VIFF: Colma The Musical

If you don't secretly enjoy musical theater you might find it hard to enjoy this film. Centering around three bored suburban teens in that limbo between high school and Real Life, and the problems they each have in coming to terms with the meaning of life.

They often do it in song, and the songs are mostly fun for the first half of the show as they walk along the streets of their home town.

The scene with "Hulk Hogan" in the bar is huge, with singing and dancing and drinking, and up to and including that scene, all is light and fun and inconsequential. Things take a darker turn as one character finds love and another is thrown out of his house by his father.

Worth seeing, but you could easily leave at the 90 minute mark and be just fine.

Check out the soundtrack teaser at the film's MySpace page.

VIFF Screenings
Fri, Sep 29, 7:00 pm. Empire Granville 7
Mon, Oct 9, 9:30 pm, Pacific Cinematheque