Bravehairt

reviewed Sun, 13 Feb 2000

The Big Tease is a mockumentary, written by and starring Craig Ferguson of "The Drew Carey Show," about Crawford Mackenzie, a flamboyant Scottish hairdresser who travels to Los Angeles under the mistaken belief he'll be competing in the prestigious "Platinum Scissors" contest.  When he's told he was actually invited only to be in the audience, he sets himself to weaseling his way into the competition.  Now, I know what you're thinking:  Oh god, not another Scottish hairdresser movie!  I know, I know.  But this one is really funny.

Crawford's accent and shirts alone are enough to get you giggling (one outfit, which he dons to go to clubbing, he describes as "Liberace meets Braveheart").  And, to paraphrase what a friend of mine once said about dog shows, there's nothing about hairstyling that isn't funny.  Plus there are loads of great one-liners, and plenty of B-list stars cameoing as themselves (Bruce Jenner, Drew Carey of course, Veronica Webb, and the king of the B-list, David Hasselhoff -- who in the movie has the same publicist as Sean Connery:  as if!).  But the film gets to you to care about the characters, too -- at the climactic moment in the Platinum Scissors contest, Tiffany leaned over to whisper to me, "I'm so nervous for Crawford!"  And I slapped her, because you're not supposed to talk during the movie.  But I knew how she felt.

Not much I can say about it except that it's a good silly, goofy movie, perfect to cheer you up when you're feeling "like an insect tromped into the pavement by the giant shoes of Fate."

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