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This documentary follows the rise and fall of Troy Duffy, a Bostonian bartender who makes an astonishing, life-changing deal with Miramax films. Miramax is so impressed with Troy’s screenplay, The Boondock Saints, that it offers Troy the chance to direct the film with a huge budget and create its soundtrack using music performed by his band. Sitting on top of the world, Troy manages to commit blunder after blunder, mishandling negotiations and alienating his supporters. He eventually loses his deal with Miramax and becomes a pariah in Hollywood...
...movie’s biggest strength is Troy Duffy’s aggravating personality. He alternates between bouts of cruel anger and drunken happiness, while maintaining a deathless, overconfident, holier-than-thou attitude that catalyzes his downfall. Despite his irritating tendency to say the wrong thing to just about everyone, there are elements of appealing humanity in Troy. While cringing at his painful blindness to reality, the viewer wants to smack some sense into him. Yet there is something gripping about his irate desperation and something frightening about the ease with which Troy evolves from confident and optimistic bartender...
...filmmakers have gripping material on hand, and they make good use of it. They choose scenes that effectively highlight the quicksilver personality of Troy; moreover, they mix in just the right dose of other characters’ appearances to temper Troy’s intensity and provide outside perspective. The opening sequence—a montage of images recalling the heady success of landing the deal—is artfully done. Shortly thereafter, however, the time line of the story becomes unclear, and the deluge of names and faces is overwhelming. But that shortcoming is minimized by the ensuing drunken...
...wonderfully raw portrayal of the dangers of success and self-delusion. But as the end credits scroll by, it is hard not to wonder about the filmmakers. Directed by two of Troy’s former band members, there is a definite undercurrent of bitterness and resentment towards Troy. Is this movie their final guffaw at Troy’s expense, or a noble warning to aspiring moviemakers...
Despite the strong Women of Troy presence on the frontcourt, captain center Reka Cserny made the most of the night, tallying 11 points, six rebounds and two steals. The two takeaways gave Cserny over 200 steals on her career, a mark reached by just two other players in Crimson history...