Freddy Got Fingered

Freddy Got Fingered


Starring:Drew Barrymore, R. Nelson Brown, Wendy Chmelauskas, Marisa Coughlan, Jackson Davies, George Gordon (II), Allan Gray (III), Julie Hagerty, Anthony Michael Hall, Scott Heindl, Fiona Hogan, David Neale, Robert Osborne (II), Ron Selmour, John R. Taylor, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Rip Torn, Connor Widdows, Harland Williams
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com
MTV's maniacal prankster, Tom Green, takes his surreal nonsense to the movies in Freddy Got Fingered. Playing a Portland, Oregon, goofball who dreams of becoming an animator, Green barely stitches together a rudimentary plot, but he does pile on the kind of agonizing nonsense that is his stock-in-trade: chewing through an umbilical cord, licking somebody's compound fracture, and presenting a sausage-and-keyboard contraption that surely would have delighted early-20th-century Dadaists. Predictably, Green loses something in the transition from television's freeform, microscopic glare to the more formal demands of cinema, and the result isn't pretty. The trouble is, this stuff is largely unsuitable for the broad scope of a movie and, in contrast to the guerrilla tactics of Green's TV show, is prefabricated for the lumbering process of filmmaking. That, in turn, diminishes the effectiveness of Green's grenade-throwing humor and makes Freddy Got Fingered something of a desperate experience. --Tom Keogh
Description
When 28-year old wannabe animator Gord Brody (Green) leaves the safety of his parents' home to make it big in Hollywood, all hell breaks loose... in hospital rooms, with paraplegic nymphos, in a cheese factory, with farm animals... and much more! Just whe
Freddy Got Fingered
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • What crime have we committed to deserve this punishment?
  • Funniest Movie Of All Time
  • This movie was great
  • C'mon Folks, it isn't THAT bad, and it's Tom Green - what did you expect - Gone With The Wind?
  • Unfairly dumped on
Freddy Got Fingered
Starring: Drew Barrymore , R. Nelson Brown , Wendy Chmelauskas , Marisa Coughlan , and Jackson Davies
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
Eccentric FamiliesEccentric Families | By Theme | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
ParenthoodParenthood | By Theme | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
Barrymore, DrewBarrymore, Drew | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Hagerty, JulieHagerty, Julie | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Hall, Anthony MichaelHall, Anthony Michael | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Neale, DavidNeale, David | ( N ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Torn, RipTorn, Rip | ( T ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Williams, HarlandWilliams, Harland | ( W ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
All Fox TitlesAll Fox Titles | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Studio Specials | Stores | DVD | Video
ComedyComedy | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Studio Specials | Stores | DVD | Video
DVDs Under $15DVDs Under $15 | Fox DVD Budget Store | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Studio Specials | Stores | DVD | Video
Hit Movies Under $20Hit Movies Under $20 | Fox DVD Budget Store | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Studio Specials | Stores | DVD | Video
4-for-3 Comedy4-for-3 Comedy | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video
4-for-3 All DVDs4-for-3 All DVDs | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video
DVDs Under $7.49DVDs Under $7.49 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video
GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video
( F )( F ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:
  1. Stealing Harvard
  2. Tom Green: Inside and Outside the Box
  3. Road Trip (Unrated Edition)
  4. The Tom Green Show - Subway Monkey Hour
  5. Eurotrip (Unrated Widescreen Edition)

ASIN: B00005NTOH
Release Date: 2001-10-23

Amazon.com

MTV's maniacal prankster, Tom Green, takes his surreal nonsense to the movies in Freddy Got Fingered. Playing a Portland, Oregon, goofball who dreams of becoming an animator, Green barely stitches together a rudimentary plot, but he does pile on the kind of agonizing nonsense that is his stock-in-trade: chewing through an umbilical cord, licking somebody's compound fracture, and presenting a sausage-and-keyboard contraption that surely would have delighted early-20th-century Dadaists. Predictably, Green loses something in the transition from television's freeform, microscopic glare to the more formal demands of cinema, and the result isn't pretty. The trouble is, this stuff is largely unsuitable for the broad scope of a movie and, in contrast to the guerrilla tactics of Green's TV show, is prefabricated for the lumbering process of filmmaking. That, in turn, diminishes the effectiveness of Green's grenade-throwing humor and makes Freddy Got Fingered something of a desperate experience. --Tom Keogh

