My Name is Bruce.

"Most Bruce Campbell performances come equipped with campy self-awareness, so My Name is Bruce - a film in which Campbell (directing as well as starring) sends up himself, his crummy oeuvre and monster movies in general - immediately seems redundant," writes Nick Schager in Slant.

Aaron Hillis in the Voice: "With a high-camp villain that seems to have escaped from Bubba Ho-tep, slapstick scares à la Evil Dead, and Ted Raimi playing three different roles, the only things missing from this unfunny Campbell love fest are a passable script, Sam Raimi's inventiveness, and a level of sophistication beyond nose-picking and ass grabs."

Updated through 11/6.

"My Name is Bruce is filled with awful, recycled jokes like the sight of two rugged miners in Brokeback Mountain mode growling, 'I can't quit you,'" sighs Stephen Holden in the New York Times. "It ridicules Asians for confusing r's and l's. The fact that My Name Is Bruce knows what it's doing doesn't mean its funny."

Somewhat related, Todd Brown notes at Twitch that Don Coscarelli hopes to make his Bubba Ho-Tep prequel, Bubba Nosferatu, after all - but without Campbell. Ron Perlman may take the role of Elvis instead. And Todd points to Quint's interview with Paul Giamatti as the source of this tidbit.

Update, 11/2: Brent Simon talks with Campbell for the Vulture.

Updates, 11/4: "It was a relief to discover that My Name is Bruce is a bundle of good cheesy fun," writes Jette Kernion at Cinematical. "The gags tend to work, the storyline is eye-rollingly ridiculous but rarely dull, and Campbell is at his lovably jerky best." And she interviews Campbell.

And for IFC, Aaron Hillis talks with Campbell "about awkward fans, harvesting his lavender, and why he thinks the Three Stooges are funnier than the Marx brothers."

Update, 11/6: Shaun Brady talks with Campbell for the Philadelphia City Paper.

Posted by dwhudson at October 31, 2008 9:43 AM