Unfrosted
Unfrosted
In 1963 Michigan, business rivals Kellogg's and Post compete to create a cake that could change breakfast forever.
vangh1 reviewedMay 14, 2025
A lot of this thing shows potential, conceptually, but it's crazy how flat so much of it falls given the amount of talent on screen. A lot of these jokes might cut it for a 2 minute YouTube short going for a cheap laugh, but for a feature length film it comes up WAY short.
It doesn't know whether to take itself too seriously, or to lean into the absurd satire. It tries to be this larger than life historical juxtaposition, and despite having a space race, and a cold war, and a cartel, and a syndicate, and corporate espionage there are just no real stakes whatsoever. And I could could forgive that if it didn't feel like every joke was a first pass walk through.
Christian Slater and Peter Dinklage stand out as the two actually putting in any real effort. Hugh Grant almost gets there.
The two dolly-zoom shots on Jerry stand out as some of the worst acting I've seen in a long, long time.