Here is what some film critics had to say about Eight Days A Week.
"There was a tumultuous reaction to'8 Days a Week', a raunchy comedy about a teenager who decides to stand under the window of the girl he loves. One of the movie's charms is its encyclopaedic accuracy about the way teenage boys really talk about sex, lust, masturbation, and bodily functions. The movie doesn't depend on four-letter words so much as colourful, descriptive phrases."
Ebert also called the movie "enormously entertaining".
"Not a festival item by any normal means but starting its public life in that arena nonetheless, this very low-budgeter could present an interesting marketing challenge to the right enterprising distrib. ... Writer/Director Davis displays audience-pleasing instincts in spades....very mainstream sensibility and potential as a high-school date movie."
"['8 Days a Week' is one of those] films just a little too raw for hollywood but whose rough edges give them spark and character that no zillion-dollar budget can match."
"On the short list of contenders to be the Next Big Thing."
"8 Days a Week" was an opening night film at Slamdance and New Haven, an official entry at film festivals in Palm Springs, Seattle, and Atlanta, and the only non-depressing film given serious consideration for awards at our Atlantic Film Festival here in Halifax. (The jury gave all the awards to movies that dealt with the topics of suicide among depressed homosexuals and suicide among depressed alcoholic teens.)
"8 Days a Week" is the funniest movie I've ever seen because it talks about teen love and pulls no punches. It hasn't been that long since I was the main characters' age and, scary as it may sound, I actually think the way these characters think. Instead of glossing over awkward adolescent lust, Michael Davis shows us how serious it can be to the teens involved and how terribly funny it can be from the outside looking in.
The adults in this movie are either people I'm certain I've met (Erica's parents) or people I'd love to know (somebody give Ms. Lewis my number). A wonderful cast delivers Davis' hilarious script.
I guess this is a teen movie, but it's also one of those rare "teen films" that appeals to people who are a little older as well. I'm not sure how my mom would take to Matt's theories of sexual self-sufficiency, but the night I saw the movie it was at a film festival and I'd say we ranged in age from 20 to 40. We hooted and hollered and blushed a little and after it was over some of the women were saying "Do guys really think that way?" and then the men blushed a tad more.
Michael Davis has asked us not to reveal many of the pleasant "surprises" in the film (so we won't) but much of the movie's joy comes from sitting there asking oneself what misfortune will befall our hero next. One of the movie's surprises is one of the more sentimentally touching things I've seen in quite some time.
I doubt I'll ever tire of this movie. It often springs to mind and makes me laugh. Whenever I eat watermelon or gingerbread, listen to Ode to Joy, or, yeah, thumb through Sexual Behaviour in the Human Female, into my mind will pop "8 Days a Week".
(Shawn Young is a 25-year-old loser of the DNA-lottery who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. A writer with several projects up-in-the-air, he masquerades as a math prof to pay the bills.)
I went to my first film festival movie in 1997. The movie I saw was 'Eight Days A week'. I cannot remember ever laughing so long, or so hard at a comedy ever! It was hilarious.
The characters were well written, and portrayed. It made me think back to my own high school days, and the people I knew then. Also, it made me think about the people in my neighbourhood. Who doesn't have a crazy old woman living on their street? Unfortunately for me, the one on my street is REALLY a senile old bat
The whole idea of love struck a chord with me. Be it unrequited love, foolish love, puppy love, or just plain love, who hasn't had some experience with it? I can sympathise with a lot of what Peter went through.
Michael Davis also dealt with topics in a realistic way. No fluffy run around. Rather a frank look at issues and life. I can't wait to see what he does next. There are so many things about Eight Days A week that I will always remember. Heh, whenever I look at a woman now I will wonder if her breasts reflect her personality. Quite an innovative way of looking at people and life. ;) All in all, a fantastic movie, which I would hearily reccomend. if you have a chance to see it, do so!
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