Description

When 28-year old wannabe animator Gord Brody (Green) leaves the safety of his parents' home to make it big in Hollywood, all hell breaks loose... in hospital rooms, with paraplegic nymphos, in a cheese factory, with farm animals... and much more! Just whe

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars What crime have we committed to deserve this punishment?.......2007-06-03

This is one of the worst movie I have ever seen! Tom Green should be ashamed of himself. If he had a single ounce of decency, he would refund everyone who saw the movie in theatres or bought the DVD. It greatly saddens me that I cannot give it zero stars but one will have to suffice. I have nothing against physical comedies but this one crosses the line. Please do yourself, your friends, and your family a favor by not buying this garbage.

5 out of 5 stars Funniest Movie Of All Time.......2007-02-07

This is the funniest movie of all time. Purely genius in all its stupidity. Those who dislike it are uptight and their favorite TV Show is Friends.

Own this movie and just enjoy. THE ROCKETS BETTY!

5 out of 5 stars This movie was great.......2007-02-06

I love Tom Green, and I think he is a brilliant man. The movie actually makes a lot more sense if you watch the commentary, which is a whole form of entertainment in itself. Apparently a lot of the scenes in the movie were based on real life events. This is one of my faves.

4 out of 5 stars C'mon Folks, it isn't THAT bad, and it's Tom Green - what did you expect - Gone With The Wind?.......2007-01-15

Ok, I'm only writing this because I wound up popping this DVD into my player last night and watching it again. I bought this movie years ago after first seeing it and laughing like an imbecile pretty much throughout.

Yes, it's sick humor. No, it's not for everyone. But this IS Tom Green! I can't imagine what some of the people who reviewed this movie were expecting - Citizen Kane? C'MON PEOPLE!

There is precious little plot - just enough for each Tom Green site gag or gross out gag, which is basically what Tom Green does and is known for. Letting him direct this film, I can't imagine what people thought they'd see? Most people I know did not like this film, and a close friend of mine still will make fun of me for liking it, if I ever bring up the title, but so what?

If lowbrow humor, sight gags and gross out scenes make you chuckle, this film is for you. Also, great acting, as usual, from Rip Torn - he's hysterical.

Just remind yourself it's a Tom Green vehicle, and you're only watching it for the lowbrow humor, you'll be fine. If you sit down to watch a major movie production, yes, you'll be disappointed but I don't think that was even close to the aim of this movie.

Still ridiculously funny after all these years. The baby scene, the "Backwards Man" scene, and the sausage scene are absolutely inane, yet priceless.

3 out of 5 stars Unfairly dumped on.......2006-09-21

I remember not being impressed seeing 'Freddy Got Fingered' back in 2001 when it was released in theatres - now close to a half-decade ago - but I also remember thinking "that wasn't NEARLY as bad as all those reviewers said it was". That opinion pretty much held up the other night, when I watched it for the first time since that initial viewing.

Without any question in my mind, the real reason to see 'Freddy' is for Rip Torn's performance as Green's father. His comedic expressions are, literally, gold, and being the realistic, angry counter-force to Green's manically cartoonish imbecile makes his emotional clouds of rage that much more hilarious. For example, Green is in the shower, unknowingly in scuba gear to his father. Like most of the events in the film, it begins with Torn playing it sincere, as if the situation were normal. In this particular scene he kindly jokes around, doing some trick to make the water in the shower hot to play with Green. When there is no reaction by Green, it quickly cuts to a brilliant shot of Torn seethingly kicking open the door to the bathroom. He then opens the shower, and sees Green in the scuba gear. His basic reaction to situations like this are almost always the same, but Torn plays them so perfectly, with hysterical nuance, that the scheme never gets old. Again, by playing the "what the $*#@ are you doing?" contrast to the absurdity of Green makes the situations that much funnier, and Green knows this as a director, and edits those particular scenes wonderfully, which presents some of the most funny, original comedic scenes I've seen in recent years. And, despite Torn's talented subtleties, they play off the situations to the most extreme effect; in the scuba scene, when Torn asks Green what the *%#)@ he's doing, Green gives him some moronic line about the soap being a treasure. Contrasting this absurd behavior, then, is Torn, who violently, ruthlessly throws Green out of the shower on to the floor, breaking the glass of the shower entirely. I think this dynamic works so well because Torn is one of those old-fashioned guys, impulsive and ready to act on his heated emotions, so naturally he abuses Green in a way that most of us are too passive-aggressive to go about doing.

