The film of the Wayans brothers "Chalun" is not the first where the brothers work tirelessly. Two in the frame, the third in the director's chair. That is, Marlon and Sean we see, and Kinen Ivory - not.
Previously, these two black guys were already in the role of white chicks, even earlier Marlon had already crooked in the role of Locke Dog and even then crooked “without feelings” (so to speak). . . So the path is familiar.
But I didn't take it from there. Here is a much closer approach to the franchise “Very Scary Movie”. Not in spirit, but in acting. In addition to the Wayans here and Lochlyn Munro - and also in the role of Greg! . And "Dave Sheridan" Here Bandit, played the role of Dufi. Molly Shannon from the fourth and fifth parts. Brittany Daniel came here from White Chickens. . .
The plot is parallel lines that intersect. On the one hand, this is a couple whose boyfriend dreams of a child, and the girl dreams of a career. And on the other - Lilliput Calvin, released from prison and has already robbed a jewelry salon. So the diamond is in the purse Vanessa, and Calvin himself soon in a puppy basket in the form of a foundling. And of course no one knows. In Calvin, no one recognizes an adult. Even the police. What do you mean? And this ridiculous dualism will continue until the climax. But here's the key word 'funny'! And the brothers can laugh. .
Calvin was filmed using two dwarfs with Marlon's face on them. And for the zeros, it is a miracle. .
However, I can’t put “high” on this film. That's what I'd do. An abundance of stupidities still made this film so that it is perceived as a child. It shouldn't be like that. I guess. It's not a joke for children's eyes. . .
I highly recommend this film to those who haven’t seen it yet. As they say, this is zero, baby! And at zero, the Wayans brothers were funny. And they did it with constancy.
I'll tell you what about the family: I didn't know her, and I'm not going to know!
Nice comedy with elements of detective, action movie with a drop of drama. In general, the bundle of two brothers Marlon and Sean Wayans is magnificent and genius.
This film breaks patterns and comedies with blacks: there is no wild vulgarity (except for a couple of moments, but there it was not emphasized). A fairly simple and standard scenario, except for one small highlight in the form of Calvin. Some points I wanted to review, because his kind and naive humor causes a genuine smile.
An interesting fact is how Kelvin’s dwarfism was filmed: the head of one actor, and the body of two other “doublers” really is dwarfish. Responsible approach to photography.
The film is bright, colorful, many characters are used, each, even episodic, is very well worked out. This speaks to the talent of director Keenenen Ivory Wayans and the fact that a family contract in one industry can benefit and squeeze the viewer a great product. The pair of three brothers turned out a worthy movie with its character and handwriting.
The guys simply moved away from modern clichés with excessive tolerance, laughed at their brothers by skin color: and kindly, using some already traditional jokes in the form of rap, excessive emotionality, quick temper. But in the end, we still saw not gangsters and bandits, but ordinary people who also want family happiness, warmth and care of loved ones.
Stephen Bernstein, the cameraman of the picture, not for the first time worked with the Wayans brothers, so he perfectly understood what and how to do it. Therefore, we saw the angle of the short Kelvin, and the frames “from the third person”, and the dynamics in the right places.
It should be noted that the film as a whole looks very vivid, organic and cheerful: there are practically no slow and drawn-out moments. With this energy, the film really does not leave a melancholy, romantic and dull mood. Quite the opposite: charges with energy and positivity, like every movie of this family contract.
10 out of 10
Be careful when picking up babies, who knows, maybe this is not a baby at all. .
The film is quite funny, although some moments in it caused confusion. For example, what kind of robbery is committed in broad daylight, especially when it comes to expensive things? This one. The second was using hacking tools that were demonstrated in the film to make sound. How could people scurrying back and forth not hear that sound? Three. Very abnormal behavior of the child (jargon, vulgar antics) + age marks. You could guess that this is not a child, but a real man. Many facts testified to this. Fourth. The diamond is quite large, and he, swallowing, could suffocate, but no, as if nothing happened, everything is done, and calmly (without any damage!) empties it back into the light. .
