all throughout the movie.... as most don't see the puns because they are too worried being shocked and awed by its grotesquely politically incorrect visuals and low brow gags. The jokes, as intended, has its dark filthy, vulgar humor that would facilitate weak stomachs to throw up with anxiety quiet quickly if you did not already choose to dismiss the film. I loved it plain and simple. And no, I don't know the filmmakers nor was I paid to say this.. I may as just well have a filthy mind just like them... kudos to the filmmaker for taking cinema where most won't. a real breath of fresh air unless you are smelling something rotting in the trash, yet trashy as it may be, for those who choose to go against the current, as this film does, leave you brain at the door and just take it all in... If you are looking for an art film, or a "Licoln" or a light sweet romantic comedy or any spiritually stimulating film like that to engage in some sort of intellectual conversation over coffee after seeing this, the reviews here should give you a clue. You may want to dismiss this film altogether... it was obviously not made for you. Otherwise, if you are into gutter humor... you will cry till you gut hurts or until your anxiety of feeling guilty for laughing at such vulgar silliness sets in.
597 Reviews
Find the humor in public defecation, a fifteen year old's menstrual cycle, Halle Berry degrading herself, and incestuous relationships before seeing this film
StevePulaski26 January 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Movie 43 is a collection of twelve short films starring twenty-five big name celebrities and not containing even a fraction of the laughs in its ninety-seven minute runtime. Connected in a disjointed manner and baiting the audience by a filled cast, this is one of the most unpleasant times at the movies one could have. Not since Garry Marshall's Valentine's Day have we seen so many shining actors succumb to such joylessly impotent material. Only this time, the material is not only impotent, but crass and well over the line of reprehensibility to the point where one shakes their head and assures their inner-self to walk out of the theater, walk to the nearest video store and rent as many foreign films as they can carry.
Before I go into any of the shorts, let's have a small and formal discussion about offensiveness. At no point was I ever personally offended by anything Movie 43 had to offer, mainly because its attitude to offend in every way possible was distracting and artificial. When looking at the past films I've seen that were deemed "offensive" by some, say, Team America: World Police, there was not only fun in its premise, but satire in its writing.
The outlying story concerns Dennis Quaid, a desperate man who is pitching a film idea to Greg Kinnear, a filmmaker looking to strike a deal. Quaid will be the one introducing all the setups to Kinnear, and we'll return to the two men after every short to watch Kinnear's contrived reaction and Quaid's facile justification. Let's begin.
In the first short, how funny is it to see Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman go on a date, with everyone being oblivious to the large scrotum attached to his neck except for Winslet? How funny is it when Jackman accidentally gets pubic hair in his soup, and puts his neck-scrotum on a baby's forehead? The next short shows Shameless's Jeremy Allen White as a homeschooled teenager being tormented and manipulated by his parents who are trying to recreate the dangers and turmoils of high school. When the poor kid's mother tries to instigate incestuous sex with her son I wanted to leave the theater and never turn back. But such a thing didn't happen.
We then watch Chris Pratt and Anna Faris, who are both married in real life, as a young couple on a romantic date when Faris pops the question; "will you poop on me?" she asks her boyfriend. I refuse to comment on where this goes. We are then given the awkward short of a supermarket employee (Kieran Culkin) confessing all the dirty and depraved details of his relationship to his ex-girlfriend (Emma Stone) while accidentally leaving the PA system on, as a crowd of anxious shoppers forms to watch this travesty unfold. Next comes Richard Gere as the boss of a corporation called "iBabe," which is a music player that is a lifelike naked woman, drumming up heaps of controversy. Then a speed dating event involving Batman and Robin (Jason Sudeikis and Justin Long) and Kristen Bell's "Supergirl," who is ostracized for having an unusually large vagina.
But probably the most heartless, offensive short of them all involves poor little Chloë Grace Moretz, who is hanging out with her boyfriend at his home when she experiences her first period. As she is dripping blood as if she has just been stabbed, her boyfriend's older brother (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) helplessly runs around the house screaming and searching for things to clog her uterus (frozen peas and a sponge, anyone?). What follows is a dopey Leprechaun predicament involving Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville, a basketball game where Coach Terrence Howard tells his team that because they are facing a white team and they are all black they will win the game, and we end on a shallow and empty-headed note as we expected.
The only short I neglected to mention is called "Truth or Dare," starring Halle Berry on a blind date where she initiates a game of truth or dare, which goes on to become a disgusting and repetitive affair. Berry crushes guacamole with her breast (a prosthetic, I assure you) and inserts extra-hot hot sauce into herself with a turkey baster.
