I went to see this film with my brother, not knowing very much about it before hand.
From the animated opening credits I already had my doubts, and not least because Rowan Atkinsons's mug had shown up. (He was funny in Blackadder, and pretty much nothing else)
The film began and the level of 'humour' was so bad it made me feel embarrassed that this film had been made and even more so that I was watching it Still, I sat there hoping it might get better. Of course it didn't. The list of banal and pathetic 'jokes' was unbelievable. Abused live organs, balloon trapped flying cows, a Klaus Barbie Museum, an improbable Italian narcoleptic, oh it's hurting my brain to recall such stuff.
For the people who have reviewed this and left comments of praise and adoration I can only wonder if perhaps they actually saw a different film from the trite I watched. Before anyone thinks I don't have a sense of humour I'd like to state that I certainly do, and I will sit through and enjoy many things, but this just wasn't funny.
In the UK this film was given a 12 certificate. I think the classification system should have been inverted and the film should have been restricted to those only UNDER 12. it would have saved me the mental torture at least. Not even looking at Amy Smart could relieve the anguish.
I had laughed 2-3 times, but sadly not at any comedy. I was laughing at how brutally bad it was I laughed at the fact I had paid to watch this bilge. I laughed at some of the naive youngsters in the audience who thought it was mildly amusing.
We had given it a fair chance. We had sat through 75 minutes out of the 112 minutes it ran but could take no more when John lovitz broke into the Veteran's reunion and was bizarrely acting like Hitler, like yeah, I'd start sounding German and doing Heil salutes if I'd choked on a cigar lighter. Anyway, not funny. It sucked big time. We walked out promising ourselves never to watch a film on a whim again.
From the animated opening credits I already had my doubts, and not least because Rowan Atkinsons's mug had shown up. (He was funny in Blackadder, and pretty much nothing else)
The film began and the level of 'humour' was so bad it made me feel embarrassed that this film had been made and even more so that I was watching it Still, I sat there hoping it might get better. Of course it didn't. The list of banal and pathetic 'jokes' was unbelievable. Abused live organs, balloon trapped flying cows, a Klaus Barbie Museum, an improbable Italian narcoleptic, oh it's hurting my brain to recall such stuff.
For the people who have reviewed this and left comments of praise and adoration I can only wonder if perhaps they actually saw a different film from the trite I watched. Before anyone thinks I don't have a sense of humour I'd like to state that I certainly do, and I will sit through and enjoy many things, but this just wasn't funny.
In the UK this film was given a 12 certificate. I think the classification system should have been inverted and the film should have been restricted to those only UNDER 12. it would have saved me the mental torture at least. Not even looking at Amy Smart could relieve the anguish.
I had laughed 2-3 times, but sadly not at any comedy. I was laughing at how brutally bad it was I laughed at the fact I had paid to watch this bilge. I laughed at some of the naive youngsters in the audience who thought it was mildly amusing.
We had given it a fair chance. We had sat through 75 minutes out of the 112 minutes it ran but could take no more when John lovitz broke into the Veteran's reunion and was bizarrely acting like Hitler, like yeah, I'd start sounding German and doing Heil salutes if I'd choked on a cigar lighter. Anyway, not funny. It sucked big time. We walked out promising ourselves never to watch a film on a whim again.