P.E.I.-made-movie “Who’s Yer Father?” debuts at the local Cineplex

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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A film shot fully in P.E.I. is now enjoying on the Cineplex in Charlottetown.

“Who’s Yer Father?’’ stars Chris Locke as Larry Constable and Susan Kent (“This Hour Has 22 Minutes’’) as Rhonda Perry.

Within the film, Locke performs a non-public investigator in P.E.I. at a agency known as Who’s Yer Father’s Non-public Investigations.

“I suck, it’s boring, we do dumb jobs like search for family’ casserole dishes,’’ Locke mentioned throughout a sit-down interview with the forged and crew Nov. 2 in Charlottetown.

“Then I get employed to do a giant job the place I am going down right into a cove to search for a black-market lobster salesman, and on the best way, I meet Rhonda Perry, which is Sue’s character, and we immediately fall in love and get into and trigger a number of hassle collectively. And it’s the funniest film you’ve ever seen.’’

The film was shot in P.E.I. in August and September of 2022 by writer-director Jeremy Larter, who grew up in West Covehead, P.E.I.

He mentioned virtually all of the areas are inside a 10-minute drive of his childhood residence. The scenes play out at locations such because the Covehead wharf, Richards Recent Seafood and his father’s nation retailer.

“Really, a few of the areas are subsequent door to the place I grew up,’’ mentioned Larter. “We have been (additionally) at Gillis’ (in Montague and) the Winds Motel in Murray River. We have been form of everywhere in the Island, however most of it was on the north shore.’’

Kent mentioned she feels this film offers a contemporary injection into Canadian comedy movies.

“I’ve not but seen it, however I used to be there once we made it and I do know what Jeremy has written, and what all of us obtained to do collectively is absolutely contemporary and thrilling and actually hilarious,’’ Kent mentioned.

The forged and crew are within the midst of an East Coast promotional tour for the film. Cineplex will give the film every week in theatres except it does nicely, after which will probably be held over.

The forged and crew mentioned the film debuted on the Atlantic Worldwide Movie Pageant in September in Halifax to “uproarious laughter and applause.’’ Kent received an impressive efficiency award for her half.

Larter thinks he might have discovered lightning in a bottle with Locke and Kent.

“These two collectively are going to develop into an iconic Canadian duo,’’ Larter mentioned. “Sue and Chris collectively are simply completely sensible and humorous and sensible collectively. It’s a really humorous – however humorous, touching – story.’’

Kent and Locke mentioned it’s their first time appearing collectively, however it was prompt chemistry.

Larter mentioned he wrote “Who’s Yer Father’’ with Kent in thoughts.

“I simply could not think about making the film with out her in it.’’

He knew Locke from his standup comedian routine in Toronto and thought he can be nice for the Constable half.

“The entire expertise was fairly an quantity of enjoyable, and it’s all up there on the display screen,’’ Locke mentioned. “Jeremy wrote sensible and hilarious and his generosity with freedom that we obtained to play with dwell whereas we have been filming collectively … nicely, the spirit is all up there within the movie, captured.’’

Kent agrees all of it got here right down to the fabric.

“Earlier than we began, we obtained collectively on Zoom and he would clarify how he noticed issues and all of the little particulars,’’ Kent mentioned. “It was so nicely thought by way of, so constructed and so nicely executed. It’s uncommon to get an individual on the helm who is aware of precisely what they need. There was this unimaginable alchemy that makes it particular.’’

He credit producer Jenna MacMillan for making this one really easy.

“So, Jenna believed on this film and what it was attempting to do. We would have liked motels, comfort shops, wharfs, golf programs (and) old school ice cream shops. To have the ability to get these movie areas through the summer time is absolutely troublesome, and Jenna was the large motive why. The P.E.I. group actually stepped up and helped, too.’’

Increasingly more productions are taking place in P.E.I., and they’re barely scratching the floor, Larter says. With the federal government throwing in rebate cash, it helps lots.

“It’s a dream to work right here,’’ Kent mentioned. “It’s such a stupendous place. It’s so terribly stunning. I feel anyone would need to come and work right here within the summertime.’’

At a look

Following is extra details about “Who’s Yer Father?’’:

• It’s enjoying on the Cineplex in Charlottetown, Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton and Halifax.

• Author-director Jeremy Larter mentioned the large influences on this film have been movies resembling “The Large Lebowski’’ and “Elevating Arizona.”

Dave Stewart is a reporter with SaltWire in Prince Edward Island. He may be reached at [email protected] and adopted on X @DveStewart