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Director: Michael Lehmann
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From Time Out New York
“It’s Battle Creek all over again!” exclaims Flakes owner Willie (Lloyd) when a corporate competitor opens up a rival novelty diner across the street from his breakfast-cereal bar. Fortunately for Willie, his surly, aspiring-rock-star manager, Neal (Stanford), won’t let the business go down without a fight. Neal’s task becomes treacherous, though, when his well-meaning girlfriend (Deschanel) joins the enemy in an attempt to force Flakes out of business and make Neal concentrate full-time on his music. Some cute moments pepper the inane plot, but Flakes doesn’t have much snap, crackle or pop.Author: Drew Toal
Time Out New York Time Out New York, Issue 637–638, December 13–26, 2007
Cast & crew
Director: Michael Lehmann
Cast: Christopher Lloyd, Zooey Deschanel, Aaron Stanford, Izabella Miko
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 84 mins
US Release: Mar 10 2007
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