RAH Humor Review: Bottoms Up
by Dave Bealer
Copyright © 2006 Dave Bealer, All Rights Reserved.
Bottoms Up is a direct-to-DVD release starring Paris Hilton and
Jason Mewes (best known as Jay from Jay and Silent Bob Strike
Back).
Jason Mewes plays Owen Peadman, a Minnesota flair bartender who
travels to Hollywood in an attempt to win a $10,000 bartending contest
to save his father's steakhouse. Unable to afford a hotel, Owen stays
with his flamboyantly gay Uncle Earl (played by David Keith, who
steals the movie with his over-the-top performance).
Paris Hilton plays Lisa Mancini, a spoiled little rich girl (what a
stretch) who ends up being Owen's love interest. Owen also ends up
bonding with Lisa's boyfriend, Hayden Field (Brian Hallisay), which
leads to an interesting triangle.
There is a rule somewhere saying Jason Mewes can't appear in any film
without Kevin Smith, who plays Rusty #2, one of two guys named Rusty
who sit around Daddy's steakhouse back home drinking, sleeping and
farting. Exactly who they are is never made clear. And the only
apparent reason there are two of them are so that we can see shots of
Kevin Smith on a telephone saying, "This is Rusty. No, the other one."
This all sounds inane, and it definitely is. But still, there is a
certain chemistry between Mewes and Hallisay that gives the movie a
bit of soul. And David Keith's performance alone may be worth 90
minutes of your time.
It's easy to see why no theatrical release was attempted for this
movie. It would have bombed big time. But if you're really bored this
winter, it might just be worth renting this flick if you happen to
find it.
Dave Bealer is a forty-something mainframe systems programmer who
works with CICS, MVS and all manner of nasty acronyms at one of the
largest heavy metal shops on the East Coast. He shares a waterfront
townhome in Pasadena, MD. with a cat who annoys him endlessly as he
assiduously avoids writing for and publishing Random Access Humor.
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