Schmotts is now an official selection of Dances With Films! The screening is June 22 at 7:30pm in Hollywood. Tickets available! now! The screening will be at the amazing TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in the heart of Hollywood!
Schmotts won 4 gold awards, 2 silver awards, and 2 bronze awards at the Queen Palm International Film Festival!
Review by Luke Kelly Clyne
Every stepdad is bad, I think. Maybe not every one. I’m sure there are some rock stars, but most are bad. I had one once, and he was bad, and I see they’re usually bad in films. This week, we’re introducing you to one stepdad who is all at once awful and perfect–the S.D. archetype, a shining symbol of everything shitty about the dude who’s fucking your mom, and his name…is Gary Schmotts…
Review by Jason Sereno
Back in 2010, my New Years resolution was to attend every party I was invited to through the calendar year. The only stipulations were there could be no line, suggested donation or dress code (sweatpants mode is 6pm-8am). And – of course – the party couldn’t take place in Burbank.
I hate Burbank, man.
It was during The Year of the Tiger (that’s what the communists called it) that I met Missouri-born filmmaker and Chicago Bulls fan Kyle Kenyon at a Hollywood house party. Kyle directs, edits and produces Schmotts – a real fun little series about a struggling family led by a corvette-smothering patriarch (played superbly by Matt Stauter, who also writes and produces). Schmotts walks, talks and bangs like a Grade-A TV comedy or indie feature film. After you watch the first video, view its equally-hilarious sequel below.