5/10
Not all bad...
25 March 2005
Let me start by making one thing absolutely clear; I watched this movie because of my growing interest in male teen actor Gregory Smith and my seemingly endless crush on Natasha Lyonne. I have seen one other film with Richard Dreyfuss in the lead(What About Bob), so my expectations were sufficiently low. When I say sufficiently, I mean just that. Believe it or not, I somehow actually enjoyed this film to some extent. It's certainly not because it's a good film... most definitely not. It's a terrible mess of toilet humor, crude gags and jokes and a plot that just barely makes sense at all. Most of the humor is based on the idea that gross-out comedy is actually funny. The rest of it is the ever-popular practice of making fun of less civilized people(much like Ace Ventura: Nature Calls). The pace is pretty good, you're rarely bored, but the plot is completely preposterous and seems to have far too many subplots for such a short film, compared to what is necessary. The acting is mostly good, the main characters are all credible. The characters are somewhat well-written and interesting. The dialog is at times good, and there is maybe one or two quotable lines in there, somewhere. The gags and jokes work more often than not, and I did kind of like at least parts of the idea behind the plot. The whole film is worth watching if you can do so for free and you have nothing else to do. I recommend it to fans of this type of comedy or fans of any members of the cast. 5/10
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