“Jimmy And Stiggs” (** out of four) was mindless but entertaining stoner comedy about an out-of-work struggling filmmaker (Joe Begos) who spends his days smoking mountains of weed and then in a hallucination thinks he is abducted by aliens and fears for their return and contacts his friend Stiggs (Matt Mercer) in preparing for all-out war! Opening pseudo-coming attractions in the vein of “Grindhouse” are hilarious; the rest is perfectly watchable fluff but at least it never stops moving and is directed with some flavor and flair. Writer/director Begos shot this entire film in his home over the course of 4 years beginning during the COVID lockdown!

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