National Lampoon Presents One, Two, Many: Review By timmytime

 National Lampoon’s

One, Two, Many… Is Hilarious

“It’s hilarious” One Two Many delivers comedy with greatness

Reviewed by: Graphic News / Writer Hannah Erickson

When I received the press release and a copy of the National Lampoon presents One, Two, Many for my review. I was both surprised an intrigued. I knew that Mr. Melendez had made a career change, and was now the announcer on The Jay Leno show. What I did not know was Mr. Melendez had a movie coming out, let alone was the star, writer, and producer of the movie. As a journalist I was never a big fan of the Howard Stern show. I never really listened enough to understand the dynamic or have an extreme like or dislike for the show until the Jennifer Flowers interview. That was by far one of the most incredibly courageous and enjoyable pieces of media I have ever scene, and my first introduction to John Melendez, known to most of the world as “Stuttering John”.

I decided to do a little research on Mr. Melendez. To my surprise I found out that along with his higher publicized accomplishments such as Stern & Leno, Mr. Melendez was a graduate of NYU film school, and key note speaker for the National Stuttering Association. Who knew?

I popped in the DVD.

At first I was a bit confused, before I got to the menu options I sat through what seemed to be a extra long set of trailers for upcoming and past National Lampoon films. I suggest you fast forward through them.

One Two Many is set in NYC, and takes the viewers on a journey of a man named Thomas who is played by John Melendez, Thomas is on a mission to find the woman of his dreams or shall I say to find a woman that could make his dream come true.

You are first introduced to Thomas (John Melendez) in his therapists office played by the very funny JM J. Bullock. Thomas clearly troubled dives right into to his session. If he could just find one woman that would be ok with allowing him to sleep with other woman all of his problems would be solved. As a woman this comes as no surprise to me. This is every man’s fantasy. Right? I clear my head from any chauvinistic feelings I might have, and remind myself this is movie and this is his dream not mine. I continue to watch and within seconds I have the first of many laughs.

I find it quite refreshing that the writer gets directly to the point tells us what the objective is and in this case takes on his hilarious journey full of laughs, sentiment, and triumph. It left me wanting more.

I applaud Mr. Melendez for that. Frankly most movies I see take forever to set up the most predictable story line. Especially comedies. One Two Many…. get’s directly to the point, and does it with greatness. Not only did I laugh, but I experienced all kinds of emotion, and compassion for the lead character Thomas. First I hated him , Then I loved him, Then I felt bad for him. By the end of the film I genuinely was routing for him to have a threesome. What? Did I actually just write that?

This movie is funny well written, and directed. The cast is full of talent. Stand outs are John Melendez, JM J. Bullock, Bellamy Young, and Jeffery Ross.

Over all Rating: A

If you love to laugh and are looking for a great comedy, see this film.

Subtitles:

English subtitles for the hearing impaired are included.

Release Date:

DVD Release April 15, 2008

Feature-length audio commentary:

Narrated by director Michael DeLorenzo and John Melendez.

Filled with lots of interesting facts about the movie, and the making of the film