The problem with waiting weeks between the time of watching and logging a movie is that I tend to forget everything about it. Still, I remember thinking this movie was pretty funny. Maybe it's because I was on a plane when I watched it and anything would seem entertaining compared to the in-flight movie (Charlie St. Cloud). Or Maybe it's because I was really tired and everything seems funny when you are really tired.There's a monkey (who drives!), a bunch of old ladies, a hot chick, and pretty much every actor from Big Daddy. They play video games and smoke pot. It's not a really inspired story and a lot of the jokes miss the mark, but I can't help but love J.P. (a young prodigy in the world of video games who acts like a robot when he's nervous) and Mr. Cheezle (played by Kevin Nealon). I can't say I'll ever watch it again, but if you haven't seen it, it's worth a look I guess. You could do far worse in a comedy (see Knucklehead).
Around five years ago it just seemed like too many people heaped too much praise on this movie. It was funny, but hearing various eighteen-year-olds all refer to it independently as "the funniest movie of all time" really oversold it to me. I thought the ending was especially weird and anticlimactic. But, yeah, JP was awesome.
ReplyDeleteThis cover always reminded me of the cover for Animal House. Funny movies, both of them.
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