Fanboys is set in 1998 pre- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and tells the story of a group of Star Wars fanboy-friends on a roadtrip to see the movie six months ahead of the release. It captures the geeky fan side of any boy very well, being a Star Wars fan or a fan of anything else.
The cast of Jay Berushel, Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette and Dan Fogler does well portraying the geeks. Add in some great cameos (like William Shatner), guest stars(like Seth Rogen) and in my case the rocking Kristen Bell as the female lead, and you got yourself a fun loving movie-experience for the fan inside me. I fully enjoyed it, even if the roadtrip side of it is walking in familiar steps and the geeky young romance side is equally unoriginal. It never claims originality. It just claims to be a fun tale of what could be the case when some Star Wars geeks sets out to get inside George Lucas ranch, and at that it measure up quite well. Added a rating point for feeding my Bell-fetish, and it was almost worth the time.
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