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List Price: $24.96 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 19691
Released: September 16, 2008 |
| Our Price: $19.25 |
| Used Price: $0.67 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
In this offbeat, hilarious comedy that proves life can always get a little worse, Lisa Kudrow stars as Leslie, a struggling army wife trying to balance work, two out-of-control kids, and a never-ending pile of bills on her own. At her wit's end, she begrudgingly asks her out-of-work brother-in-law, Salman (Scott Prendergast), to move in and lend a hand until her husband comes home. But if dealing with his two rowdy nephews isn't hard enough, Salman also takes a part-time job as the faceless blue corporate mascot for a dying Internet company. Between the boredom, the sweltering heat of his post, and the unique challenges of his "uniform," life for Salman is a constant struggle to maintain his sanity.
Kabluey Reviews:
Horrible, Horrible, HORRIBLE!!!! 
2009-11-30 - I don't get it!? All 12 reviewers before me give KABLUEY very high marks. I purchased this film on a friend's recommendation and took it to dinner at the home of a couple of other friends. After eating a great meal we sat down to enjoy the movie. Somehow we knew we were in trouble around the first fifteen minutes, or so. We just didn't connect with the rather weak story, the contrived characters or the extremely flat production. About 40-minutes in we determined there was no way things would get better, so we decided to call it quits. But after stopping the DVD we wanted to see how the movie ended, so we popped it back in the player and went to the last few chapters. It turns out we were pretty much on the money in predicting how it would end. So, in addition to being hopelessly boring, it also suffered from a bad and totally predictable screenplay. KABLUEY was an unfortunate waste of time that tried very hard to get laughs and failed miserably. I would give in no stars if I could.
Kabluey is awesome! 
2009-10-07 - This is a movie that's funny, smart, and slightly odd. I thought the casting for this movie, and the chemistry between all the actors was amazingly great. This has been my go-to movie to bring to friend's movie nights, and it's always been a big hit.
a place we've all been
2009-10-02 - Kabluey, written and directed by Scott Prendergast is one of our family's favorite movies. Prendergast brings his characteristic perspective to a feature film, starring in it as he does many of his shorts (The Delicious, Anna is Being Stalked, etc.). I will leave the plot summary to some of the other reviews (perhaps i should review the reviews). Both humorous and heartbreaking at times, the underlying message of this film is the strength in family, even when they may seem to be your biggest obstacles. The film quality is very professional, and Lisa Kudrow is at her usual best. The great thing about watching non-formulaic independent films as compared to big blockbusters is that you really don't predict what may happen. As an avid movie watcher, it's too easy to predict to the minute what is going to happen and when. The characters in Kabluey are real, and face things we all face, deployments, alienation from family, hideously torturous children to whom you are related and from whom you may not escape, marital affairs, everything but shrieking eels and ROUS's. Like the great character actors you will see peppered throughout this movie (Teri Garr, Conchita Ferrell) the characters within the film are funny and interesting. Prendergast can speak volumes with his facial expressions alone and you can read the very thoughts going through his characters face that you hear being spoken inside your head when you are stuck in odd and intractable situations beyond both your control and understanding. Is this your typical family movie? maybe not, but it suits ours perfectly and has held up well with repeated veiwings. and in the end, if you dont agree, its just a movie . . .
wonderful!!!!!
2009-10-02 - My friend Robert Byrd invited me over to a friend's house to watch this movie. We had a lovely dinner and then we popped the movie in.
I found this movie to be charming, provocative and hilarious. A truly wonderful film.
Robert, however, was having a completely different experience. He's written his own review on here. I should probably mention that Robert worked in high school as a mascot. And that while handing out flyers on a deserted road in Nevada, he was abducted by aliens. When he returned "20 months later" (which we all said was more like 15 minutes!) he claimed they had performed all sorts of horrible, horrible experiments on him. And now he can "levitate" and he talks directly to the pope through re-broadcasts of the David Letterman show, and what have you.
That's all really beside the point, I guess. We never should have watched this delightful movie with Robert. It just brought up FAR too many bad memories.
Did I mention that during the entire dinner AND movie Robert was wearing a Mike Tyson mask? Never a dull moment.
Anyway - Robert became so enraged and unruly that we had to STOP the movie. (We met later that night after Robert had "flown away" (on his bicycle) and finished the movie.)
Again, the movie is delightful. But I wouldn't recommend watching it with persons who have had contact with aliens.
I can't help but wonder about Robert now. Where he is - what he's doing. I know he had a cabin in the mountains from which he likes to write Amazon reviews and practice his "jumping exercises."
Look, I'm in love with him, the crazy fool. I don't care what the aliens did to him. I love him. Two people, falling in love. It's natural. As natural as peas and carrots.
I'm sorry, I had to take a nap and lie down but i'm ready to finish this review now.
I loved this movie, Kabluey. And every time I watch the full price copy I purchased on Amazon I cry and cry like a little girl.
Robert is invisible, did I mention that?
Help me find him - won't you? Please - buy a copy of this movie and walk the streets with it - calling out his name.
It's the only hope I have left.
Thank you
Sincerely,
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Awkward and I Loved it.
2009-05-21 - Some of the best movies are not the popular star studded extravaganzas we are exposed to. If you are looking for a real moment this is the movie. Enjoy!
Jeff