I can't fathom the thought that I'm explaining this as elaborately as I am. Did the seventeen writers and twelve directors (among them, Peter Farrelly, Elizabeth Banks, Brett Ratner, and Bob Odenkirk) have an ounce of self-awareness to the humor that made their past films work? How did they manage to allow their cast of champions to succumb to demeaning, scatological, desperately unfunny filth? Before you claim the actors did the job for the money, I must inform you that Movie 43 is reported in only costing $6 million to make (excluding marketing costs which I'm willing to bet are ten times more), so that argument is almost wholly invalid. Were they genuinely smitten by the idea and the script of it all, or did they just feel that they all played their careers safe and decided to challenge their comfort zones and the harmless audiences' by attempting to push boundaries? I left the multiplex knowing three things today I had not previously grasped; number one, the spoof/skit genre is uniformly dead, and can not even be revived by a large group of directors, writers, and actors, all reliable and capable. Number two, to not get high hopes for a comedy with large names being released in the month of January. Number three, that in no way, shape, form, or instance is a woman's menstrual cycle funny and to victimize a fifteen year old actress is a simple act of cruelty.
On a final note, why is Movie 43 called "Movie 43?" Who knows, who cares?
Before I go into any of the shorts, let's have a small and formal discussion about offensiveness. At no point was I ever personally offended by anything Movie 43 had to offer, mainly because its attitude to offend in every way possible was distracting and artificial. When looking at the past films I've seen that were deemed "offensive" by some, say, Team America: World Police, there was not only fun in its premise, but satire in its writing.
The outlying story concerns Dennis Quaid, a desperate man who is pitching a film idea to Greg Kinnear, a filmmaker looking to strike a deal. Quaid will be the one introducing all the setups to Kinnear, and we'll return to the two men after every short to watch Kinnear's contrived reaction and Quaid's facile justification. Let's begin.
In the first short, how funny is it to see Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman go on a date, with everyone being oblivious to the large scrotum attached to his neck except for Winslet? How funny is it when Jackman accidentally gets pubic hair in his soup, and puts his neck-scrotum on a baby's forehead? The next short shows Shameless's Jeremy Allen White as a homeschooled teenager being tormented and manipulated by his parents who are trying to recreate the dangers and turmoils of high school. When the poor kid's mother tries to instigate incestuous sex with her son I wanted to leave the theater and never turn back. But such a thing didn't happen.
We then watch Chris Pratt and Anna Faris, who are both married in real life, as a young couple on a romantic date when Faris pops the question; "will you poop on me?" she asks her boyfriend. I refuse to comment on where this goes. We are then given the awkward short of a supermarket employee (Kieran Culkin) confessing all the dirty and depraved details of his relationship to his ex-girlfriend (Emma Stone) while accidentally leaving the PA system on, as a crowd of anxious shoppers forms to watch this travesty unfold. Next comes Richard Gere as the boss of a corporation called "iBabe," which is a music player that is a lifelike naked woman, drumming up heaps of controversy. Then a speed dating event involving Batman and Robin (Jason Sudeikis and Justin Long) and Kristen Bell's "Supergirl," who is ostracized for having an unusually large vagina.
But probably the most heartless, offensive short of them all involves poor little Chloë Grace Moretz, who is hanging out with her boyfriend at his home when she experiences her first period. As she is dripping blood as if she has just been stabbed, her boyfriend's older brother (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) helplessly runs around the house screaming and searching for things to clog her uterus (frozen peas and a sponge, anyone?). What follows is a dopey Leprechaun predicament involving Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville, a basketball game where Coach Terrence Howard tells his team that because they are facing a white team and they are all black they will win the game, and we end on a shallow and empty-headed note as we expected.
The only short I neglected to mention is called "Truth or Dare," starring Halle Berry on a blind date where she initiates a game of truth or dare, which goes on to become a disgusting and repetitive affair. Berry crushes guacamole with her breast (a prosthetic, I assure you) and inserts extra-hot hot sauce into herself with a turkey baster.
