iCrime

USA 2011
produced by
Scott Bridges, Richard Ford, Joseph Itaya, Paul W. Hazen (executive), Som Sengupta (executive), Bears Fonté (co) for Sure Crossing Films
directed by Bears Fonté
starring Sara Fletcher, Travis Brorsen, Kelly Noonan, Leah McKendrick, Christie Burson, Alex Petrovitch, Bradley Fletcher, Griff Furst, Katherine Randolph, Gabriel Jarret, Scott Bridges, Christopher Goodman, Grandison M.Phelps IV, Chadbourne Hamblin, Heather Nichols, Judy Ho, Victoria Masina, Mike Mauloff, Melodee Lynn Holsinger, Lars Francisco, Anya Assante, James Austin Kerr
written by Bears Fonté, music by Richard Ford

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Carrie (Sara Fletcher) is one of the many country girls who has come to Hollywood to become famous, but so far, she hasn't amounted to too much, she has moved in with her semi-famous cousin Stefy (Kelly Noonan) in exchange for taking care of a few things like retrieving a leaked sex tape, she has become a celebrity spy for celebrity blogger Echo (Katherine Randolph), and she has become a blogger herself, and has even picked herself a favourite enemy, fellow blogger and wannabe celebrity Jordan (Leah McKendrick), a girl that's so fake it's not even funny anymore.

Then though Jordan is abducted, live on camera, and Carrie knows the whole thing is fake from square one. So she hooks up with her new boyfriend Zeffer (Travis Brorsen) and fellow blogger Raychel (Christie Burson), a personal enemy of Jordan, to track down the alledged abductee and prove she's still alive and kicking and most of all, free. Our three heroes succeed much sooner than even they would have thought, but before Carrie has even had the chance to blog about it, Jordan has beaten her to the punch, apologizing to her fans and making sure that everybody knows it was Carrie who has found out. Right after her apology though, the guys who have played her abductors in the prank performance abduct her for real - and now it's up to Carrie to find her, no matter if the whole thing is just another setup or not ...

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Granted, my synopsis might make iCrime sound overconvoluted and far-fetched - but in fact it is a fun film. Basically, the whole thing comes across in the guise of a mystery plot, but on closer inspection it is a spot-on satire on present-day Hollywood with all its superficiality, the blogosphere, internet haters, reality TV and the whole notion of being famous for being famous - and interestingly, all of this makes perfect sense within the framework of a genre movie, especially since director Baers Fonté seems to understand his subject and refrains from using the internet as some kind of magic wand like way too many other productions that touch blogging and the like. Add to this a very likeable cast playing well fleshed-out characters, and you got yourself a hugely enjoyable movie.

Recommended.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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