Wednesday, December 11, 2002

Jackass: The Movie (2002)

Here's more proof that my sense of humor does not correspond to any professional critic you might have heard of. As with the show, there are times when Knoxville and Co. set up stunts that aren't so much funny as they are sick and bizarre and kind of pointless outside of the fact that nobody with half a brain would willingly do this. But when it works -- and it works most of the time -- this is a fall-down, helpless kind of funny; one skit ("Tropical Pole Vaulting") made me laugh so hard I gave myself a headache. It's slapstick comedy for the new millenium, and it has more laughs than anything else I've seen this year. So call me stupid if you must.

Grade: B+