R E V I E W S

Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

Starring: Tom Green, Rip Torn, Harland Williams, Maria Couglan, Julie Hagerty
Director: Tom Green
Rating: R

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Review Posted: 4.21.01

Rating: 1/5

By Paul Perkins.

"The Worst Film Ever"

Well, I never thought I would say this. The gross out comedies are getting out of control. The man who did it this time is Tom Green. In Freddy Got Fingered, Gord Brody (Tom Green), a 28-year old, still lives with his parents. He doesn’t hold a job and doesn't do anything but ride his skateboard and drive his parents nuts.

He's an overgrown boy with a wild sense of imagination. Gord knows he needs a job. He gets one in a cheese factory. His true passion is drawing and wants to be an animator. So Gord quits his job, which makes his dad mad, because he wants him to grow up and move out of the house. Things is, Gord won’t budge and the two embark on an all out war that they will never forget.

Well, I've seen The Tom Green Show before. It was funny, maybe a little gross, but funny nevertheless. Comparing the show to this movie makes it look like child's play. I've seen a lot of movies and guess what? This was one of the worst ones ever. Everyone who knows me knows that I'm not like most critics. I like a lot of different types of movies, especially gross out comedies. I liked There's Something About Mary. That the film that started it all. But Freddy Got Fingered destroys the gross-out genre. Hollywood should look at the past films, starting with this one and see where they went wrong and go back to old school to see how it's done, ala There's Something About Mary.

The Goods:
1. The wheelchair girlfriend was very funny. 
2. The young boy who gets hurt a lot was too. 
3. A couple of the cameos in the film were good. 
4. The idea of the film was good.

The Bad:

1. It was too gross!
2. The horse scene was so stupid and gross. Why would any one want to see that?

3. Just when you think Tom Green can’t top the horse scene, well guess what, he does. This time it's an elephant. 4. It made the scene in Scary Movie look like child's play. 
5. I like the boy’s gags, but at the end of it they got very stupid. Green couldn’t leave a good thing alone. 
6. Even though I liked the idea of this movie, I think that Green put too much stupid things in it to make it bad.

Overall, Freddy Got Fingered was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I cannot see anyone paying eight dollars to see it and like it. I think most people who will see it will walk out of the theater. This is one to miss and a wait for video movie. It'll be cheaper on your part.

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