July 21-27 Eddie Griffin Week: This motherfucker is funny!

Fumnanya (Eddie Griffin) — a would-be African prince, so this isn’t ripping off the other Eddie’s movie — and Andy (Josh Meyers) escape from their doctor and mental hospital to go on the road with a video camera, making a movie about saving a princess. She turns out to be Candy (Najarra Townsend), a sex worker who is tired of being alive and wants the two to help her end it all. Their movies end up going viral on YouTube and they earn the anger of her pimp Rocco (Dave Vescio), who wants his property back.

Originally titled “Last Supper,” this film was directed by Param Gill, who also wrote the script alongside John Buchanan. It was based on a Slovenian movie, which was supposedly the biggest in the country’s history, yet I can find no information on it online.

This is one of those sweet and saccharine comedies with romance at its core. It’s fine, but it feels like everyone could be doing so much more.

Penny Marshall also shows up in a cameo as herself.

You can watch this on Tubi.