Review of The Slammin' Salmon (2009) by Emily A — 30 Nov 2010
This movie reminds me a lot of Waiting... although it seems much less mean-spirited, somehow. The plot revolves around the wait staff of a restaurant who are pushed to sell-sell-sell to make up the money thier boss - the ex-heavyweight champ of the boxing world - lost in a bet to the Yakuza.
Michael Clarke Duncan is an absolute comedic genius, and brings a playful and somewhat childish menace to Cleon Salmon and his nuanced naivety. But everybody is great in this, and Kevin Heffernan appears to have a great flair for visual composition and colour.
The script in this movie is hilarious, and each character is very human as an individual and very believable as part of a team. The actors and thus characters have great rapport with each other. Oh man, this movie is delightful.
I don't always strike gold in the cheap movie bins at Blockbusters, but the movie gods did indeed smile upon me.
This review of The Slammin' Salmon (2009) was written by Emily A on 30 November 2010.
The Slammin' Salmon has generally received mixed reviews.
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