At first glance, Tobe (Dustin Ingram) may appear to be your average nerd, but there's much more to that. His interests include pornographic movies from the 1980s and music from the 1930s. He has just graduated high school, where he didn't apply himself and wasn't accepted by any colleges. He spends his days selling hot dogs from his "Weenie Wiz" truck. Tobe lives with his grandfather, Pop Pop (Brian Dennehy), who raised him. Tobe ignores real girls who like him, as he's obsessed with former porn queen Monica Velour and collects her movies and memorabilia. Then, two things happen -- a man in Indiana offers to buy the Weenie Wiz truck just as Tobe learns that Monica Velour will be appearing at a strip club there. So, he makes the trip and finally gets to meet Monica (Kim Cattrall), and through a series of events, he goes home with her. But, instead of the young vixen he's come to know, Tobe is face-to-face with a broken down middle aged woman who has a depressing life. Tobe decides that he's going to help Monica, whether she wants it or not.

First of all, Meet Monica Velour makes that worst of all mistakes, and presents us with unlikable characters. Napoleon Dynamite may be one of the most obnoxious characters ever, but he's so over the top, and in the end, kind-hearted, that he wins us over. That's not the case with Tobe. The movie wants us to think that he's so quirky that he's charming, but this never happens. Yes, we certainly feel sorry for him given his domestic situation, but everything else he brings upon himself. He then goes from quirky to sadly naive as he tries to help Monica. These gestures are nice, but it's hard to get behind someone who is so blind to reality. As for Monica, we are supposed to feel for the exhausted woman under the gruff exterior, but, despite Cattrall's valiant efforts to bring something to the role, she's too much of a stereotype.

These off-putting characters receive no assistance from the movie's uneven tone. I guess that one could call Meet Monica Velour a "dramedy", but it doesn't succeed on either front. Tobe's antics are clearly supposed to be funny, but they never are -- they are often more pitiful than funny. (Although, I did enjoy his corny joke about non-alcoholic beer.) The way in which Tobe reacts to and then tries to help Monica's situation is supposed to be engaging and moving, but it simply isn't. We don't care enough about these familiar and annoying characters to truly get involved with the story.

I supposed the fact that I was frustrated by Tobe's actions means that the movie was effective in some way, but that doesn't change the fact that the movie isn't clever or moving. One thing which Meet Monica Velour got right was the casting of Jamie Tisdale as the young Monica. It's easy to picture her as a 20-something version of Kim Cattrall and someone should win an award for that.

Meet Monica Velour does not want to build me a cake or something on Blu-ray Disc courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment. The film has been letterboxed at 1.85:1 and the Disc contains an AVC 1080p HD transfer which runs at an average of 28 Mbps. The image is very sharp and clear, showing no intrusive grain and no defects from the source material. The movie was shot in a very natural style and for a low-budget effort, the picture is nicely crisp. The colors look good and the image is never overly dark or bright. The level of detail is very good, as we can see every line in Monica's face. The abundance of landscape shots show off good depth. The Disc carries a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio track which runs at 48 kHz and an average of 2.8 Mbps. The track provides clear dialogue and sound effects. Being a "dramedy", we aren't bombarded by spectacular audio effects, but the track is solid enough. The in-film music sounds fine, as it fills the surround speakers. A scene involving fireworks brings us nice surround effects, as well as subwoofer action. The stereo effects are subtle, but still nicely detailed.

The Meet Monica Velour Blu-ray Disc contains only a few extras. We begin with an AUDIO COMMENTARY from Writer/Director Keith Bearden and Kim Cattrall. The Disc contains four DELETED SCENES which run about 8 minutes. Two of these are Tobe's daydreams which feature all of the gratuitous nudity which some may have been expecting from this movie. They also address Tobe's reality and what he plans to do after high school. The final extra is the TRAILER for the film.