Film Review – Vamps

“Vamps” certainly earns points for trying. It’s encouraging to see
writer/director Amy Heckerling this creatively animated again, after her
last two features, 2000’s “Loser” and 2007’s “I Could Never Be Your
Woman” were colossal failures, suggesting an onset of lethargy for a
filmmaker who made her name with such spunky hits as “Clueless,” “Fast
Times at Ridgemont High,” and “Look Who’s Talking.” Heckerling goes for
broke with “Vamps,” blending an anti-technology rant with a romantic
comedy about monsters, tossing in some flashes of horror and reverence
for classic cinema for good measure. It’s all over the place and in dire
need of an unbreakable funny bone, but I admire the movie’s pluck,
finding “Vamps” always aiming to please despite some rather severe
limitations in the screenwriting department. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com