I just watched "Saving Silverman" on video, and I have to admit, it is slightly funny. In fact, it's an uproarious success as long as you turn your brain off and make no effort whatsoever to use it. As others have mentioned, there are huge plausibility issues with this movie. Whoever deemed the body in the car crash "unidentifiable" has obviously never heard of a thing called "dental records." J.D's obsession with food gets really old really fast. Plenty of people fall out of cars, get hit by cars, and suffer other such mishaps (similar to one in "Cruel Intentions"), but easily survive. In all the time Judith was held hostage, Darren never dropped in on his friends, or asked why they wouldn't let him in his garage? The racoon bit has been done a million times. . ."Dude, Where's My Car?" was much more believable than this, and it had aliens. . . But, there were a few good points. We saw Amanda Detmer (of "Final Destination" and "Boys and Girls") with her shirt off, as well as in a very high cut Britney Spears video inspired nun habit. . .her acting was passable. I liked Amanda Peet ("Sometimes you have to make cold, rational decisions about this") and her well portrayed calculating, manipulative, powerful character. And then there's Neil Diamond. The cover band featured in the movie is not an isolated creation; bands of its style really do exist. Diamond's character was a little cheesy, though, spouting off song titles and lines within the movie's dialogue. Plus, other lines of dialogue play on the movie's title not once, but twice. . .also not a good sign.
Review of Saving Silverman
