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Directed by | Drake Doremus |
Produced by | Jonathan Schwartz Marius Markevicius |
Written by | Andrew Dickler Drake Doremus Jonathan Schwartz Lindsay Stidham |
Starring | Andrew Dickler Ben York Jones Marguerite Moreau |
Music by | Casey Immoor Jason Torbert |
Cinematography | Chris Robertson Scott Uhlfelder |
Editing by | Andrew Dickler |
Distributed by | Red Dragon |
Release date(s) | January 22, 2010(Sundance) |
Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Douchebag is a 2010 independent film directed by Drake Doremus. The film is a black comedy set in Los Angeles, focusing on Thomas Nussbaum (Ben York Jones), his older brother Sam Nussbaum (Andrew Dickler) and Sam's fiancée Steph (Marguerite Moreau).
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Originally conceived on spring break in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, the title comes from a brief encounter with a New Orleans native Jared Calcagno. The film is a road movie following the journey of Sam Nussbaum, his fiancee Steph, and Sam's younger brother Tom, an aspiring artist, to Los Angeles for Sam and Steph's wedding.[1] The two brothers had not seen each other for two years prior to the journey and there is bad blood between them.[1] Along the way they try to find Tom's fifth grade girlfriend.[2]
DoucheBag is Doremus' second feature. It was filmed in Santa Monica, Palm Springs and outside Doremus' father's house on the Newport Peninsula.[2]
The film was an official selection for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.[2] The success of the film at the festival led to it being picked up by distributor Red Dragon for a theatrical release in September 2010.[2][3]
Variety's Justin Chang opined that the film "often feels forced and unconvincing", though praising Dickler's film debut as "memorably repellent".[1] Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman called it "a bubblingly sharp and fresh and dark and winning comedy".[4] The Hollywood Reporter called it "a clever DIY comedy".[5] Box Office was less complimentary, calling it "undistinguished, in the sense that its ideas and emotional payloads are both safe and small".[6]