That teapot is shiny *dies* * teapot shoots $100 out*

The Brass Teapot:

Story:

An ordinary couple acquires a magical teapot that rewards them when they inflict pain upon each other. They discover that sometimes rewards aren't all they turn out to be.

Review:

The Brass Teapot tries to be a darkly comical film that shows how ordinary people can change for the worse when they don't realize their rewards are worse for them than the rewards seem. 

The film starts out like the characters, portraying the difficult life of two people who haven't had luck on their side for quite some time. The first half is in fact the part I like the least, with how depressing yet funny it was. The second half is when the story kind of picks up, though I won't get into that too much. I will say that it tries to have some unique dark humour.

The characters were believably normal, with Juno Temple, Michael Angarano, and Alexis Bledel all playing characters that were surprisingly stereotypical in very amusing ways. That being said, I liked the acting the most. Not the soundtrack, scenes, or anything else; I just liked the way the main characters were portrayed by the actors.

In fact, pretty much everything in the film is focused on humour. Even the dark and somewhat depressing moments try to be humorous in their own ways, due mostly to the various antics of each character.

That being said, I'll get this out of the way. The script is full of jokes and occasionally rehearsed sounding lines, the story can sometimes be hilarious and clever, and the soundtrack is too much of an attempt made to make each scene comical.

It's an overall entertaining film, yet it's not meant to be intelligent or smart in any way. In fact, the entire film is basically meant to make you laugh.

With that said, I found I wasn't laughing as often as I would have if this were a very hilarious film, though the funny moments are still giggle-inducing. This film is more akin to if an anti-stoner tried to do a stoner comedy. It doesn't really work. There are still laughs, but waiting until the second half of the movie for the good laughs is never good.

Overall The Brass Teapot is a good dark comedy, but it could have been way better with some slight changes to everything. I don't really think I can recommend it to anyone. If someone wants a light chuckle, then definitely check The Brass Teapot out.