Probably the other most successful element of the film, for me, is the musical score. It's basically one simple theme, awesomely satirical in its overt melodrama, that takes advantage of the underlying, ridiculous film it's paired up with. Somehow, it just gels the whole thing together, and in my opinion, gives a lot of the film's bits a sense of humor that they'd lack had its presence been missing.

Overall, though, the movie isn't anything truly special, and while I really do believe it's got moments of genius, there are just as many scenes that flop. Yet, I must say not once did I find myself bored or distracted, and I think that's because the sheer distinctness of 'Freddy' is utterly refreshing when such Hollywood RUBBISH, most which have the balls to call themselves 'comedies', are thrown at us. Green goes all out and does his own thing, and if you don't like it, you don't like it. If you do, you do. Though it's certainly not my favorite film of all time, if the debate ever comes up in some sort of social interaction, I'll stubbornly defend the 'thumbs up' stance, if only for the greater elements 'Freddy' does possess.
Freddy Got Fingered
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • What crime have we committed to deserve this punishment?
  • Funniest Movie Of All Time
  • This movie was great
  • C'mon Folks, it isn't THAT bad, and it's Tom Green - what did you expect - Gone With The Wind?
  • Unfairly dumped on
Freddy Got Fingered
Starring: Drew Barrymore , Julie Hagerty , Anthony Michael Hall , Rip Torn , and Harland Williams
Director: Tom Green
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
Eccentric FamiliesEccentric Families | By Theme | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
ParenthoodParenthood | By Theme | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
Barrymore, DrewBarrymore, Drew | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Hagerty, JulieHagerty, Julie | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Hall, Anthony MichaelHall, Anthony Michael | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Torn, RipTorn, Rip | ( T ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
Williams, HarlandWilliams, Harland | ( W ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
All Fox TitlesAll Fox Titles | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Studio Specials | Stores | DVD | Video
ComedyComedy | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Studio Specials | Stores | DVD | Video
DVDs Under $15DVDs Under $15 | Fox DVD Budget Store | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Studio Specials | Stores | DVD | Video
4-for-3 Comedy4-for-3 Comedy | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video
4-for-3 All DVDs4-for-3 All DVDs | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video
( F )( F ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:
  1. Stealing Harvard
  2. Tom Green: Inside and Outside the Box
  3. Road Trip (Unrated Edition)
  4. The Tom Green Show - Subway Monkey Hour
  5. Eurotrip (Unrated Widescreen Edition)

ASIN: B000EHSV96
Release Date: 2001-10-23

Amazon.com

MTV's maniacal prankster, Tom Green, takes his surreal nonsense to the movies in Freddy Got Fingered. Playing a Portland, Oregon, goofball who dreams of becoming an animator, Green barely stitches together a rudimentary plot, but he does pile on the kind of agonizing nonsense that is his stock-in-trade: chewing through an umbilical cord, licking somebody's compound fracture, and presenting a sausage-and-keyboard contraption that surely would have delighted early-20th-century Dadaists. Predictably, Green loses something in the transition from television's freeform, microscopic glare to the more formal demands of cinema, and the result isn't pretty. The trouble is, this stuff is largely unsuitable for the broad scope of a movie and, in contrast to the guerrilla tactics of Green's TV show, is prefabricated for the lumbering process of filmmaking. That, in turn, diminishes the effectiveness of Green's grenade-throwing humor and makes Freddy Got Fingered something of a desperate experience. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars What crime have we committed to deserve this punishment?.......2007-06-03

This is one of the worst movie I have ever seen! Tom Green should be ashamed of himself. If he had a single ounce of decency, he would refund everyone who saw the movie in theatres or bought the DVD. It greatly saddens me that I cannot give it zero stars but one will have to suffice. I have nothing against physical comedies but this one crosses the line. Please do yourself, your friends, and your family a favor by not buying this garbage.

5 out of 5 stars Funniest Movie Of All Time.......2007-02-07

This is the funniest movie of all time. Purely genius in all its stupidity. Those who dislike it are uptight and their favorite TV Show is Friends.