I can't fathom the thought that I'm explaining this as elaborately as I am. Did the seventeen writers and twelve directors (among them, Peter Farrelly, Elizabeth Banks, Brett Ratner, and Bob Odenkirk) have an ounce of self-awareness to the humor that made their past films work? How did they manage to allow their cast of champions to succumb to demeaning, scatological, desperately unfunny filth? Before you claim the actors did the job for the money, I must inform you that Movie 43 is reported in only costing $6 million to make (excluding marketing costs which I'm willing to bet are ten times more), so that argument is almost wholly invalid. Were they genuinely smitten by the idea and the script of it all, or did they just feel that they all played their careers safe and decided to challenge their comfort zones and the harmless audiences' by attempting to push boundaries? I left the multiplex knowing three things today I had not previously grasped; number one, the spoof/skit genre is uniformly dead, and can not even be revived by a large group of directors, writers, and actors, all reliable and capable. Number two, to not get high hopes for a comedy with large names being released in the month of January. Number three, that in no way, shape, form, or instance is a woman's menstrual cycle funny and to victimize a fifteen year old actress is a simple act of cruelty.
On a final note, why is Movie 43 called "Movie 43?" Who knows, who cares?
I don't really take life too seriously, so....
sdonancricchia8 June 2017
I don't know, maybe I just have a strange sense of humor, but I thought this movie was funny. I always find it funny when serious actors do slapstick roles. I watched it several times and I still find it funny. I say if you like movies like Airplane or Blazing Saddles, just a hell of a lot nastier and rude, then this is the movie for you.
A Nutshell Review: Movie 43
DICK STEEL23 February 2013
If you're up for some short stories in the comedy genre, then this film is for you, if you don't mind jokes that are offensive and appealing to the lowest common denominator, with a star studded lineup to sweeten the deal. Touted as a film with the most stars, it's quite like the many ensemble effort that Hollywood has been churning out of late like Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve, although this consists of no less than 13 separate shorts that for sure had tickled my funny bone.
It would be insane to review each and every short film contained within, which were held together and presented as a screwball screenwriter wannabe (Dennis Quaid) whose ideas for a feature film are getting pitched to a studio executive (Greg Kinnear), which allows for a variety of content to be laid out for the purpose of cramming plenty of recognizable faces into lead roles in the respective shorts. Having different directors helm each segment also brought about different styles in presentation, and it couldn't be more over the top crazy when a peek in the credits list see Peter Farelly and Seth MacFarlane having producer credits, the latter seeing his stock rise in recent months.
Some highlights of the film that I had enjoyed somehow centered around speed or blind dating - Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman on a blind date with the latter playing an eligible bachelor which the former will find out why, speed dating amongst a group of superheroes played by Justin Long, Kristen Bell, Jason Sudeikis and Bobby Cannavale, and Halle Berry and Stephen Merchant playing truth or dare during their first blind date with insane results. Others include the segments that poked pun at people's penchant for doing the impossible with technology in iBabe with Richard Gere playing an executive, and Terrence Howard playing a coach in the 50s giving that motivational talk to his basketball team before their all- star match up.
There were duds too, such as Emma Stone and Kieren Culkin playing an unlikely couple giving each other sexual innuedos over a supermarket check out counter, or Johnny Knoxville and Seann Wiliam Scott playing the best of friends who get to celebrate the latter's birthday with a leprechaun, that somehow tried too hard and didn't hit its intended highs. Thankfully though these misses were kept to a minimum, and while the others were passable, they benefited from having a scene or two that were outrageously offensive and funny.
This is probably Paris Je T'aime and New York I Love You in cruder, and grosser terms. where toilet humour is never out of place, and political incorrectness gets embraced with open arms. A definite must for those who haven't smiled in a while, and need the simplest of reasons to laugh out loud.
It would be insane to review each and every short film contained within, which were held together and presented as a screwball screenwriter wannabe (Dennis Quaid) whose ideas for a feature film are getting pitched to a studio executive (Greg Kinnear), which allows for a variety of content to be laid out for the purpose of cramming plenty of recognizable faces into lead roles in the respective shorts. Having different directors helm each segment also brought about different styles in presentation, and it couldn't be more over the top crazy when a peek in the credits list see Peter Farelly and Seth MacFarlane having producer credits, the latter seeing his stock rise in recent months.
Some highlights of the film that I had enjoyed somehow centered around speed or blind dating - Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman on a blind date with the latter playing an eligible bachelor which the former will find out why, speed dating amongst a group of superheroes played by Justin Long, Kristen Bell, Jason Sudeikis and Bobby Cannavale, and Halle Berry and Stephen Merchant playing truth or dare during their first blind date with insane results. Others include the segments that poked pun at people's penchant for doing the impossible with technology in iBabe with Richard Gere playing an executive, and Terrence Howard playing a coach in the 50s giving that motivational talk to his basketball team before their all- star match up.
