Title: Stags Writer-director: Jamie Greenberg Starring: Benim Foster, Jesse Joyce, Mark Giordano, Jessica Faller, Matthew Rauch, Kimmy Gatewood For all the visual thrill that modern studio moviemaking provides, there’s still a special charge that comes from discovering or submitting to, essentially, just a wordsmith — someone with a fresh, canted comedic perspective, damn any sort of slick camera razzmatazz. It’s just that sort of loose-limbed joy one finds with ‘Stags’, a New York-set, sort of Jewish-inflected version of ‘Swingers’, in which an on-the-prowl group of guys approaching 40 cope with a friend’s marriage and sudden death. The feature film directorial debut of television veteran Jamie Greenberg (co-creator of ‘Where in...
- 6/5/2011
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
"If "Swingers" and "Diner" had a movie baby, it would be 'Stags'...- Monsters and Critics A very funny film is debuting Friday June 3 at 9:30pm at the Laemmle Theatre, 8000 Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood, as part of the Dances With Films film festival. "Stags" features Jack (Benim Foster) and his pals are New York City bachelors in their .super-late 30.s. who have spent two decades savoring the ladies and avoiding the "put a ring on it" commitment. Things change when a childhood friend.s sudden tragic marriage shakes up their world of sex and booze, Jack realizes he just may be ready to commit.to the one woman hopelessly out of reach. This film was written...
- 6/2/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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