"Everything is Everything", the first feature film from the people at Studio 8 (www.studio8.net) is a "mockumentary" in the vein of "This is Spinal Tap" and "Best in Show".

One of the best taglines...ever

The film focuses on three diverse, yet equally clueless young men, each with a dream that is doomed to failure. In spite of this, they attack each of their pursuits with naive exuberance.

Chris Trew plays Dale Kerny, who writes astonishly bad songs for every situation, from birthdays -- "365 days and you picked this one" -- to Christmas. His biggest aspiration is to change the national anthem to his hilariously awful new version. Dale is one of the most earnestly pathetic characters ever brought to the screen. He's just like Britney Spears without the hot body and breasts, and a slightly more pathetic singing voice.

Brock LaBorde appears as Russell Cagle, who along with his non English speaking friend Rodriguo, is heart set on making a documentary about Abraham Lincoln. His only shortcoming as a filmmaker - ok -- one of his many shortcomings as a filmmaker, is his complete lack of knowledge about Lincoln, or any aspect of history. Through him, we learn all about Lincoln's bold trip to combat the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. The fact that he is making his film using a security camera hooked up to a VCR and "some metal thing" that provides power doesn't help matters.

As wannabe superhero Justin Justice, Truston Aillet portrays a deluded man that believes that he has both the intellect and the physical prowess to fight crime. He seems to spend most of his time climbing into trees and dropping down out of them to surprise evil-doers, although the abscence of said evil-doers hampers his efforts. He also spends an inordinate amount of time checking playground equipment for dangers to children.

Seeing as it is the first movie from the team, one has to ignore the technical shortcomings of the film. For example, Justin Justice's scenes are often too dark, but the inspired comic skills of the actors make up for the low-budget quality.

While the film fails to provide the belly laughs that "Spinal Tap" does, it definitely is a good start for these up and coming filmmakers. The humor provides more of a sustained smile than spurts of hilarity, however there are several noticable exceptions.

The scene in which Russell describes how the Jaws series of movies, particular the part where "the shark attacked the helicopter", as well as the "chicken fight" scene were the most inspired.

All in all, Everything is Everything is a fine start for a group of talented comic actors, and I definitely think we'll be seeing more from these guys in the future.