There were duds too, such as Emma Stone and Kieren Culkin playing an unlikely couple giving each other sexual innuedos over a supermarket check out counter, or Johnny Knoxville and Seann Wiliam Scott playing the best of friends who get to celebrate the latter's birthday with a leprechaun, that somehow tried too hard and didn't hit its intended highs. Thankfully though these misses were kept to a minimum, and while the others were passable, they benefited from having a scene or two that were outrageously offensive and funny.
This is probably Paris Je T'aime and New York I Love You in cruder, and grosser terms. where toilet humour is never out of place, and political incorrectness gets embraced with open arms. A definite must for those who haven't smiled in a while, and need the simplest of reasons to laugh out loud.
So Funny, I Laughed So Hard I Spotted!!
captwampler30 January 2013
It's a Farrelly movie, for God's sake! Get over it.
If you thought the drunk chick sneezing and shitting all over the bathtub wall in Hall Pass was funny - if the "frank and beans" in There's Something About Mary made you cringe - if Stiffler, drinking beer with spunk in it in American Pie made you gag - or Austin Power's cup of "nutty" coffee made you quit drinking Joe - Then this movie is definitely for you. A-List stars doing nasty stuff.
AMAZING how they got away with it!!
The only thing that would have made the movie any better (worse) than it is, is if they had Dennis' crazy brother Randy Quaid in it.
If you thought the drunk chick sneezing and shitting all over the bathtub wall in Hall Pass was funny - if the "frank and beans" in There's Something About Mary made you cringe - if Stiffler, drinking beer with spunk in it in American Pie made you gag - or Austin Power's cup of "nutty" coffee made you quit drinking Joe - Then this movie is definitely for you. A-List stars doing nasty stuff.
AMAZING how they got away with it!!
The only thing that would have made the movie any better (worse) than it is, is if they had Dennis' crazy brother Randy Quaid in it.
A comedy that isn't the least bit funny....what an original and clever concept.
planktonrules1 February 2020
"Movie 43" was never screened for reviewers because apparently the studio knew the movie was a bomb. And, sadly, despite this the movie did make money because Hollywood never loses money taking the low road....and it doesn't get much lower than this movie.
The movie consists of various skits coming one after the other. I saw a review that made a comparison to "Kentucky Fried Movie" but I would have to say that although "Kentucky Fried Movie" definitely had quite a few skits that fell flat, in "Movie 43" they pretty much ALL fall flat. What's the reason? Well, either the skits had plots that simply COULDN'T be funny (such as a lady begging her boyfriend to defecate on her as well as the guy with testicles growing on his neck) or they were funny ideas but were handled so horribly that they fell totally flat. A great example are the parents who want to make home schooling like real schooling (complete with lots of trauma)...a funny concept but taken way, way, way too far...and lacked subtlety and seemed as if it was made by someone who knows NOTHING about comedic timing.
I think the most amazing thing about this movie is that it does have quite a few famous stars in it...such as Hugh Jackman, Dennis Quaid, Chris Pratt, Emma Stone, Kate Winslet and many others. How were they able to get real stars to act in this film? Could it be that they never read the scripts?! Could it be that the filmmakers held members of the stars' families hostage and forced them to be in this terrible movie?! Who knows...all I know is that the film was completely unfunny, stupid and occasionally quite gross.
The movie consists of various skits coming one after the other. I saw a review that made a comparison to "Kentucky Fried Movie" but I would have to say that although "Kentucky Fried Movie" definitely had quite a few skits that fell flat, in "Movie 43" they pretty much ALL fall flat. What's the reason? Well, either the skits had plots that simply COULDN'T be funny (such as a lady begging her boyfriend to defecate on her as well as the guy with testicles growing on his neck) or they were funny ideas but were handled so horribly that they fell totally flat. A great example are the parents who want to make home schooling like real schooling (complete with lots of trauma)...a funny concept but taken way, way, way too far...and lacked subtlety and seemed as if it was made by someone who knows NOTHING about comedic timing.
I think the most amazing thing about this movie is that it does have quite a few famous stars in it...such as Hugh Jackman, Dennis Quaid, Chris Pratt, Emma Stone, Kate Winslet and many others. How were they able to get real stars to act in this film? Could it be that they never read the scripts?! Could it be that the filmmakers held members of the stars' families hostage and forced them to be in this terrible movie?! Who knows...all I know is that the film was completely unfunny, stupid and occasionally quite gross.
