Today’s writer shows us how approaching a subject matter from an angle that’s never been done before can make your script instantly interesting. Amateur Friday Submission Process: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, a PDF of the first ten pages of your script, your title, genre, [...]
Adam Zopf, the man who figured out a way to make every high school graduate in the world fear coming back to their ten year reunion, is back with a darker more personal tale. Genre: Indie Dark Comedy Premise: A young man who sees his dead girlfriend wherever he goes tries to start dating again. [...]
Today’s screenplay has been gaining a lot of heat lately since the attachment of Bill Murray. But is the main character too unlikable to save the sweet character piece? Genre: Dramedy Premise: When a struggling single mother and her oddball son move next door to an aging angry neighbor, the son and the neighbor form [...]
In Bruges is one of those movies that you’re supposed to like if you’re a film nerd. Saying you don’t instantly loses you credibility. I guess I just lost credibility. I’m not sure it’s the script so much as Colin Farrell’s acting. I can never understand what the hell the guy’s saying and I don’t [...]
Genre: Dark ComedyPremise: A sex-addicted former car magnate tries to put his life back together.About: Solitary Man stars Michael Douglas, Mary-Louise Parker, Susan Sarandon, Jenna Fischer, Danny DeVito, Jesse Eisenberg, and is directed by David Levien & Brian Koppelman. The sex-addicted character of Ben is one that Douglas understands well as he was diagnosed with [...]
Guess who’s back? Back again. Guess who’s back. Tell a friend! It’s Roger Balfour capitalizing on all the vampire mania with a review of Bubba Ho-Tep’s sequel: Hubba Bubba Something’s In The Tubba! Or something like that. I like when Roger reviews scripts because he always sees the best in them. It’s a reminder that [...]
Genre: Drama (Dark Comedy)Premise: A couple of friends plan out a relaxing weekend vacation, but get involved with a party of wealthy snobs on the verge of a wedding instead.About: This will be Max Winkler’s directing debut. It will star Jesse Eisenberg (Adventureland) and Michael Anagarano (Snow Angels) and be produced by Jason Reitman (director [...]
Genre: Dark ComedyPremise: The aftermath of a bank robbery told backwards.About: This script was originally a finalist at the Austin Film Festival where it gained the attention of producer Barry Josephson. Soonafter, the script was sold to Fox Atomic. So for those of you wondering where to allocate this year’s screenplay contest money, AFF might [...]
note: If you know nothing about this script, I suggest you download it before reading anything below. The beginning plays out much better if you do. Genre: Sci-Fi Dark ComedyPremise: An alien who lives on Earth in female form searches desperately for a way back to her home planet. Best watch yourself E.T.About: So on [...]
Genre: Sci-fi Dark ComedySynopsis: A spacecraft transporting thousands of people to a distant planet has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. As a result, a single passenger is awakened 90 years before anyone else. Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he wakes up a second passenger that he’s fallen [...]
Genre: DramaSynopsis: Goodfellas meets 21.About: Don’t know much about this one other than it’s damn good writing.Writer: Steven Feder Behold……the passive hero. In screenwriting, to even mention the words “passive” and “hero” in the same sentence can get you blacklisted (and not in the good way). Development execs have been known to kill screenwriters who [...]
