Brave New Jersey

2016

Comedy / History

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 56% · 18 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 35% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 722 722

new jersey alien radio broadcast 1930s

Director

Jody Lambert Photo
Jody Lambert

Top cast

Raymond J. Barry Photo
Raymond J. Barry as Captain Ambrose P. Collins
Dan Bakkedahl Photo
Dan Bakkedahl as Reverend Ray Rogers
Grace Kaufman Photo
Grace Kaufman as Ann Davison
Anna Camp Photo
Anna Camp as Peg Prickett
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841.6 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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1.69 GB
1920*1040
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by justahunch-70549 6 / 10

Kind of a sweet & simple morality tale

I was born and raised in New Jersey, so I am quite familiar with this Orson Welles' broadcasting event and even though it took place before I was born it is well known by me and probably everyone there. It's a true story, but it has a folklore feel to it. This little, sweet film barely covers the broadcast itself. It show the effects on the population in another small nearby town in a comedic way. It's well shot, well acted by all and while it's nothing special, it is a nice little movie showing what something like this can bring out in people, both good and bad. Humans can be silly things. Tony Hale of "Veep" fame is the lead and he is good, but like I said, so is everyone. There's a humorous running gag about a Polish boy who is in this a lot without a single word of dialogue. He seems more sane than many of the New Jersians shown here.
Reviewed by agore3 4 / 10

Not that bad

Reviewed by jonbadart 5 / 10

Opportunity Lost

Had fairly high hopes for this film. Thought it might be one of those little diamonds in the rough you come across every so often. At least the story seemed to offer potential, but alas, in the end, there was little to feel good about except the well disciplined 1:26 run time.I suppose there were a few bright spots, though certainly not in the drawing out of the characters. Instead of this small town being populated with a few delightful, original odd-balls, what we get instead are mostly unlikeable, two-dimensional cardboard cut outs. I mean, when the character whose scenes you're most looking forward to is a kid (Grace Kaufman), that tells you a lot.Maybe I should have gone 4 stars, but the film was easy enough to look at, and like I said earlier, they did at least keep it short.
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