TV: The Movie (2006) User Reviews

More like an hour and a half long TV sketch show

[Timetravelling_Monkey · 3/10 · 18 September 2006]

For those who have seen cKy and Jackass, there will be no new surprises with this movie. Around 50% of this film features stunts from ex-Jackass celebrities Steve-O, Wee Man, Chris Pontius and Preston Lacy intermingled with spoofs on popular TV shows such as Fear Factor and Cops. The first thing you realise when watching this film is that it looks cheap. Very cheap. The second thing you realise is that this in not so much a film, but an hour and a half long sketch show with some gags funnier than others. Much of the humour strangely focused on stereotypical Mexican culture and may be offensive to some, but if not, don't worry, the is plenty more to be offended by. The acting is sub-standard. While Steve-O and co. are stuntmen and skaters, they are not actors. This becomes evident in any scene involving Wee man, where he can't seem to deliver a line without a huge grin on his face. Pontius makes a good effort playing Jesus, unfortunately the writing is quite poor so he never has the chance to be really funny. One thing I did feel for this film was Pity. Pity for Steve-O. Its been well documented that Steve-O has had problems with alcohol and drugs, and in and out of rehab, but in this film you are wondering how much is real and how much is scripted. In several scenes it is very apparent he is intoxicated while he destroys his house, his belongings and several body parts. Worse still, the impression is given that this was encouraged by the filmmakers for some easy footage. It soon becomes depressing watching Steve-O slowly destroying himself on screen. The movie is attempting to parody modern day television and the MTV culture, but it turns out that they are just parodying themselves. In fact, one section is named 'The world's most pointless stunts' I can only concur. While I enjoyed Bam Margera's cKy series and Jackass, this offered nothing new. There have been countless spin-offs of the genre, and the material has become very tired. There is only so many clips of a guy throwing himself on a coffee table I can watch before I get bored. Even Steve-O complains he has been short of work. He should take this as a sign and get a job which doesn't involve bodily harm. The shows parodied in the film were very recent, which suggests in about 2 years the subject matter will be pretty dated. Some of the sketches (The Jackass doll sketch most notably) were pretty terrible, but admittedly there were some funny moments. The Mexican 'COPS' spoof was funny, but will probably be seen by some to be racist. 'XXXL,' A spoof on Triple-X starring Preston Lacy did offer some laughs, and is the closest thing to a proper movie that it gets. The only welcome surprise in this film was the appearance of Jason Mewes AKA Jay from the Kevin Smith movie world. But don't expect Smith's sharp comedy writing, again the poor scripting prevents Mewes from really having the chance to shine.

If you like Jackass and are determined to like this too, it is advisable to put your brain on stand-by, and you might come away with a smile on for face.

A hit and miss affair.

[TOMNEL · 4/10 · 8 February 2007]

Let me start out by saying this was much better than I expected. I thought that this would be absolutely terrible, and where it wasn't very good, I was entertained through most of it and a few things actually did make me laugh. My main reason for watching this is my love for the channel surfing films "Amazon Women on the Moon" and "Kentucky Fried Movie". While this was nowhere near as good, it still reminded me of those two films. The basic plot of this one....well there is no plot. It's a bunch of random TV show, commercial and movie parodies made to give you the rush of channel surfing. The major problem is that the movie has way to many sketches featuring "Jackass" stars playing themselves and pretending like they're big celebrities. There are way to many segments featuring (especially) Steve-O as himself. Many of the segments are just too silly, and too many are spoofing reality shows. The budget for the animated segments was obviously nothing so it was hard for this film to seem like a truly authentic channel surf. With that said, I was entertained through most of this. The camera work and direction was good, even though it was pretty much the same no matter what the parody. I laughed at least a few times and overall it's an OK way to kill 86 minutes. But if you want better films, go by my suggestions are rent or buy the two mentioned earlier in my review.

*My favorite segments were Gay Clowns part 1, and Fear Factor: Gang Rape.

My rating: ** out of *****. 86 mins. Rated R for pervasive strong language, nudity, sexuality and drug use.

Just... bad.

