Michael's Movie Grade: B+
A really dumb and lowbrow but very funny comedy.
Once again, I am very happy to see this type of incredibly silly comedy come back to movie screens. Sometimes when I go to a movie, I just want to laugh, and I don't care how dumb or lowbrow the humor is as long as it makes me do so. And this movie is pure dumb nonsense of the highest order. There are puns, slapstick gags, fart jokes, juvenile sex jokes, blink and you miss them background gags, movie and TV spoofs and even the occasional clever bit of satire. If you don't find one gag funny, there is probably one that will make you laugh in just a few seconds. What makes this movie work is that in the vein of Airplane or The Naked Gun, no matter how absurd or dumb the humor gets every actor plays their roles completely straight.
The dangerous part of making a feature length comedy is that it is hard to remain funny for the whole runtime. There are a couple stretches here, where the movie loses its comedic footing. Luckily, it finds its way again each of these times.
An excellent comedy.
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