Funny Ha Ha

Funny Ha Ha
Released: 1 January 2001
Classification: M
Region: 4 (Australia & New Zealand)

Critically accalimed by the New York Times and Film Comment as one of the best films of 2005, Andrew Bujalski's debut feature film,

Funny Ha Ha, is true US independent filmmaking at its best.

When you graduate college you easily sashy into the world of adulthood, start a career, and get serious, right? Wrong. Marnie (Kate Dollenmayer) has left college, but not her drinking habits and her bad taste in men. What's more, Marnie can't seem to find a permanent job. It would be sad if it weren't so funny.

Drawing on key influences such as John Cassavetes, Mike Leigh and Richard Linklater, Bujalski's honest depiction of today's disillusioned and somewhat aimless youth is a breath of fresh air in today's clustered independent film world intent on imitation rather than displaying a unique and fresh perspective of life as does Bujalski here in his impressive debut.