Absolutely hilairious. I was laughing for 5 minutes at some points, I felt like a grown-up who had discovered cartoons again. The laughs came thick and fast, Tom Green's imagination for pure wackiness is brilliant, chaos humour at it's most brilliant. Don't bother thinking about anything when you watch this movie, just watch him turn everything upside down. Farrelly Brothers watch out, you've been outdone!
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
(1997–2000)
Honey, I Travelled Back In Time - A Tale Of Far-out Adventures
8 November 2000
This show is under-rated and deserves more acclaim. It is a fine series of far-out adventures which always keep you entertained. The dialogue is witty, the characters are perfectly cast and despite the low plausibility of some of the material this is always forgiven. The plot of some of the episodes ,aliens taking over the world, a corporate leader turning everybody into choose are as entertaining as many blockbuster films, and the storylines make constant reference to fairytales and make satirical references. This deserves to be bigger than it is, catch it if you can.
Bowfinger
(1999)
Witty Wackiness without Plausibility
16 October 2000
Bowfinger set around the concept of a director out to make his feature despite the fact that there is no star, and this director deciding to take matters into his own hands has the makings of a very good film .And in most ways this works. Some of the scenes featuring their star who is unaware are hilarious. However at moments, the film stretches the credibility of the situation a little too far, especially when Kip's lookalike brother comes along and could have someone like Heather Graham walk in on their audition just like that. But apart from these examples of artistic licence ,the economy of plausibility doesn't ruin what was a very amusing 1 and a half hours. The independent director foiling a plot to make a movie against Hollywood's odds was full of Steve Martin's trademark offbeat wackiness, but the laid-back pace of the film doesn't quite deliver the Steve Martin witty wackiness quite as fast as features such as Father Of The Bride & Housesitter. If you like what is admittedly yet another take on Hollywood and have enjoyed films such as "Get Shorty" and "Postcards From The Edge", then you will probably forgive the discrepanicies and the fact that when needed things come together just a little too conveninently. You can get on with enjoying Steve Martin playing the odds and getting himself into incredible situations trying to boobie-trap a star round tinseltown.
Me, Myself & Irene
(2000)
Contrived, far-fetched ,lacklustre
13 October 2000
Obviously the Farrelly Brothers had a lot to live up to after hitting the mark so well in "Dumb & Dumber" and "There's Something About Mary", not to mention the often overlooked "Kingpin". But this offering seemed a little contrived. The Farelly's were trying to deliver on what was expected of them, plenty of afronts to polite society. But what was missed here was that maybe it wasn't simply the offensive nature of the previous films which made them popular, it was that the audience could relate to them, like regulars in a pub. The scenario here of Carrey as a pushover policeman and father to some kids from South Central was unbelievable and was so ridiculous and far-fetched that the film instantly lost it's credibility and the lame gags didn't carry the movie.
"Dumb & Dumber" for instance worked on a theme that is classic to relate too, two down & outs ,with hopeless prospects are against the world go on a cross-country road trip to return a briefcase full of stolen money, it had elements of satire, witty one-liners ,appealingly exaggerated caricatures and was sparkled with crude comedy just at the right moment, but now that ethos has dumbed down to this. A highly unimaginative, unrealistic scenario , that tried to pitch in all the right Farelly Elements but failed miserably. Jim Carrey is the schizophrenic with dual personalities that became two characters in the film, but the theme of Schizophrenia is simplified to such an extent that it simply does not hold any ground. So this time the current round of taboos being broken won't be so easily forgiven, as the film probably won't win a lot of sympathy with some people.
"Dumb & Dumber" for instance worked on a theme that is classic to relate too, two down & outs ,with hopeless prospects are against the world go on a cross-country road trip to return a briefcase full of stolen money, it had elements of satire, witty one-liners ,appealingly exaggerated caricatures and was sparkled with crude comedy just at the right moment, but now that ethos has dumbed down to this. A highly unimaginative, unrealistic scenario , that tried to pitch in all the right Farelly Elements but failed miserably. Jim Carrey is the schizophrenic with dual personalities that became two characters in the film, but the theme of Schizophrenia is simplified to such an extent that it simply does not hold any ground. So this time the current round of taboos being broken won't be so easily forgiven, as the film probably won't win a lot of sympathy with some people.
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