Movie Review: And Now a Word from Our Sponsor

And Now a Word from Our Sponsor
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Parker Posey, Allie MacDonald, Callum Blue, Rhys Ward, Allison Dawn Doiron
Director: Zack Bernbaum
Adman Productions, USA 2013

Ad agency CEO Adan Kundle (Bruce Greenwood) collapses and wakes in a hospital. He can only speak using advertising slogans. Adan also wants watch only TV ads. Hospital's charity Karen (Parker Posey) worker takes him to live in her house while he is waiting for a place in psychiatric rehab facility. Karen also has a teenage daughter Meghan (Alli MacDonald) who is not happy when Adan moves in. Karen has to learn to be a better mother to her daughter.

Adan likes to watch ads

Adan and Karen on a meeting with Lucas

Vice President of the firm, Lucas Foster (Callum Blue) conspires to take over Adan's firm. He has to show that Adan is mentally unable to run the firm. The firm has to create an ad campaign for Senator Allen, and Adan invents a slogan the senator likes. Lucas gets annoyed and tries to get Karen to say that Adan is not fit to run the firm.

Lucas is not a nice guy

Meghan and Karen having fun

The movie is a light indie comedy/drama with funny concept, however it did not get good reviews. There is also a deeper level, for the characters the advertisements presents a perfect Utopia-like world. Even the arrogant Lucas seems to grow a bit in the end. Bruce Greenwood plays well a weird ad man, and there is a hilarious scene when he goes to car shop and recites a perfect car ad.

Rating: Good