“Yeast Lords: The Bronco Years”
Poster for the film "Gentleman Broncos"
It’s not everyday you come across a weird and entertaining movie featuring yeast. We received one from Netflix the other day (my daughter seems to have a knack for selecting unheard of, unusual, and darned entertaining movies). I’m talking about Gentlemen Broncos starring Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Sam Rockwell and Jennifer Coolidge. The film was made in 2009 and was directed by Jared Hess who also did Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre.
Even though a reviewer at The New Yorker liked it, calling it “A wildly inventive, audacious and genre-swirling comedy,” according to Wikipedia, most reviews were negative.
It is inventive, and intentionally cheesy. The kid in the story is a budding sci-fi writer who attends a writing conference where he submits his latest story Yeast Lords: The Bronco Years for critique by the guest lecturer and renowned sci-fi author Dr. Chevalier (played by one of my favorites, Jemaine Clement, who I loved in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords). The good Dr. Chevalier doesn’t exactly behave in a professional and ethical manner.
If you liked Napoleon Dynamite, and are in the mood for an odd-ball, low budget flick that includes some sci-fi shenanigans involving “yeast” then by all means, give Gentleman Broncos a try.
Check out the trailer for Gentlemen Broncos at YouTube.
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