"Funny Ha Ha" basks in the crunch and the grain, the fuzzy dead air and lurching rhythms of ultra-independent, no-budget, grab-a-camera-and-shoot-your-friends moviemaking. It's "Slacker" as an unrequited romance, maddeningly discursive yet tightly structured, dotted with characters in their early- to mid-20s whose stunning ineloquence makes you wonder if English was taught at the top-dollar universities from which they've recently graduated. The film's title means nothing, though it provides an enticing clue to the dangling, non sequitur pleasures winding through this shapeless and utterly seductive charmer about quiet heartache. Read the full review
Marnie has left college, but not her drinking habits nor her bad taste in bad men. What's more, Marnie can't seem to find a permanent job. It would be sad if it weren't so funny.
Director: Andrew Bujalski
Starring: Andrew Bujalski, Kate Dollenmajer, Christian Rudder, Jennifer L Schaper, Mark Herlehy
Run time: 90 minutes
Release date: April 29, 2005
Rating: Not rated. Profanity, adult situations.
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Austin American-Statesman: 3 of 5 stars
"Dollenmayer brings an invisible depth to Marnie. We like her and root for her. She's neat and we, like hapless Mitchell, wonder why she's not mobbed by suitors."
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