy to forget that the documentary LolliLove you are watching, is actually a skillfully scripted and directed film. Fischer wrote her directorial debut with Peter Alton and (uncredited) her real-life husband James Gunn (writer of the Scooby Doo films, Dawn of the Dead remake and Tromeo and Juliet and writer/director of Slither) . Gunn also plays her husband in the film as well, and as he has shown briefly in Tromeo & Juliet, his acting is of the same lifelike quality as Jenna's.
Lollilove is about those people who try to do the right thing by devoting themselves to a charity project for all the wrong reasons and without any genuine knowledge or understanding of the badly treated individuals in our society they try to help, and even worse so: without any interest in them apart from the opportunity to show off as a better person themselves. And the saddest thing is that they don't even know or realize this themselves.
A very dark comedy that is never too funny and sometimes gut-wrenchingly showing the mental poverty of those who are looked upon as being well off.
With this film as her debut as a film director, it should only be common sense to be confident that Jenna Fischer has a rich career ahead of her.
The feature film is done justice with a rich collection of extra's on Troma's dvd presentation that would make Criterion proud. A very informative and entertaining audio-commentary by Fisher and Gunn with Peter Alton and producer Stephen Blackeheart (100 million BCfriends, a very detailed behind the scenes documentary and a rich collection of deleted scenes and interviews with the Gunns, but also historic film introductions with James Gunn and Stephen Blackeheart from various Troma films, exclusive footage from the set of James Gunn's Slither and much more.
Also starring Linda Cardellini (E.R., Broke Back Mountain), Jason Segel (CSI), Joan M. Blair (Donnie Darko, E.R.), Lloyd Kaufman (Terror Firmer) and many more, this is a star studded film that would have been a huge hit if it wasn't released by a blacklisted small independent film studio. Do yourself a favor and see this film. Buy it. Enjoy it.
Highly recommended!
February 5, 2008

Troma and Jenna Fisher make for a great pairing!

Like all Office fans (American version) we pull for the Jim and Pam characters, being charmed by her reluctance, shyness and self-consciousness. Who knew that inside Pam Beasley (actress Jenna Fischer) was the talent to pull off Lollilove, a scathingly mocumentary about well-meaning yuppies with a social conscious, no clues, and and inflated sense of self-importance.

Fischer and real-life hubby James Gunn portray a young married couple with a warped sense of charity, who decide they can help the homeless problem by giving the downtrodden lollipops, each with a specially designed piece of artwork intended to uplift the homeless with their message. That's right: no shelter, no nourishment, no clothing or job opportunities, just the important concept of art's uplifting message.

In lesser hands, this would make for a decent 10 minute SNL skit. Showing deft comedic talents, the Gunns succeed July 3, 2007

Funny mockumentary

I really enjoyed this movie. I am a big office fan, and to see Jenna Fischer in a different role was very entertaining.
Jenna Fischer and James Gunn create an organization whose goal is to provide homeless people with lollipops. As outrageous as this idea sounds, as funny you can expect the movie to be. June 30, 2007

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