[caleb-06008 · 2/10 · 22 February 2022]

This movie came out when I was 4, but all of the humor is so dated it might as well be prehistoric. As another reviewer put it, the cast are great stuntmen and skaters, but they are most definitely NOT actors or comedy writers. Recently, Steve-O said in a YT video about his "acting" career that 1/3 of the entire movie's budget was spent on cocaine, and after watching this hour+ showcase of cheap garbage I'm surprised it wasn't 2/3. Virtually every sketch has a lower production value than most high-school film projects, and the setups and jokes are just plain unfunny. The Mexican COPS "parody" is just a million consecutive dated stereotypical racist jokes all delivered in the worst put-on Mexican accents. The "female" news anchor (just another male cast member wearing a wig and talking with a feminine Steve-O voice) is so pointlessly dumb and unbearably annoying that when "she" interviewed Satan (Centaur Steve-O with horns) I actually preferred listening to Steve-O in a horrible edited voice pretend to be Satan and make a woman suck his centaur youknowwhat, because it meant I didn't have to hear the only possible voice worse than Steve-O's. The Miami Vice ripoff is really bad, and the the Circus Clown rehab ending is just hard to watch when you know it was Steve-O's genuine mindset at the time. This movie tries to be offensive, but it does so by just recycling unfunny racist and sexist jokes, and where it does try to be creative, it just gets worse. The mental asylum "Girls Gone Wild" is just a gross setup to show boobs for 3 minutes, but the prison humor is especially gross. The "prison gays" scene is so exceptionally bad and out-of-date I'm genuinely surprised none of the actors in it have been cancelled for it yet. NEVER let that scene air on Twitter or it will legitimately be the end of their careers.

Giving a 2/10 because despite how absolutely awful 95% of the movie is, there are a few genuinely funny bits that made me laugh out loud, namely the Wee-Man Jackass doll and Steve-O's ad for Trojan High-Risk condoms. Steve-O's MTV Cribs rip-off is also pretty ironic when you realize that while he was acting it up in that scene, he literally did end up become a rapper who WAS that bad on drugs.

Garbage

[dirtydan1 · 1/10 · 14 January 2007]

I enjoy National Lampoon's stuff, and I love all the Jackass movies and TV shows and all that, but this movie was absolute garbage. It was the worst put together and least funny movie I have ever seen and I actually feel insulted that this was made a mainstream movie. I didn't pay for this movie, but it was so bad it makes me want to try and get my money back. The only reason I gave this movie a 1 is because you cannot give zeros. This is by far the worst movie-going experience I have ever had and am extremely disappointed in everyone who played any part in the making of this junk. I drove way out of my way to see this expecting something stupidly fun, but instead I got something stupidly awful. I would say this is the worst film I have ever seen, but to call this a film would be a gross overstatment, all this can be described as is garbage.

Horrible, Annoying, Unfunny, Boring, Disgraceful

[mark-1987 · 1/10 · 16 February 2007]

This movie tries to be funny but fails completely. There are a few moments worth chuckling at, but the rest of the movie is so dull and pathetic that you simply won't be in the mood. The preview is actually a lot better. Don't bother with this movie, you'll just sit there wishing it will hurry up and finish. Borderline racist and blatantly sexist. I feel sorry for the reputable actors who agreed to be in this film as it will surely damage their careers.

Absolutely nothing like Jackass, or cky, so don't be deceived by the fact that some of the Jackass crew feature in it. There are barely any stunts, and the sketches are disjointed and inappropriate. The humour is consistently so lame it actually makes you feel embarrassed. Anybody that says it was a good film, or that the people giving it a bad review "just didn't get it" are absolute morons; the jokes are so obvious, and so old, that it's impossible not to get them, they just aren't funny.

Unquestionably one of the worst movie experiences of my life.

don't waste your time

[s_mitchell · 1/10 · 1 November 2006]

i should start by saying I'm not a big fan of Jackass.this though is a poor version of the jackass stunts.

