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Best Worst Movie

BEST WORST MOVIE (Michael Paul ­Stephenson, U.S.). 91 minutes. Friday (May 1), 9:45 pm, Innis Town Hall Saturday (May 2), 11:45 pm, Bloor Sunday (May 3), 2 pm, ROM. Rating: NNN


As a child actor, Michael Paul Stephenson had the (mis)fortune to star in the 1990 turkey Troll 2.

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Now he’s made a documentary about the cult that’s sprung up around the movie, accompanying other members of the cast and crew to a series of revival screenings – including one at the Bloor.

Best Worst Movie is good for a few cheap laughs – there’s a perverse thrill in watching deluded talents like director Claudio Fragasso and actor-dentist George Hardy (who played Stephenson’s father) slowly realize that people are laughing at their work rather than with it. But that’s about as deep as it gets. That said, cheap laughs are still laughs, right?

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