SUNFLOWER HOUR isn't afraid to work "blue", but it's more of a periwinkle
AVENUE Q than a dark azure
MEET THE FEEBLES. Did you understand any of the previous sentence? If the answer is yes you're going to like this movie.
You're in all likelihood also a weirdo.
The story focuses on four also weirdos who are masters at the craft of puppeteering but novices at the crafts of employment and social skills. They are all auditioning for a role on the made up but probably soon to be real kid's show The Sunflower Hour.
First there is Leslie, the evangelical closet dweller. Next is David who has a case of younger sibling syndrome and a basement full of puppets that redefine the word creepy. Spawn of Satan (not her real name) is the only trying out because her overly touchy-feely male mentor oh man I'm getting goosebumps just writing about this. Finally we come to Shamus who is more puppet than man. Or maybe a puppet with a man sticking out his...
You know what I'm just going to move along.
These are people following their dreams, however atypical they may be. With a minimum of budget and an excellent cast this movie is very entertaining. Writer/Director
Aaron Houston creates a world of maladjusted oddballs who you can't help but cheer for. Along the way he's done a rare thing: making me laugh hysterically while simultaneously creeping me out.
Basement puppets will be in my nightmares for a long time to come.
