Fanboys

I SALUTE YOU DIE-HARD STAR WARS FANS!...AND, WELL, THESE GUYS TOO. My Rating: **** - Great

Who knew that one group of George Lucas fans would go so far just to see a movie? Well, in the new film "Fanboys", you see that these fans are die-hard ones in this very funny and interesting story. The plot is about a group of friends who are big Star Wars fans and when one of the friends, Linus(Chris Marquette) gets cancer and has about 4 months to live, they decide to do something they had been talking about doing since the 5th grade...go to the Skywalker Ranch(George Lucas's office and film headquarters) and try to steal Episode one(the film takes place in late 1998 about 6 months before the release of "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace"). So basically they go on this wild road trip that slowly turns into a crazy and unforgettable adventure that they referred to as their "Death Star". There are many parts that are actually funny and don't need to be seriously nasty just to get a laugh out of you. The acting is pretty good for the most part. They all seem like recent college graduates who are Star Wars fans but sometimes their performance is not enough to suck you into the movie. The very funny and well-built story line carry on through most of the movie and you get to see them get into a brawl with some "Star Trek" fans and one of them tries to call time-out and you see them get signaled to pull-over but the driver ends up pressing a "hyper-speed" button built into his car and go super-fast and crash into a billboard and the hole is the shape of Darth Vader's helmet and the rear lights of the van look like his eyes. But, even after all of that, towards the end it tends to focus on the deeper pieces of the film and it's almost like they are putting a cherry on top of a giant mound of ice-cream. Overall, the movie is funny and well-rounded and especially Star Wars fans like me along with everyone else, should watch this and probably will become fanboys of "Fanboys".

Starring: Sam Huntington Director: Kyle Newman
Chris Marquette
Dan Fogler
Jay Brauchel
Kristin Bell