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Fame-ish
USA 2020
produced by Jeff Nimoy, Kyle Bailey (executive) for The Stoop Productions
directed by Jeff Nimoy
starring Jeff Nimoy, Nikki Boyer, Brian Donovan, Margo Graff, Lex Lang, Allison Powell, Jeffrey L. Weaver, Signe Kiesel, Joe Molloy, Brandon Jensen, Jonathan Fahn, Ric Fischer, Peggy Hurley, Marc Turnes, Jason Stephens, Venice Weaver, Vienna Weaver, Vale Weaver, Viron Weaver, Kyle Bailey (voice)
written by Jeff Nimoy
review by Mike Haberfelner
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** Spoilers ahead! Read at own risk ** Jeff (Nimoy) has made a bit of
a name for himself as a voice actor in such popular anime series as Digimon
and Trigun, but of late he has fallen on hard times as he
has burned all bridges to the anime world while his efforts to make it as
a producer on reality TV shows lead to nought. So he's more than happy to
accept an invitation to an anime convention as a guest star, especially
since it's a paid gig. And at first the convention proves to be an
enormous ego-boost for Jeff, as he's treated like royalty, turns out to be
the biggest star at the event, discovers he can actually sell his
autographs for good money, and he even beds a fangirl, Lana (Margo Graff),
the first night - or at least he tries to bed her, ultimately he's not
able to get it up, and when he learns she's a mere 18, he, after a
freak-out, is even happy he couldn't perform. The next day, at a panel, Jeff meets fellow voice actress
Nikki (Boyer), and he's immediately charmed by her, and vice versa, and
eventually they do spend the night together (with no erectile problems
this time around). Problem is, another voice actor at the con, Brian (Donovan), is actually Nikki's ex, and he would go to any length to
win her back, so he seeds doubt with Nikki, telling her about Jeff's fling
with Lana, and when that doesn't help, enlists the help of Lana to break
up the relationship between Jeff and Nikki - with some success, too. Now
Jeff isn't one to give up on what he considers the love of his life
easily, but that said there's also Lana's dad, his colleague Lex (Lang),
who's not too happy about Jeff running around with his daughter, and Lex
is a rather big guy ... Now above all, one has to give Jeff
Nimoy credit for producing, writing and directing a movie as
self-deprecating as this one - now of course, I know nothing about the
man's private life to know how much of the movie is based on his personal
experiences, but Nimoy plays himself, and he's indeed a star of the anime
voice-over world and has done both above series in real life as well, and
he does play "himself" (with a handful of colleagues from the
trade doing likewise), and the picture he paints of himself isn't exactly
free of flaws. But the film is more than just a cheap self parody as it
tells a rather sweet story of its own, makes good use of its setting and
the con-atmosphere as a whole without just going moronic, and gets the
most out of a solid ensemble to bring the story to life, with Jeff Nimoy
succeeding in making his character (himself?) likeable despite (or maybe
because of) all his flaws, all of which makes this a rather enjoyable
little movie.
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