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   Rough Cut Critique: 
   Slumber Party
   Critique Type: Initial Rough Critique
   Previous Critiques:
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   Directors:
Jazmine Bizzoco, Venice
                   Ventresca, Crystal Burdet
   Production Company: Xyrus Entertainment
   Expected Rating: R due to profanity
   Distribution: No Exclusive Distribution

   Budget: $15,000

   Genre: Urban Comedy

   Release Dates: August 21, 2005

   Website: Xyrus Entertainment
   Trailer: Windows format

   Review Date: October 15, 2005

   Reviewed By: Kari Ann Morgan

It's party time!

When Naomi is asked to take care of her Uncle Bob's house in Palm Springs for the weekend, she decides (like most people who get invited to house-sit for a rich relative) to throw a party and have her friends over. But this isn't just any party… it's a girls-only slumber party! Naomi is joined by her airheaded-but-endearing friend Alicia, stuck-up Brittany, and the full-of-attitude Neeci. Together, these four girls plan to have an awesome boy-free weekend together.

However, their plans start to go awry when Rufus (one of Uncle Bob's neighbors) notices that there are a lot of hot young ladies gathering at one house at the same time. Determined to somehow get in on this girls-only party, he calls up all of his friends and tells them about the party. Answering this call to potential female companionship are Gary and Cary, twin brothers who are determined to get to the party from their home in South Central LA…despite having no mode of transportation.

When they finally meet up with Rufus, the threesome are faced with their daunting task: try to come up with a way to get into a party full of hot chicks where there are no boys allowed.

In order to have a slumber party,
Naomi will have to get past her aunt...
...and keep her friends from
bringing over any boys.

Content
There are several funny scenes in this film. Rufus not only knows where the best parties are at any given time, he's also the man with the "ultimate" hookup (a whole house full of hot women!), but when he tries to call his friends to tell them about it, none of them know who he is or what he's talking about. He calls three or four other guys (cameoed by local LA celebrity radio DJs Tha' Goodfellas and rappers Crooked I and Tha Realest), trying to convince them that he really is one of their friends and that there's an awesome party going down. The only people he succeeds in convincing are Gary and Cary. (This situation is hilariously mirrored at the end of the movie when a guy calls Rufus up, asking if he knows where any good parties are going on. Rufus has no clue who this guy is, and hangs up in the middle of his explanation.)

Gary and Cary have several mishaps during their journey to Palm Springs. With no car and determined not to take the bus, they set off on their bikes. Before long, they are carjacked (or rather bike-jacked) by a group of Super-Soaker-toting kids. At a loss for what to do next, they decide to carjack the first car that comes along, which is then promptly jacked from them five minutes later. Throughout the film, these two reminded me of an urban version of characters from a Farrelly brothers movie.


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