LolliLove

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LolliLove
DVD cover featuring Gunn and Fischer
Directed byJenna Fischer
Screenplay byJenna Fischer
Peter Alton
James Gunn
(uncredited)
Story byJenna Fischer
Produced byStephen Blackehart
StarringJames Gunn
Jenna Fischer
Linda Cardellini
Jason Segel
Judy Greer
Lloyd Kaufman
CinematographyPeter Alton
Edited byPeter Alton
Music byWillie Wisely
Peter Alton
Production
company
LolliLove Productions
Distributed byTroma Entertainment
Release dates
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,500

LolliLove is a 2004 American

homeless by giving them lollipops
with a cheery slogan on the wrapper.

Production

The film stars James Gunn, Fischer's then-husband, and Peter Alton, who were also co-writers, though about half of the film's dialogue was improvised by the cast. Fischer talked about the creative process behind the film in an interview with a St. Louis magazine:

I started by writing a plot outline. I invited my friends over to the house and I filmed us acting out the scenes. At that point, all of the dialogue was improvised. I gave very general character notes and people just ran with it. I used the tapes to write the script. I expanded the characters and streamlined the dialogue. I found some things that worked and some that didn’t. We all met about six months later to shoot the film. We had a full script at that time. I still encouraged improvisation and some of our best stuff is improvised. But I made sure we did scene as scripted at least once. That way, I knew I had the right material for editing.[1]

The film mixes fact and fiction: Gunn's and Fischer's characters are named James and Jenna Gunn, the film was shot in their actual home, and it incorporates footage from their real-life wedding and home movies.[1]

TromaDance Film Festival in 2005,[3] and screened during the Cannes Film Festival market in May 2006.[4] It was released on DVD by Troma Entertainment
on March 7, 2006.

Cast

Reception

The film received mostly positive reviews. A reviewer for

Troma Films, and credits director Fischer with infusing "the terribly tricky genre with just the right amount of raucous realism."[5] In Film Threat, the film is described as "so damned believable that it’s difficult, at times, to watch. Director Jenna Fischer has done a remarkable job here and if she continues on this esoteric and off-beat path she may find herself among the ranks of Christopher Guest and company."[6] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club found it "funny, smart and casually satirical," but noted, "even at sixty-five minutes it still feels a little padded, like a killer short film on steroids."[7]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hackbarth, Adam (December 16, 2005). "The Lollilove interview - Jenna Fischer". PlaybackSTL.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Williams, Joe (March 18, 2005). "St. Louis theaters become an import-export market". Talking Pictures. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO). p. E1. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
  3. ^ "Lollilove.Net (official site)". Lollilove.net. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009.
  4. ^ a b Nesselson, Lisa (June 14, 2006). "LolliLove". Variety.
  5. ^ Gibron, Bill (February 9, 2006). "LolliLove". dvdtalk.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2006. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  6. ^ Curry, Christopher (February 7, 2006). "LolliLove (DVD)". Film Threat. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011.
  7. ^ Rabin, Nathan (August 6, 2007). "The A.V. Club Blog Dispatches From Direct To DVD Purgatory: Lollilove, Grilled and The Big White". The A.V. Club.
  8. ^ ""The Office" Cast Bios". NBC.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2009. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
  9. ^ "TromaDance Press Conference at the American Film Market 2005". Tromadance.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011.

External links

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