This is made up of a few jackass stunts (mostly skateboard stuff. some of it was quite impressive but not funny) and the odd attempt at a comedy sketch. this truly is an awful film.

i so wanted to like it as well having read what the film was about. i liked the idea of exploring our life since the TV has taken over but i just couldn't.

i wasted about an hour and a half of my life. Please don't make the same mistake i did.

Insulting the Viewer's Intelligence!

[ichocolat · 4 September 2007]

If I can describe this movie in just three words, I'd say: "This movie stinks!"

The jokes were not funny, it was blatantly stupid and deeply embarrassing. I waited for about half an hour, hoping that the movie will eventually become better, but it didn't happen. Instead, the movie became worse halfway through the show.

There are many movies making spoofs about movies and commercial, but they did it much better. For example, the Scary Movie. Both Scary Movie and National Lampoon : TV are the same in the sense that both made fun of the movies, but while Scary Movie made me laugh out loud, National Lampoon : TV made me crinch in embarrassment and made me look so stupid.

I can't remember any good moments in the movie except the part about El Apprentise ( a spoof about the Donald Trump's The Apprentice), when the candidates went to the boardroom to face the Columbian drug-lord. Other than the brief moment, everything about this movie in forgettable.

Heed my advise. Find / rent another movie instead.

Those poor actors (if you want to call them that...)

[lucky_charm01 · 1/10 · 8 May 2007]

It's a shame that this is the best the jackass guys could come up with. You gotta figure if Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera aren't in it, it's not worth seeing. They really make the shows and movies fun and worth watching. Of course it's a National Lampoon movie so it's not that great to begin with. I got bored about 10 minutes in waiting for it to be funny and I'm sorry I wasted my time on this pathetic excuse for a movie. I didn't laugh once during the entire thing. It was horrible some of the violence and cruelty it had in it. And they wonder what's wrong with people these days. They are spending time watching movies like this. Maybe next time they will think before making garbage such as this.

Zero entertainment =100% horrific

[masters-cindy · 1/10 · 21 July 2008]

First of all I have seen that someone that reviewed this trash made use of the sentence "reviewers who didn't GET this film. it's hilarious" are you serious ? this movie doesn't even deserve the 1 out of 10 I am giving it.to all the people that have seen this inept movie don't and don't belief a word that its hilarious.

Normally I enjoy movie of national lampoon but boy this movie were just horrific, absolute horrific!!! Its like watching a documentary of the worst adverts and acting ever invented.

The part were Chris Pontius( aka party boy from jack ass ) plays the part of Jesus are the lames and probably the sickest scene ever in motion picture history. Jesus (Chris) are been asked "how does it feel to be living with your dad for 3 000 years? And his mothers virginity are been questioned. To make this scene even worst Jesus (Chris)claims that Colin Farrell are beautiful.

That two cops in Mexico are just pathetic.

The movie are a complete waste of time. They are ripping off movies like Miami vice,XXX ,but they don't make fun of this movies they are destroying it completely.

Steve o are the lames ,dirtiest actor in the world. He reminds me of that people on the Jerry Springer show namely trailer trash .

Ps. I think jonny Knoxville are very happy that he has nothing to do with this trash.

Awful

[ericstevenson · 1/10 · 19 November 2017]

While not as bad as "An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn" this is still one of the worst movies I've ever seen and the worst movie I've seen for Direct To Video Month. Even the title is too generic. It's meant to be a parody of TV, but it just comes off as a lengthy montage of rejected sketches from anything. This movie is just plain rude and offensive. I guess I shouldn't have expected anything too good from Steve-O, the star of Jackass. The acting in all of this is horrible. There are some animated parts which are stupid and pointless.

They do a parody of Michael Moore. Literally all they do is make fun of how fat he is. What satire. There's way too many topless women in this movie. It's vulgar and stupid. They try to do a parody of "Girls Gone Wild" but it just looks the same as an actual "Girls Gone Wild" video. There's tons of gratuitous swearing and it's all offensive and mean spirited. There's one scene where a guy on a prank show sticks his head in a dirty toilet. Everyone is just so obnoxious and stupid here.

