261 - Ryan's Babe

Your Stupid Minds continues its loose Canada series with a film that's been regarded as the Canadian equivalent of The Room. It's the aimless Tarantino-esque sex (?) comedy (?) Ryan's Babe (2000)! Ryan (Bill LeVasseur) is a Saskatchewan college student who's so easyGOING. He's held captive by an armed woman emerging from the woods, which gives him an opportunity to tell his entire life's story up to that point through a flashback embedded with yet another flashback. His neighbor Connie (Alix Hayden) has been obsessed with him since childhood. After numerous fruitless attempts to solidify their love, she fakes a suicide attempt, which throws her father Bill (Peter Cooy) into a drunken homicidal rage toward Ryan for doing... something. Leading her on? I guess? Which he didn't even do? Since Saskatoon appears to be devoid of any police presence, Ryan chooses to flee the town rather than have Bill brought up on attempted murder charges. Without going into insane detail about every single thing that happens to the hapless Ryan, I can say that his attempt to flee a murderous drunk leads him to be drugged unconscious several times, knocked out several times, hitchhike and pick up hitchhikers several times, assume several jobs (waiter, resort employee, stripper), have numerous relationships with other women, and pee at least three times on camera (with some aborted or fakes pees and poos along the way). What does all this mean? Nothing. Nothing at all. But this was a fun romp through rural Canada, shot on a micro-budget and with every single line ADR'd. We highly recommend it.