Here, getting there is all the fun, and this flick is stocked with laughs galore, all at the expense of the most clueless loser since Napoleon Dynamite.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 5, 2007

It's so very easy to love Film Geek, especially if you are one.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 11, 2006

Amusing (and, at 72 minutes, in and out of there fast), with a diabolically dweeby performance by Melik Malkasian.

| Original Score: B | Aug 28, 2006

Film Geek" is a Rorschach test for movie buffs.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 21, 2006

there's enough magic here to merit a viewing or two.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 1, 2006

This portrayal of a two-dimensional character with an annoyingly vacuous obsession is almost enough to dissuade anyone from ever watching another movie again, beginning with this one.

| Original Score: 0/5 | May 13, 2006

For people who know their cinema, I recommend FILM GEEK not just as a comedy, but a cautionary tale as well.

| May 3, 2006

Detailed in its affectionate mockery, the film captures the social isolation that befalls guys like Scotty but understates their own complicity on it.

| Mar 30, 2006

Westby's escapist fantasy's happy ending falls short of a meaningful message in spite of a rib-tickling individual effort by lead Melik Malkasian.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 24, 2006

On its own terms and for that small audience it owns, the film delivers.

| Feb 21, 2006

Film Geek is a delightful, sad, witty, scorchingly satirical film about movie buffs.

| Feb 15, 2006

As played by Melik Malkasian with Pee-Wee Herman-y chirpiness, you feel for him as you would any out-of-it sibling who seems beyond help.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 15, 2006

Perceptively hilarious.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 15, 2006

Westby's sympathy for the Scottys of the world is evident, but like them he doesn't always know how to put his best face forward.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 10, 2006

The film looks like it cost 10 cents, but a lot of the jokes are gold. Hollywood, take notice of writer-director James Westby.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 10, 2006

The film's press notes proudly observe that both Westby and Quentin Tarantino spent time soaking up celluloid while working at video stores. Which means they have exactly one thing in common.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 10, 2006

Film Geek has a likable premise and a pleasantly homemade indie feel. Unfortunately, its lead character is so irritating you want to get away from him.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Feb 9, 2006

Westby never provides a reason you should pay to spend 70 minutes with Scotty, but he offers at least a dozen compelling ones not to.

Full Review | Feb 7, 2006

It's through Scotty's "success" that writer-director James Westby is able to validate his own love for movies.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 21, 2006

| Original Score: B- | Jan 14, 2006