Own this movie and just enjoy. THE ROCKETS BETTY!

5 out of 5 stars This movie was great.......2007-02-06

I love Tom Green, and I think he is a brilliant man. The movie actually makes a lot more sense if you watch the commentary, which is a whole form of entertainment in itself. Apparently a lot of the scenes in the movie were based on real life events. This is one of my faves.

4 out of 5 stars C'mon Folks, it isn't THAT bad, and it's Tom Green - what did you expect - Gone With The Wind?.......2007-01-15

Ok, I'm only writing this because I wound up popping this DVD into my player last night and watching it again. I bought this movie years ago after first seeing it and laughing like an imbecile pretty much throughout.

Yes, it's sick humor. No, it's not for everyone. But this IS Tom Green! I can't imagine what some of the people who reviewed this movie were expecting - Citizen Kane? C'MON PEOPLE!

There is precious little plot - just enough for each Tom Green site gag or gross out gag, which is basically what Tom Green does and is known for. Letting him direct this film, I can't imagine what people thought they'd see? Most people I know did not like this film, and a close friend of mine still will make fun of me for liking it, if I ever bring up the title, but so what?

If lowbrow humor, sight gags and gross out scenes make you chuckle, this film is for you. Also, great acting, as usual, from Rip Torn - he's hysterical.

Just remind yourself it's a Tom Green vehicle, and you're only watching it for the lowbrow humor, you'll be fine. If you sit down to watch a major movie production, yes, you'll be disappointed but I don't think that was even close to the aim of this movie.

Still ridiculously funny after all these years. The baby scene, the "Backwards Man" scene, and the sausage scene are absolutely inane, yet priceless.

3 out of 5 stars Unfairly dumped on.......2006-09-21

I remember not being impressed seeing 'Freddy Got Fingered' back in 2001 when it was released in theatres - now close to a half-decade ago - but I also remember thinking "that wasn't NEARLY as bad as all those reviewers said it was". That opinion pretty much held up the other night, when I watched it for the first time since that initial viewing.

Without any question in my mind, the real reason to see 'Freddy' is for Rip Torn's performance as Green's father. His comedic expressions are, literally, gold, and being the realistic, angry counter-force to Green's manically cartoonish imbecile makes his emotional clouds of rage that much more hilarious. For example, Green is in the shower, unknowingly in scuba gear to his father. Like most of the events in the film, it begins with Torn playing it sincere, as if the situation were normal. In this particular scene he kindly jokes around, doing some trick to make the water in the shower hot to play with Green. When there is no reaction by Green, it quickly cuts to a brilliant shot of Torn seethingly kicking open the door to the bathroom. He then opens the shower, and sees Green in the scuba gear. His basic reaction to situations like this are almost always the same, but Torn plays them so perfectly, with hysterical nuance, that the scheme never gets old. Again, by playing the "what the $*#@ are you doing?" contrast to the absurdity of Green makes the situations that much funnier, and Green knows this as a director, and edits those particular scenes wonderfully, which presents some of the most funny, original comedic scenes I've seen in recent years. And, despite Torn's talented subtleties, they play off the situations to the most extreme effect; in the scuba scene, when Torn asks Green what the *%#)@ he's doing, Green gives him some moronic line about the soap being a treasure. Contrasting this absurd behavior, then, is Torn, who violently, ruthlessly throws Green out of the shower on to the floor, breaking the glass of the shower entirely. I think this dynamic works so well because Torn is one of those old-fashioned guys, impulsive and ready to act on his heated emotions, so naturally he abuses Green in a way that most of us are too passive-aggressive to go about doing.

Probably the other most successful element of the film, for me, is the musical score. It's basically one simple theme, awesomely satirical in its overt melodrama, that takes advantage of the underlying, ridiculous film it's paired up with. Somehow, it just gels the whole thing together, and in my opinion, gives a lot of the film's bits a sense of humor that they'd lack had its presence been missing.

