Why so much hype?

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

"Patch Town" wanted to be a campy cult classic, sort of like "Repo! The Genetic Opera." What it ended up being was an awkward mish-mash of different genres that didn't combine well.While this film did get a few things right (like the Burton-esque visuals of the industrial Patch Town and one really pretty song towards the middle of the movie) it failed on a lot of counts. The "songs" are usually too short to be considered songs, but rather melodic interludes. A musical scene with the villain is downright awful and not sung, but rather talked with something resembling a melody in the background. The villain's vertically-challenged lackey is supposed to be some sort of comic relief, but his acting and delivery come off as awkward and not funny. The best characters in the movie are our protagonist and his wife. I will say I was quite happy to see a movie with a protagonist that is not "Hollywood Hunk" handsome. He had a nice singing voice, too! So did that girl playing his wife!I know what the creators of "Patch Town" were TRYING to do. They wanted to make a campy cult classic, but the all-over-the-place story, failed humor, and constant shifts in tone really ruined it for me. I will give it points for originality, though.

Had amazing time watching Patchtown !A movie which mix all kind of genres in one, and so hard to put in a "case genre" thanks to the diversity it offers. It's kind of a musical tale but dark, and in the same time touching, and with a lot of humors ! Your feelings are never settled and challenged during the whole movie and I loved that :)Being a huge fan of Zoie Palmer, I bought and wanted watch this movie, first of all for her. She offers us again here an other side of her huge talent with the incredible performance as Bethany. And if I knew a bit some of the others actors, I discovered better in this movie their work, and discovered new ones too. Rob Ramsey is indeed so amazing and so touching (also what a singer !) as Jon, as Julian R. just brilliant .., and Suresh John made me laugh out loud whit the hilarious Sly :) And sooo happy to see the wonderful Allana H. in the cast too ! Well, just a big Bravo to the whole actors, team, crew, on the amazing movie there which is Patchtown !!To watch and re-watch !

This is absolute must watch! I always enjoy films that offer something different, and this one certainly delivers it in a truly fantastic way!I really enjoyed all that the actors had to offer, a lot of heart and humor in this one.I'm a huge fan of Zoie Palmer and her part, she plays perfectly. She always finds a way to pull you in more emotionally. Julian Richings delivers quite the performance in his role, and the way he said a few of his lines made me laugh in that darkly funny way. I loved the back story on how it all came to be, and honestly this movie is way better than I initially thought. I don't want to give anything away, although if you had cabbage patch dolls as I did, you may never look at them the same, lol.It's certainly a movie that draws you in. I watched it on Netflix but will definitely buy the DVD off of Amazon too.

This is a very weird movie indeed. The humor and tone is kind of all over the place. Someone compared it a bit to early Gilliam and they might not be off too much. While this is uneven, it still delivers many times. It's kind of amazing and has great ideas. Those help recover some of the rough patches that lie on the way ahead (no pun intended), so that the viewer won't mind too much.The effects are good, but you have to like the way the characters are made of course (Tim Burton was mentioned too in that commentary by another user). While its a wild story, it still is predictable enough and does include clichés. That's the uneven part for you, like it or hate it