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My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
This film is a spoof along the lines of "Scary Movie" and "Not Another Teen Movie." It includes parodies of some of the indie film world's most renowned movies such as "Memento," "Pulp Fiction," "Magnolia," "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Amelie," "Run Lola Run," "El Mariachi," "The Good Girl," "Pi," "Swingers" and many others.
Style:
parody, humorous, witty, not serious, realistic, offbeat
Plot:
filmmaking, nothing goes right, obsessive quest, mistaken identity, crime gone awry, goofy hero, satire, hostage, gender bending, mate swapping, mentally challenged, gender, disorder, artists and showbiz, media satire, hostages, crimes
Time:
contemporary
Place:
las vegas, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, not serious, realistic and parody films with plots about disorder, artists and showbiz, satire, nothing goes right, filmmaking, showbiz and media satire mostly in Comedy and Horror genres. Some movies like My Big Fat Independent Movie: The Bogus Witch Project (2000), Not Another Not Another Movie (2011), Comic Book: The Movie (2004), Movers & Shakers (1985), Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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