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Jackass: The Movie Movie Review
Jackass: The Movie Review

"Jackass: The Movie" Overview

Rating: PG-13
2002
Cast and Crew
Director : Jeff TremaineProducer : Spike Jonze,Johnny Knoxville,Jeff Tremaine
Screenwiter : Jeff Termaine,Spike Jonze,Johnny Knoxville
Starring : Johnny Knoxville,Bam Margera,Chris Pontius,Steve-O,Dave England,Ryan Dunn,Jason Acuna
Well that was an experience.
I’m three hours out of Jackass and I still don’t know what to think. I know I
didn’t get the idea of Jackass going into the movie, and after some
pontification I now think I know what the deal is… but still can’t be sure.
Three hours out and the only two things I know are that Jackass doesn’t have a
point and maybe, just maybe, that is the point.
Jackass is a solid hour and a half of the worst of humanity. From trying to
walk across a tightrope to snorting a line of wasabi to trying out a plumbing
store’s toilets, Jackass resolutely aims at the lowest common denominator.
Scenario after scenario of absolute insanity packs the theatre for an hour and
a half with no real beginning or end.
And, at least this year, I haven’t laughed harder.
Grotesque, stupid, pointless, and funny as hell, Jackass is a bit of a relaxing
"screw you" to elitism: Designed to be hated but impossible to look away from.
Regardless of how bad you possibly think Jackass can get, it gets far worse.
It appeals on a level that none of us likes to admit exists, the level that
actually enjoyed America's Funniest Home Videos and the small part of me (yes,
even me) that likes Adam Sandler movies.
Jackass is simultaneously a demonstration of how much we love to laugh at
idiocy and how much we hate to admit it, of our desire for asinine, pointless
comedy and the joy of something akin to Candid Camera at length. Jackass is
really impossible to intelligently love or hate. You’ll simply leave the
theatre wondering how you laughed so hard and how the same brilliant mind that
came up with Being John Malkovich came up with this.
How does a film consisting completely of outtakes have outtakes? Mainly the
extra scenes on the Jackass DVD are flubbed lines and aren't nearly as much fun
as the film itself. Two commentaries: One from Knoxville, director Jeff
Tremaine, and the cinematographer (because, ya know, people are interested in
the artistry of Jackass's camerawork) and another from the Jackass cast. Heady
stuff, presuming you're a stunt historian.
Before you die, you see Jackass.
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Review by James Brundage
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ok.. that is the biggest load of bs i think ive ever heard in my life. the
jackasses are some of the funniest people out there and their movie and shows
are guaranteed to make people laugh everytime..i dont know what screwed up
sense of humour you have.. but damn most untrue review ever
f**k u ya nob head u cant doubt the amazingness of this film its class jus cos
ur a psoh dficked hu jus reads old books and watches war films in their spare
time doesn't mean that you can have a go at people that have more fun in their
lives as you...
nob ed
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