When a film begins with a big truck slowly coming
to a stop on a plastic Bambi yard ornament, I get the
feeling I'm going to be entertained.
Melba (Park Overall) and Flint (Don Harvery), the
Fred and Wilma of Victorville, live a blissful small
town life until Melba catches Flint and her best
friend with their pants down. Sweet naive Melba
swallows her tears, dumps her white trash hubby,
dolls up in her mother's best 1950's sparkly jumper,
and heads out for a night on the town. On the way,
she crosses paths with three rich, Las Vegas bound,
brats from L.A. (one of which is Freddie Prinze
Jr.).
The three little kings ditch her, but Melba is the
country cat that just keeps coming back to find
them.
Written and directed in a Fargo-esque kind of way,
"Sparkler" brings real life and coincidence together
making for a fun quirky movie. I also appreciated the
true-to-life dialogue and attention to small
detail.
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