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Year
2006
Runtime
100 min.
Director
Richard Wong
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Musical
Rating *
6.5
Votes *
412
Checks
28
Favs
2
Dislikes
1
Favs/checks
7.1% (1:14)
Favs/dislikes
2:1
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    Siskoid

    When it comes to cheaply-made indie movies, several genres come to mind - horror, sci-fi, mumblecore - but a musical?! Colma: The Musical gets bonus points for being ballsy enough to attempt it, but regardless of its origins, I quite like it. Colma is one of San Francisco's outlying towns, a sleepy suburban dead end town, to hear the characters talk about it. Three friends, just out of high school, dreaming of better things, but will they ever get out of Colma? (And in a metaphorical sense, of their teens?) Their stories are slice of life stuff with a layer of comedy on top, but it doesn't mind going for hard dramatic beats. And of course, it's a musical, with pretty fun songs. They are under-produced, befitting the budget here, but that fits this world perfectly. Just kids, singing their lives, in an under-producing town. We don't need big orchestras, or rather, we just don't have them in Colma. Nevertheless, the film has fun with it, finds amusing ways to stage its numbers (and it DOES have big choreographed numbers in addition to more intimate songs), and is even a little meta about it, which I like. 1 year 6 months ago
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