Frogman
Frogman is a movie which follows Dallas (Nathan Tymoshuk) dragging his best friend Scotty (Benny Barrett) and his crush Amy (Chelsey Grant) to the “idyllic” town of Loveland, Ohio to try and find the Loveland Frogman.
Did I expect this movie to be good?
No. At best I expected this to be mediocre but maybe fun enough to watch for 45 minutes.
I don’t know how this film ended up being as good as it is, but it is definitely good.
From a macro approach, I love it. This movie feels found footage, from the multiple camera angles, the random shots shown throughout the movie, the lesser known actors, and the likely smaller budget of the movie. I also need to give a shout out to Ryan Schaddelee’s practical frogman design and Ali Daniel’s acting at the actual creature. Was it a necessarily creative design? No, it was a bipedal frog. But, every time the creature was on screen it looked great.
From a micro perspective, the biggest potential complaint is that the character of Dallas is terrible. This isn’t anything against the acting of Nathan Tymoshuk, he played the character very well, but the character itself is a loser and an incel who leeches off of others and forces them deeper into his rabbit hole of insanity for the sole purpose of stroking his own ego. That being said, I love this angle of a character, and it contrasts perfectly with the relationships of Amy and Scotty, who are having emotional and visceral reactions and who just want to shoot a fun little mockumentary and head home but they aren’t allowed to leave.
Overall, I love this movie way more then I thought I would. Frogman Fucks, peace out