Review – Strangers with Candy

If only they’d just let Amy Sedaris do her shtick, this would have been a better movie. As it is, the production is an uneven blend of really funny gags stuck into a lame, Comedy-Central-style sitcom. Sedaris plays Jerri, a woman recently paroled after decades behind bars. In order to wake her father from a coma, she resumes her life exactly where she left off: in high school. I’ve never seen the series upon which this movie is based, but I assume this is basically the same story (or at least the same idea). Unfortunately, there’s no easy way to just watch the funny stuff, as it’s sprinkled here and there throughout the picture. Overall it’s worth it, but only because the genuinely humorous parts are quite good indeed. Mildly amusing