Feb '15 *
Centuries ago, a leprechaun falls in love with a witch, but like most women in movies with wealthy men, she was only after his money. Or enchanted gold in this case. I'm sure Kanye West could write a song about her. Anyway, she steals his gold and naturally the leprechaun is pissed. So pissed he has the witch marked for eternity with a mysterious tramp stamp. However, the Witch then has 2 lesbians rub each others boobs in a mud bath, which is actually a way of summoning a magical gnome to protect her and exact bloody murder on her enemies. Upon death, the curse passes on to a new victim and the gnome returns to kill those who have wronged her. Turns out it does more harm than good as the gnome has a warped sense of right and wrong.
I must admit that I went into Gnome Alone hoping for a killer garden gnome movie. I've been wanting a killer garden gnome movie ever since reading Goosebumps ''Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes'' as a kid (and twice more as a fully grown man with facial hair and moobs) and it continues to baffle me why they're never used in horror movies as the killers. They are so inherently creepy and a potential gold mine for critter features. However, Gnome Alone featured a gnome in the more traditional sense, but with more cat burglar inspired attire. If he wasn't destined to carry out the destiny of a witches curse then he could easily make a pretty steady living as a lowly career criminal. But the little guy is damn good at his current role in life and he seems to get job satisfaction out of it, so who am I to offer him career advice?
Verne Troyer plays the mischievous little guy, and he makes it his own. Most of the world will always see him as Mini-Me from Austin Powers, but here he brings life to a character that matches his personality and lets him delve into his acting range. Gnome Alone has franchise potential, and Verne deserves to be embraced as more than Dr. Evil's midget clone. He delivers his lines with gleefully twisted exuberance, making Gnome Alone a better movie than perhaps it has any right to be. The rest of the cast are entertaining and do their jobs well, but it's Verne who steals the show.
Campiness, corniness, sleaziness and raunchiness aside, Gnome Alone deserves some credit for it's production values. The movie opens with an animated sequence that gives it a mystical, fairytale-like quality, and going by the budget that this was made for it's very impressive. On top of that, the Gnome and Leprechaun both look menacing and creepy.
By now you should be aware of the audience that it's intended for, and if you feel you fall into that bracket then Gnome Alone is a movie you're bound to have a lot of fun watching. It's ridiculously charming and adorable. Let's hope they make a sequel versus the leprechaun.
I must admit that I went into Gnome Alone hoping for a killer garden gnome movie. I've been wanting a killer garden gnome movie ever since reading Goosebumps ''Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes'' as a kid (and twice more as a fully grown man with facial hair and moobs) and it continues to baffle me why they're never used in horror movies as the killers. They are so inherently creepy and a potential gold mine for critter features. However, Gnome Alone featured a gnome in the more traditional sense, but with more cat burglar inspired attire. If he wasn't destined to carry out the destiny of a witches curse then he could easily make a pretty steady living as a lowly career criminal. But the little guy is damn good at his current role in life and he seems to get job satisfaction out of it, so who am I to offer him career advice?
Verne Troyer plays the mischievous little guy, and he makes it his own. Most of the world will always see him as Mini-Me from Austin Powers, but here he brings life to a character that matches his personality and lets him delve into his acting range. Gnome Alone has franchise potential, and Verne deserves to be embraced as more than Dr. Evil's midget clone. He delivers his lines with gleefully twisted exuberance, making Gnome Alone a better movie than perhaps it has any right to be. The rest of the cast are entertaining and do their jobs well, but it's Verne who steals the show.
Campiness, corniness, sleaziness and raunchiness aside, Gnome Alone deserves some credit for it's production values. The movie opens with an animated sequence that gives it a mystical, fairytale-like quality, and going by the budget that this was made for it's very impressive. On top of that, the Gnome and Leprechaun both look menacing and creepy.
By now you should be aware of the audience that it's intended for, and if you feel you fall into that bracket then Gnome Alone is a movie you're bound to have a lot of fun watching. It's ridiculously charming and adorable. Let's hope they make a sequel versus the leprechaun.
