Movie 43: An Attempt at Comedy

Movie 43 is a tribute to Kentucky Fried Movie and other movies that are a collection of comical shorts thrown together for a shot a comedy spread out over 10 chanches at greatness. There's a backstory of a crazed man trying to pitch a movie (Dennis Quaid) to movie exec (Greg Kinnear) and it's his crazy shorts that compose Movie 43. It's very weird, and just LOADED with stars from top to bottom. Hugh Jackman, Hallie Berry, Kate Winslet, Kinnear, Quiad, Common, Stephen Merchant, Johnny Knoxville, Anna Farris, Emma Stone, Liev Schrieber & longtime girlfriend Naomi Watts, Common, and really I could go on, but what's the point? Some of them are hits, some of them are misses, but I certainly, bucking the trend, had a decent time watching the film. It starts out pretty strong with a front-end loaded skit of Winslet and Jackman that doesn't push it far enough with their gag, but it's a lot of fun. I really think they go for a lot, so it's hit & miss the entire way. I think you have to try it on for yourself. It's pretty much pure sophomoric and grotesque humor, so if you really don't like that sort of thing, don't give it the time of day. I do laugh at poop, fart, and dick jokes, so I found a few of these to be funny. Bottom Line: 5.9 out of 10. I wish I could go higher, but this really defies description besides a mash up of shorts based on something probably gross or taboo. I think it's certainly worth a viewing, especially since it's on Netflix and requires nothing besides 80 minutes to find out if it's for you, or not. I'm just glad someone took a chance on something unique. I'm sure the actors/actresses involved had a blast.