Over shots of Los Angeles, Fred Durst’s The Fanatic opens with an apathetic diatribe about the soul-sucking nature of the City of Angels. It’s a“city of bullshitters,” as our cynic tour guide puts it–assuring us that, over the next 89 minutes, this plunge into toxic celebrity worship is more symptomatic of a rotten societal core than it is a misguided rejection of developmental disorders and narrative proficiency.
Sure enough, we then meet Moose, portrayed by a John Travolta seemingly intent on convincing audiences that a surplus of tics make a performance compelling. Moose is an uber movie fan, obsessed with film star Hunter Dunbar (Devon Sawa) and intent on meeting and befriending his action hero, at any cost. Sure enough, Moose’s tendencies lead him into a series of increasingly detrimental situations that both jeopardize Hunter’s career and reveal the depths of Moose’s fixations and capacity for violence.
Sure enough, we then meet Moose, portrayed by a John Travolta seemingly intent on convincing audiences that a surplus of tics make a performance compelling. Moose is an uber movie fan, obsessed with film star Hunter Dunbar (Devon Sawa) and intent on meeting and befriending his action hero, at any cost. Sure enough, Moose’s tendencies lead him into a series of increasingly detrimental situations that both jeopardize Hunter’s career and reveal the depths of Moose’s fixations and capacity for violence.
- 8/27/2019
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
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