Overall, though, the movie isn't anything truly special, and while I really do believe it's got moments of genius, there are just as many scenes that flop. Yet, I must say not once did I find myself bored or distracted, and I think that's because the sheer distinctness of 'Freddy' is utterly refreshing when such Hollywood RUBBISH, most which have the balls to call themselves 'comedies', are thrown at us. Green goes all out and does his own thing, and if you don't like it, you don't like it. If you do, you do. Though it's certainly not my favorite film of all time, if the debate ever comes up in some sort of social interaction, I'll stubbornly defend the 'thumbs up' stance, if only for the greater elements 'Freddy' does possess.
Rude 'N Crude Comedy Collection (Office Space /  Dude, Where's My Car? / Super Troopers / Freddy Got Fingered / Shallow Hal  / Kung Pow!  Enter The Fist )
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • funny
Rude 'N Crude Comedy Collection (Office Space / Dude, Where's My Car? / Super Troopers / Freddy Got Fingered / Shallow Hal / Kung Pow! Enter The Fist )
Starring: Rude N Crude Comedies
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
( R )( R ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ComedyComedy | Boxed Sets | Stores | DVD | Video
All Fox TitlesAll Fox Titles | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Studio Specials | Stores | DVD | Video
ComedyComedy | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Studio Specials | Stores | DVD | Video
ASIN: B0000AINLP
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars funny.......2005-10-16

all of these movies are funny especially dude wheres my car and kung pow
ofice space-4/5
dude wheres my car5/5
kung pow enter the fist-5/5
freddy got fingered-1.5/5
super troopers-3.5/5
i bought this collection and so should you
Freddy Got Fingered [Region 2]
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • What crime have we committed to deserve this punishment?
  • Funniest Movie Of All Time
  • This movie was great
  • C'mon Folks, it isn't THAT bad, and it's Tom Green - what did you expect - Gone With The Wind?
  • Unfairly dumped on
Freddy Got Fingered [Region 2]

ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
( F )( F ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:
  1. Stealing Harvard
  2. Tom Green: Inside and Outside the Box
  3. Road Trip (Unrated Edition)
  4. The Tom Green Show - Subway Monkey Hour
  5. Eurotrip (Unrated Widescreen Edition)

ASIN: B0000634AS

Amazon.com

MTV's maniacal prankster, Tom Green, takes his surreal nonsense to the movies in Freddy Got Fingered. Playing a Portland, Oregon, goofball who dreams of becoming an animator, Green barely stitches together a rudimentary plot, but he does pile on the kind of agonizing nonsense that is his stock-in-trade: chewing through an umbilical cord, licking somebody's compound fracture, and presenting a sausage-and-keyboard contraption that surely would have delighted early-20th-century Dadaists. Predictably, Green loses something in the transition from television's freeform, microscopic glare to the more formal demands of cinema, and the result isn't pretty. The trouble is, this stuff is largely unsuitable for the broad scope of a movie and, in contrast to the guerrilla tactics of Green's TV show, is prefabricated for the lumbering process of filmmaking. That, in turn, diminishes the effectiveness of Green's grenade-throwing humor and makes Freddy Got Fingered something of a desperate experience. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars What crime have we committed to deserve this punishment?.......2007-06-03

This is one of the worst movie I have ever seen! Tom Green should be ashamed of himself. If he had a single ounce of decency, he would refund everyone who saw the movie in theatres or bought the DVD. It greatly saddens me that I cannot give it zero stars but one will have to suffice. I have nothing against physical comedies but this one crosses the line. Please do yourself, your friends, and your family a favor by not buying this garbage.

5 out of 5 stars Funniest Movie Of All Time.......2007-02-07

This is the funniest movie of all time. Purely genius in all its stupidity. Those who dislike it are uptight and their favorite TV Show is Friends.

Own this movie and just enjoy. THE ROCKETS BETTY!

5 out of 5 stars This movie was great.......2007-02-06

I love Tom Green, and I think he is a brilliant man. The movie actually makes a lot more sense if you watch the commentary, which is a whole form of entertainment in itself. Apparently a lot of the scenes in the movie were based on real life events. This is one of my faves.

4 out of 5 stars C'mon Folks, it isn't THAT bad, and it's Tom Green - what did you expect - Gone With The Wind?.......2007-01-15

Ok, I'm only writing this because I wound up popping this DVD into my player last night and watching it again. I bought this movie years ago after first seeing it and laughing like an imbecile pretty much throughout.

Yes, it's sick humor. No, it's not for everyone. But this IS Tom Green! I can't imagine what some of the people who reviewed this movie were expecting - Citizen Kane? C'MON PEOPLE!