Mostly, it caused negative emotions, but the film is quite fun, genre ' comedy', justified. But what are Kell's grimaces worth in a certain situation? It was just a smile. That's all. The moment on the hockey mast made me laugh.
But a sad motif was also noticed by me - the birthday, when Kell's thoughts were voiced. Perhaps if he had parents, not even like our heroes, he would still have grown up different, not as bad as we saw.
And, to sum up, the film is not bad. He can really make you laugh. But some moments will still seem less plausible, so the impression, it is likely, because of this, too, can spoil.
Another comedy from the Wayans brothers - won my heart, and yours will conquer too, do not doubt. After all, a really fun, life-loving comedy, like most of the Wayans Brothers comedies. Thank you very much for your warm and kind childhood memories.
"With these toys you will be left without eggs!"
Two criminals steal a diamond in a jewelry store, one of them throws it into the purse of Vanessa Edwards (Kerry Washington) whose husband is not a particularly experienced father, Darryl Edwards (Sean Waynes) but dreams of becoming a father, which is a deep mistake, or even because of his desire to become a father takes a small, child-like real criminal Calvin Sims (Marlon Waynes). Darryl and Vanessa decide to take the “baby” to their house and begin to take care of him in every possible way. Without wasting time, Calvin's partner, Percy (Tracy Morgan) tries to retrieve a stolen, expensive diamond. . .
"What's so funny that you're giggling?"
You're drinking Jennifer's breast milk.
Let's move on to the pluses of the film project of Keenen Ivory Wayans, "Chalun".
For starters, actors, consistently acting. Sometimes musical soundtracks, and all sorts of melodies... Humor is high. The plot is good, without excess.
Let's move on to the disadvantages of the film project of Keenenen Ivory Wayans, "Chalun".
I have not noticed a single negative.
“My wife will kill me when she finds out!”
- My advice is not to say a word. I once forgot Bobby in the moon park, and told my father that he was in camp, won a week.
A very, very funny and funny film, just for family viewing, you will always remember only with good memories, memories are invaluable. I watch the movie myself, probably three times a year. What is relevant and will never lose its role in cinematography, like a good comedy. I recommend "Shaloon" for family viewing.
Cinematic family of the Wayans brothers forever immortalized its name thanks to the creation of the franchise “Scarce Movie”, which parodied the most popular films of the world box office. After filming the first two parts of the project under their undivided control, the brothers ended their collaboration with producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein in order to once again feel complete creative freedom. It is worth noting that in each of his tapes and before and after “Scarious movie” The Wayans promote a specific African-American culture, ridiculing the most radical aspects of it, such as drug use, armed robberies and confrontation with biased police officers. White filmmakers might not get away with it in a tolerant America, but the black race, the Wayans, can make movies about their fellow Americans in a variety of ways. In 2006, the brothers released their next project called "Shaloon". By tradition, the director's chair was taken by the older brother, Kinen Ivory Wayans. The title roles went to Marlon (the star of the family) and Sean Wayans. It's also worth noting that all three brothers were responsible for the script, not to mention the producer function. The budget of the film was quite impressive $ 64 million, which allowed without any problems to recreate all the most unusual ideas of the filmmakers, resorting to both computer graphics and workshop editing. However, for all the popularity of the Wayans and an extensive advertising campaign, Chaloon did not become a real hit, gaining recognition mainly in the home video world. Perhaps the reason for this is the orientation to the family audience, which the brothers did not recognize in principle before. “Chaloon” lost a lot of sharp socio-racial jokes, which brought Wayans fame. I do not doubt that this film also lacks simple humor, but still “Chalun” is a hooligan film only partially. But is that a bad thing?
