Michigan-Made Film: Stick it in Detroit

The movie Stick it in Detroit, which stars John Lutz from Saturday Night Live and Kieran Campion from All My Children, comes out at select theaters in the Metro Detroit area this Friday.

So, aside from an ode to the Motor City in the film's title, what's Detroit about it?

Just about everything.

The movie's producer/director/co-writer/actor, Robert Phelps, was born and raised in Detroit. The aspiring filmmaker was living in Los Angeles and working as a waiter when he came up with the idea for the film and turned to his high-school buddies, who were by this point living all across the country, to help write it. The movie takes place in Detroit, is loosely based on characters from Detroit, was 100% filmed in Detroit and, according to Phelps, "is true to Detroit."

If you're thinking the movie is a cross between just about any National Lampoon movie and American Pie, you'd be spot on. The movie is about a group of friends who are still hanging out years after their time together in a Detroit-area high school. Specifically, the group of characters are preparing for their annual Halloween party. The plot thickens when their ring leader, Todd, is offered a promotion that would require he move to Georgia. While the movie hinges on the will-he-or-won't-he plot device -- whether he will stick it in Detroit -- reviewers love it for its cast of characters and F%#*ing Funny rating. In fact, the movie won the Best Comedy category in the Detroit/Windsor International Film Festival in 2008.

Check it out!

Special Engagement: MJR Theaters in Waterford, Sterling Heights and Southgate starting November 6th

Reviews:

• Dork Dimension

• Punch Drunk Critics