Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

mrs_aamh It was refreshing to watch a black comedy with well known actors and actresses in the film with no cursing and not insulting one's intelligence. Before this film, I was not a fan of Duane, but I'm most certainly now. I did not realize how sexy he is. I have seen almost all the episodes of "All of Us" too. He was delicious, especially at the part when he is in the aisle of the Shrine trying to win Jhnelle's heart back. That look he gave her after she said, "What do you think?". O my gosh! Sweet and tasty. I did not know Kelly could act. I watched her in Nelly's video...I do not know the name of it, but you know what video I am talking about. Kelly played Jhnelle's part perfectly. I gathered the character was young and pure. Yes, she owned it. My favorite scene was her and Al(not known as Derrick yet) at Santa Monica pier. When she gave Al this innocent kiss and then she looked down then looked at him with a face that said, "I am a virgin, please care for me gently, I love you". Ever love a movie so much that you badly want to meet and speak to the cast? That is how much I love the movie. I want the soundtrack. I am looking all over the web for the CD. I can not find it. Help! When it becomes available, it is mine! The only reason I gave it a 8 and not a 10 is because I did not like the ending at all. Rick, Mark, Duane and all involved just left me hanging. Not right! No disrespect, but I would of rather a juicy ending. Simply disappointed with the ending, but a must see and will love film. Not the traditional black comedy, thank you. : ) More Duane and Kelly, please.

TheQuietStorm You know when you see a bad film? It's after you've watched it, and you're so taken by the horridness of it all that you start feeling guilty for criticizing the films you recently labeled as the worst film you ever watched, while pitying everyone involved with the steaming pile. In fact, you start to appreciate the "Phat Girlz," "Transformers," and "Killa Season's" of the world. "The Seat Filler" had that affect on me.The reason why this film was so ghastly to me was because it was trying too hard to be good. It almost took itself too seriously despite the strained, unfunny comedic moments, like an oxymoron or something.They had an original premise: a "seat filler" at an award show having a chance encounter with a pop singer. But the premise was devalued by inept directing, poor acting and appalling writing.Kelly Rowland was nightmarish as the pop singer Jhnelle who makes an unlikely connection with a "seat filler" (played by the ever-so-over-the-top Duane Martin) at an award show. And that's the whole film. No drama, no complexity, no crisis, no character arc, nothing.The characters were so uninteresting. They were just pretentious, paper thin, caricatures that were basically flawless, and I don't mean flawless in a good way. In fact, I could only mean that in their flawlessness, true character depth was compromised. I couldn't connect with any of them on a human level due to the overwhelming bombardment of sappy moments between Martin and Rowland. There was nothing to pity, no humanistic qualities, nothing to admire about them. What we should've admired about Jhnelle and her celebrity felt unrealistic, forced and underdeveloped. Derrick was more boring than Jhnelle. It was just another story about a black American aspiring to be or living as a lawyer or doctor, or something monotonous like that, another futile attempt to prove to the rest of the world that black Americans are more than thugs and pimps.And don't let me get started on DeRay Davis. He was the worst thing about the film. He was annoying, obnoxious and he couldn't shut his mouth from spewing his nonsense for more than two seconds of his screen time. It was exhausting watching him.The scenes were uneventful, only shedding light on the many holes riddled in the overall script. I found myself asking "how did he" and "didn't she" too many times.Listening to the dialogue was like listening to fingernails clawing a chalkboard. That was partly due to the lack of character development in this steaming pile.And the assistant director should've been fired while the sound editor should be sued for his awful work on this film. In the film, you would hear audience members applauding while sitting still, completely motionless, in the same shot. Mistakes like this aren't acceptable in films at this level, films that obviously had more than $500,000 in their budget to spend.The best thing about this film was the cinematography, which could've been better as well.This film would've gotten more than a star from me if it was a spoof, making fun of its cliché "boy meets girl" concept. But it was really trying to be good, with the singing performances from Kelly Rowland at so-called award shows that felt like talent shows at a local elementary school. This whole film was elementary at best.

Sherazade A young and educated man is unfortunate enough to be holding down a job as a seat-filler at celebrity events while awaiting the BAR examination. One day, while at work he is accidentally taken to be someone else but a beautiful superstar who falls in love with him. Delighted by the interesting turn of events, he mindlessly goes along for the ride that leads to an equally interesting turn of events.Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland stars as the ambitious superstar singer, Duane Martin is the charming seat filler, Melanie Brown of the Spice Girls plays Rowland's personal assistant, and soap star Shemar Moore plays Rowland's ex-boyfriend who won't take no for an answer. It's a straight-to-DVD sort of film but it's not as bad as it seems.

bagcoo4 This was a very good movie. At first I bought it because I liked Kelly's acting and I wanted to support her, but if the truth be told--- she's a better actress than Beyonce! Acting seems natural to her (shout out for playing the role of a singer and not over doing it). I think that if a lot more people gave her a chance she could win an Oscar.Duane Martin is a struggling law student who takes a job as a seat filler to make in order to pay bills. He is distracted one at an awards ceremony when Kelly sits besides him. Not realizing how interested she is in him,he begins to go through tons of trouble to convince her that he is someone he isn't. This is a MUST SEE!