Danny Trejo appears and I realize that he's one of the most prolific actors in history. I guess it only fits he'd be in a movie as terrible as this. It should have been called Direct To Video: The Movie as it would have made as much sense. It's just random stupid thing after random stupid thing making the whole thing horribly incoherent with not a single laugh among them. There's offensive gay jokes and rape jokes. Oh, and also fat jokes and midget jokes. There is absolutely nothing witty or insightful in any of this and this film is pure and utter trash. National Lampoon, when did you go wrong? 1/2 star

This is the worst movie ever made

[TheSeaLion · 1/10 · 21 March 2014]

I really don't know what to say about this movie. There are no words to describe how horrible, brain-cell destroying, intelligence insulting, and lacking in any thought this movie was. Every time I've seen a movie I thought was the worst I've ever seen, I questioned how any movie could possibly beat that one. I asked myself that question when I watched "Jack and Jill". I asked myself that when I watched "The Garbage Pail Kids Movie". I asked myself that when I watched "21 Jump Street". Now, I ask it again, only this time I am nearly positive I will never see anything worse than this. Every bad idea, every ounce of non-creativity, mixed with the worst director and screenwriter in the world is the only way a movie worse than this could be made.

In the 70s and 80s, National Lampoon released some comedy films that are considered some of the best and funniest movie ever made with general critic and audience appraise, including "Animal House", "National Lampoon's Vacation", and "Christmas Vacation". At the turn of the 21st century, National Lampoon released more movies, all that have received poor acclaim from critics and audiences. This movie, by itself, is evidence that National Lampoon has lost its talent and has failed.

"TV: The Movie" is a compilation of comedy sketches that are not funny, are just annoying or obnoxious, are are simply made up of the lowest form of comedy. The film has a number of sketches that attempt to spoof TV shows like "Fear Factor", "Miami Vice", and "Jackass", though instead of spoofing the material, they just put the actors in a similar situation and just have them scream obnoxiously and run around the set doing something stupid.

The movie that this most reminded me of was "Movie 43", and while I despised that film, it was done a lot better. While the jokes were juvenile and even disgusting at times, the actors were put into a situation, but they were actually supposed to do something other than run around the set with no clue of what to do and just shout obnoxiously until the camera turned off.

It's at times like this I wish the device from the "Men in Black" trilogy actually existed so I could wipe my memory of ever seeing this movie and knowing I wasted an hour and a half of my life watching this movie that took about two seconds to think up and even shorter an amount of time to film and edit. There are movies out there that I don't see how other people could like them and this is one of them, though this film does make me think my judgment of those other films I feel the same way about are a little harsh.

A fun film with a dark sense of humor

[filmfanatic5551212 · 9/10 · 30 January 2007]

I have read a few reviews on here that said this movie was awful. i rented it to see dian bachar and didn't expect much because of what i had read. i was very annoyed at the reviewers who didn't GET this film. it's hilarious. i probably laughed really hard at a good 2/3rd's of this movie. it's belligerent, absurd, fillthy and has a VERY dark sense of humor. it crosses the line between fiction and reality as some of it's filmed in some very real situations, but set up to be fake. lee majors was awesome, the guy from capote blew me away (didn't know he was funny!) and the jackass guys were all very funny. so for the snobby people who hated this film, i think you were just looking too hard to find something that was never there in the first place. this is not a "good" film, but it is a funny one. and that's worth something.

Why 3.3 Total Rating ?

[skeledzicandrej · 7/10 · 23 April 2020]

Has a lot of cool scenes. the concept works very well, but has a very special sense of humor

yay...not too shabby

[leo_bartels · 9/10 · 25 September 2006]

8/10 I often enjoy the silly antics of the jackass boys and this film was no exception. It dose not go as far as jackass or steve-o's solo stuff. This film is made up of a bunch of Paradise of real t.v. show such as CRIBS AKA PADDS or things like Mexican cops. Mostly just a bunch of immature silliness, perfect for a late night chuckle with a bunch of your best budds and a um vase (yes mom thats a vase or is it a lamp). There are some 2/10 segments but also lots of 10/10s as well. If you are a national lampoons fan or a fan of jackass or just a happy little stoner looking for a laugh you most likely will enjoy this film.