| This movie is a few pretzels short of a bag of pub mix. Be prepared, 90 percent of the movie happens inside the same restaurant where the go-con occurs. The guys do the same party tricks to get the girls' attention but the only things that change are the type of girls (stewardesses, college girls, housewives) and that's it. One guy takes out his Olympic gold medal, one guy gets the girl's phone number, and another dude does a trick with chopsticks to kiss a girl. Over and over again.
It reminds me of "Kissing Jessica Stein" where they show Jessica on different dates in the same restaurant with different losers. Imagine that five minute montage stretched out for a whole movie. You would never feel like going on a group date again. One scene later everyone is fast forwarded two years into the future and they're still at it. Meaning each week these guys have been doing the same tricks on the dot like a Las Vegas lounge act. The restaurant's staff actually has a pool to see who's going to end up with whom at the end of the night.
Eventually there's a message about how go-con's are perfect for people who can't handle a regular one-on-one date so they feel the need to involve a group of friends to lighten up the pressure. At least I think that's the point. The unseen narrator actually said that but that could just be a red herring. Good for people who want to learn a few tricks and have always wondered why that table over in the middle of the restaurant is so happy and loud. Bad for everyone else. |
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