The Alejandro Montoya Marin directed and written movie, The Unexpecteds, won the Best Comedy award at the third annual Smodcastle Film Festival.
The movie stars Veep 2x Primetime Emmy nominee and Hangover actor Matt Walsh, Alejandro de Hoyos, Chelsea Rendon, Francisco Ramos, Jason Konopisos-Alvarez, Jerry Bednob, Natasha Leggero and Laura Patalano and follows a group of friends who seek revenge against a social media crypto influencer who has scammed them of their life savings. The comedy is 86% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and first had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival.
Kevin Smith’s Smodcastle Film Festival celebrates cinema in Central New Jersey with a diverse lineup of films, including features, short films, animations, and documentaries, as well as filmmaker panels and meet and greets.
Marin shared his excitement, exclaiming “Winning Best Comedy at Smodcastle is a dream come true. As a lifelong fan of Kevin Smith and Clerks,...
The movie stars Veep 2x Primetime Emmy nominee and Hangover actor Matt Walsh, Alejandro de Hoyos, Chelsea Rendon, Francisco Ramos, Jason Konopisos-Alvarez, Jerry Bednob, Natasha Leggero and Laura Patalano and follows a group of friends who seek revenge against a social media crypto influencer who has scammed them of their life savings. The comedy is 86% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and first had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival.
Kevin Smith’s Smodcastle Film Festival celebrates cinema in Central New Jersey with a diverse lineup of films, including features, short films, animations, and documentaries, as well as filmmaker panels and meet and greets.
Marin shared his excitement, exclaiming “Winning Best Comedy at Smodcastle is a dream come true. As a lifelong fan of Kevin Smith and Clerks,...
- 11/3/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The Unexpecteds is one of those films you wish they would remake instead of a classic. That’s not to put the film down. Far from it. You see the potential in writer and director Alejandro Montoya Marin’s first feature-length film. The story is timely and engaging, and the script has some well-timed jokes. However, this comedy caper never quite reaches its potential.
The reason is glaring and obvious—the cast’s flat and wooden performances. And that’s a shame because this “Dumb Money Light” could have been something embraced. If only the cast could have found the heart of the matter, at least enough for the audience to embrace the characters from The Unexpecteds and care.
Alejandro De Hoyos, Chelsea Rendon, Matt Walsh, and Francisco Ramos in The Unexpecteds | Image via Atla California Pictures
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The reason is glaring and obvious—the cast’s flat and wooden performances. And that’s a shame because this “Dumb Money Light” could have been something embraced. If only the cast could have found the heart of the matter, at least enough for the audience to embrace the characters from The Unexpecteds and care.
Alejandro De Hoyos, Chelsea Rendon, Matt Walsh, and Francisco Ramos in The Unexpecteds | Image via Atla California Pictures
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- 6/2/2024
- by M.N. Miller
- FandomWire
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