So, the plot of the film tells us the story of the newly released criminal Calvin (Marlon Wayans). The character of our hero is growth. Even though he is in his 30s, Calvin looks like a young child, which he often uses in his profession. Just after leaving the correctional facility, our hero gets involved in another adventure with a not too lucky friend Percy (Tracy Morgan). The main goal of the operation is a huge diamond intended for sale to a tough mobster (Chazz Palminteri). Miraculously getting what they want, the heroes, because of the danger of detection, hide a stone in the purse of Vanessa (Kerry Washington) passing by. After tracking her, the bandits find out that the heroine, along with her fiancé, Darryl (Sean Wayans) are planning to have a child. It is from this situation that a plan is born - to throw Calvin to respectable Americans under the guise of a child, and he, in turn, without noise and dust, must return the diamond back. But, as always, not everything goes by oil.
The main attraction and feature of the picture is Calvin performed by Marlon Wayans. In all tacit and unknown ways, technicians from a huge adult man have created almost a small innocent child, leaving us only the familiar face of the main actor. By itself, the idea of such a reincarnation looks rather silly, but the originality of it cannot be taken away. Well, the perception of the picture largely depended on the advertising campaign, because all the salt of the project could leak if the role of Calvin would be called a real dwarf, like the popular Tony Cox. And so all the attention gets Marlon Wayans. Many may think that behind the desire for technical experiments, Shaloun is losing its artistic dignity. But this is just the case when the visual component successfully complements the overall plot, without blocking the development of the narrative with its demonstration. Well, as for the jokes themselves, of course, the main character has to restrain his adult gut and play the role of an unhappy abandoned child in public. Don’t expect the Wyans to be completely sterile. Kid Calvin at the first best opportunity will climb sexy ladies in the bra, beat adult men in the face, and just get all the people in the range of his action. But why does he need it, because the whole operation can be done in one day? Well, it's a Wayans comedy. How else?
In addition to Marlon and Sean Wayans in the frame there were several quite iconic actors who decorated with their participation “Shaloon”. The most serious member of the cast was Chazz Palminteri. The basis of his career were the images of tough criminal tycoons in the likeness of a role in the famous “Bronx history”. For Shaloon, Palminteri did not change his role and again showed himself as a burned-out mafia without a sense of compassion. The main female role was played by Kerry Washington. At the time of filming the picture of the Wayans she was quite popular, but not a star actress. However, time has shown her talent and now she is at the forefront of newspapers and magazines thanks to “Django Liberated”. Also in the film took part and popular comedian Tracy Morgan, for whom at that time participation in a full-fledged Hollywood movie was simply necessary for the development of his career. It is also worth noting the presence in the frame of an old friend of the Wayans on the first “Scarce Movie”, Loclin Munro, for whom participation in the projects of the brothers became the pinnacle of his career. And finally, please fans of Rob Schneider, who received a small but charming cameo, which added to his collection of roles of small losers.
In the end, I want to say that "Shaloon" turned out to be a fairly democratic film, where the frank vulgarity is smoothed out by the atmosphere of a warm family movie. Of course, I personally expected the Wayans to be a traditional radical, but their experience in such a rather shy expensive movie from a huge Hollywood studio deserves to exist. Subsequently, they will find themselves again thanks to the black in every sense of the comedy “House with Paranormal Phenomena”, but still “Chaloon” is a good comedy that will not make you think, but will be able to distract the annoying frailty of existence. At least for an hour and a half.
7 out of 10
I watch every comedy of these talented and famous brothers with uninterrupted wild laughter, as was the case with Shaloon. I do not understand how you can scold this film, well, there is a Kievan, it is good, not many actors have such a chic facial expressions as Marlon Wayans, there are vulgar / class jokes in the film and that, I see nothing wrong with this! And so enough family comedies where everything is decent and no one swears, but damn it probably pisses me off in them, because it does not happen! For me, comedies like Shaloon and Don’t Threaten the South Central are like a breath of air! I think there is no point in praising this beautiful comedy because a huge number of people know that the film is gorgeous, but as always with the Wayans brothers, well, I just have to put the deserved assessment of this film.
10 out of 10