Baghead

Name: Baghead
Genre: Drama, Horror, Comedy, Romance
Released: July 25, 2008
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Greta Gerwig, Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis

2008

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: July 25, 2008 | R

Starring: Greta Gerwig, Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis

Summary: While the Duplass Brothers were shooting their last feature film The Puffy Chair, a crew member raised the question “what’s the scariest thing you can think of?” Someone immediately said “a guy with a bag on his head staring into your window.” Some agreed,
but some thought it was downright ridiculous and, if anything, funny (but definitelyWhile the Duplass Brothers were shooting their last feature film The Puffy Chair, a crew member raised the question “what’s the scariest thing you can think of?” Someone immediately said “a guy with a bag on his head staring into your window.” Some agreed,
but some thought it was downright ridiculous and, if anything, funny (but definitely not scary). Thus, BAGHEAD was born, an attempt to take the absurdly low-concept idea of a “guy with a bag on his head” and make a funny, truthful, endearing film that, maybe, just maybe, was a little bit scary, too. (Sony Pictures Classics)… Expand

Director: Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass

Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 84 min

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Shawn Levy

Baghead has a nearly documentary quality that infuses it with a sense of heightened stakes and real peril. In a characteristically offhanded way, it's cunningly skillful. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

Baghead is a kick in the pants. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Kind of funny and kind of scary, Baghead's central horror motif is merely a structure on which to hang its four-character story about the depth of relationships and the drive to find meaningful work. Read full review

Michael Ordona

The filmmakers maintain a delicate balance that generates tension on multiple levels, including sexual. They giddily mix genres, but Baghead, part meta-cinematic comedy, part relationship drama and part horror movie, remains rooted in reality. Read full review

David Edelstein

Too bad the movies collapses at the end when we find out what's really going on. Baghead is so much more vivid when it's indefinite. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

A very short and cheerfully scruffy comedy-thriller. Read full review

Robert Wilonsky

It's an indie about indies--meta, right? Read full review

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D-Slice

Apr 22, 2012

I really enjoyed Baghead, the first film from the Duplass Brothers that I have seen. It is a nice, simple premise film that makes it seem like a good enough filmmaker can make a movie out of any premise and still make it enjoyable. But Baghead's most positive factor is that the charactersI really enjoyed Baghead, the first film from the Duplass Brothers that I have seen. It is a nice, simple premise film that makes it seem like a good enough filmmaker can make a movie out of any premise and still make it enjoyable. But Baghead's most positive factor is that the characters exist in a reality, full of awkward moments, humor, and surprising bursts of actually scary moments (although not overtly and not in excess) that I really enjoyed. Steve Zissis provides a particularly funny performance and Greta Gerwig is always fun to watch, especially because this was when she was in her early, breakout indie films. I feel like Steve Zissis could have gone on to bigger roles in bigger films, but, ah. In short, this is a breezy, funny, real, admirably small, and kinda scary film, and that is something to cherish.… Expand

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DirigiblePulp

Dec 1, 2017

Here we have a group of friends heading out to a cabin in the woods to write a horror movie. Then things start to "REALLY" happen. Of course this is a Duplass Brothers movie so it's not really a horror movie and is much more a comedy about characters and their relationships. Pretty fun, ifHere we have a group of friends heading out to a cabin in the woods to write a horror movie. Then things start to "REALLY" happen. Of course this is a Duplass Brothers movie so it's not really a horror movie and is much more a comedy about characters and their relationships. Pretty fun, if mostly airless and slight.… Expand

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conschobhar

Oct 4, 2010

I rather liked this film. The cast is awesome! Greta Gerwig is a charming scene-stealer here as she was in house of the devil. Ross Partridge and Steve Zissis are adorable as two long-time buds.

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JayH.

Dec 18, 2008

Good effort, but overall it just didn't work for me. The cast does a good job, and the low budget doesn't hinder the film, I just never found it engrossing.

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JimG.

Jan 10, 2009

Smug pretense about smug pretense is a whole bunch o' nothin.

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