There is precious little plot - just enough for each Tom Green site gag or gross out gag, which is basically what Tom Green does and is known for. Letting him direct this film, I can't imagine what people thought they'd see? Most people I know did not like this film, and a close friend of mine still will make fun of me for liking it, if I ever bring up the title, but so what?

If lowbrow humor, sight gags and gross out scenes make you chuckle, this film is for you. Also, great acting, as usual, from Rip Torn - he's hysterical.

Just remind yourself it's a Tom Green vehicle, and you're only watching it for the lowbrow humor, you'll be fine. If you sit down to watch a major movie production, yes, you'll be disappointed but I don't think that was even close to the aim of this movie.

Still ridiculously funny after all these years. The baby scene, the "Backwards Man" scene, and the sausage scene are absolutely inane, yet priceless.

3 out of 5 stars Unfairly dumped on.......2006-09-21

I remember not being impressed seeing 'Freddy Got Fingered' back in 2001 when it was released in theatres - now close to a half-decade ago - but I also remember thinking "that wasn't NEARLY as bad as all those reviewers said it was". That opinion pretty much held up the other night, when I watched it for the first time since that initial viewing.

Without any question in my mind, the real reason to see 'Freddy' is for Rip Torn's performance as Green's father. His comedic expressions are, literally, gold, and being the realistic, angry counter-force to Green's manically cartoonish imbecile makes his emotional clouds of rage that much more hilarious. For example, Green is in the shower, unknowingly in scuba gear to his father. Like most of the events in the film, it begins with Torn playing it sincere, as if the situation were normal. In this particular scene he kindly jokes around, doing some trick to make the water in the shower hot to play with Green. When there is no reaction by Green, it quickly cuts to a brilliant shot of Torn seethingly kicking open the door to the bathroom. He then opens the shower, and sees Green in the scuba gear. His basic reaction to situations like this are almost always the same, but Torn plays them so perfectly, with hysterical nuance, that the scheme never gets old. Again, by playing the "what the $*#@ are you doing?" contrast to the absurdity of Green makes the situations that much funnier, and Green knows this as a director, and edits those particular scenes wonderfully, which presents some of the most funny, original comedic scenes I've seen in recent years. And, despite Torn's talented subtleties, they play off the situations to the most extreme effect; in the scuba scene, when Torn asks Green what the *%#)@ he's doing, Green gives him some moronic line about the soap being a treasure. Contrasting this absurd behavior, then, is Torn, who violently, ruthlessly throws Green out of the shower on to the floor, breaking the glass of the shower entirely. I think this dynamic works so well because Torn is one of those old-fashioned guys, impulsive and ready to act on his heated emotions, so naturally he abuses Green in a way that most of us are too passive-aggressive to go about doing.

Probably the other most successful element of the film, for me, is the musical score. It's basically one simple theme, awesomely satirical in its overt melodrama, that takes advantage of the underlying, ridiculous film it's paired up with. Somehow, it just gels the whole thing together, and in my opinion, gives a lot of the film's bits a sense of humor that they'd lack had its presence been missing.

Overall, though, the movie isn't anything truly special, and while I really do believe it's got moments of genius, there are just as many scenes that flop. Yet, I must say not once did I find myself bored or distracted, and I think that's because the sheer distinctness of 'Freddy' is utterly refreshing when such Hollywood RUBBISH, most which have the balls to call themselves 'comedies', are thrown at us. Green goes all out and does his own thing, and if you don't like it, you don't like it. If you do, you do. Though it's certainly not my favorite film of all time, if the debate ever comes up in some sort of social interaction, I'll stubbornly defend the 'thumbs up' stance, if only for the greater elements 'Freddy' does possess.

DVD:

  1. My Chauffeur
  2. Soul Plane (Unrated Mile High Edition)
  3. Dream a Little Dream
  4. And Now For Something Completely Different
  5. Thumb Wars - The Phantom Cuticle
  6. Back to the Beach
  7. The Mirror Has Two Faces
  8. A Night at the Roxbury
  9. Best of the Chris Rock Show
  10. The Tao of Steve

DVD List

DVD

DVD

How to Draw a Bunny

Fimbles - Fimbly Bimbly Finding Is Fun

The Dead Next Door [1988]

DVD: Field of Dreams (Widescreen Collector's Edition)

Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - 5 Little Pigs / Sad Cypr