Why Be Offended? You Were Told It Was Offensive Going In
Michael_Elliott28 January 2013
Movie 43 (2013)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
The trailer to this thing promises that once you've seen it you'll never forget it and that's certainly true. In case you haven't heard, MOVIE 43 is a bunch of small skits with A-list talent that tries to shock and gross you out. This includes a story about a man with testicles on his neck, a mom and dad who make out with their son, a dirty game of truth or dare and countless more idiotic ones. There's no doubt that this film is in very bad taste but it tells you that before you buy your ticket. I know many absolutely hate this movie but I must admit that it made me laugh quite a bit. As with most movies that tell separate stories, this here is incredibly uneven and a lot of this is due to different directors doing stories but it also happens because the stories themselves are quite different in terms of how good they actually are. There are some (the girl's period) that just flame out before they get started but there are others that are just simply funny because you can't believe they went there. Plus, you get Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet kicking things off in a story you just wouldn't expect to see them doing. That there is rather funny. You can check out the cast listing to see how many big names they were able to get for this thing and it's rather incredible considering what the film is. Still, there's no way around the fact that only about 50% of the jokes actually work, which is why I can't give the film a higher rating. With that said, I think if you like really dark comedy that crosses the lines of taste then you're at least going to laugh some here. The film certainly isn't perfect but I think it offers enough to make it worth viewing.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
The trailer to this thing promises that once you've seen it you'll never forget it and that's certainly true. In case you haven't heard, MOVIE 43 is a bunch of small skits with A-list talent that tries to shock and gross you out. This includes a story about a man with testicles on his neck, a mom and dad who make out with their son, a dirty game of truth or dare and countless more idiotic ones. There's no doubt that this film is in very bad taste but it tells you that before you buy your ticket. I know many absolutely hate this movie but I must admit that it made me laugh quite a bit. As with most movies that tell separate stories, this here is incredibly uneven and a lot of this is due to different directors doing stories but it also happens because the stories themselves are quite different in terms of how good they actually are. There are some (the girl's period) that just flame out before they get started but there are others that are just simply funny because you can't believe they went there. Plus, you get Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet kicking things off in a story you just wouldn't expect to see them doing. That there is rather funny. You can check out the cast listing to see how many big names they were able to get for this thing and it's rather incredible considering what the film is. Still, there's no way around the fact that only about 50% of the jokes actually work, which is why I can't give the film a higher rating. With that said, I think if you like really dark comedy that crosses the lines of taste then you're at least going to laugh some here. The film certainly isn't perfect but I think it offers enough to make it worth viewing.
Hollywood Will Try Anything Once . . . But You Shouldn't!!!
zardoz-1321 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
"Movie 43" qualifies as the kind of movie that scrapes the underside of the bottom of the barrel. Mind you, I love tasteless trash like the "Scary Movie" franchise and "The Groove Tube." Lowest common denominator, gross-out garbage accurately describes this offal. This scatologically slanted stuff consists of a series of non-connected vignettes with major Hollywood stars lending their talent. The 'who's who' cast includes Halle Berry, Sean William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Gerard Butler, Common, Emma Stone, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Greg Kinnear, Liev Schreiber, Dennis Quaid, Anna Faris, Richard Gere, Naomi Watts, and Seth MacFarlane. These prestigious players must have done this movie for scale because few appear in more than one episode. Basically, a man who has never written a screenplay holds a producer at gunpoint and pulls a version of "The Player" with a variety of pitches for various movies. Occasionally, a commodity is featured in a faux commercial. The running gag here is an iBabe, a life-size version of an iPhone, only the iBabe is a gorgeous looking lass without a stitch on and you see everything she has. You plug into her and listen to your favorite tunes. The corporation that makes the iBabe encounters a sticky problem. Apparently, horny juveniles have been inserting their penis into the air-vent slot located in the fake vagina where a fan that keeps the product cool. As a result, these misguided perverts have had their dicks mutilated. Nothing about this movie is imaginative, subtle, entertaining, and/or hilarious.
The first scene sets the tone for everything that ensues. A woman (Kate Winslet of "Titanic") goes out on a blind date with a famous man (Hugh Jackman of "The Wolverine") and discovers to her horror that he has a pair of testicles dangling from his throat like pedants. Later, a couple of well-meaning parents apply tough love to their son as they home-school him and make his life total hell. They constantly berate and humiliate him. In another episode, Ana Faris is cast as a single gal who wants her guy to 'poop' on her because she thinks they are soul mates. Nothing about this bowel humor is remotely funny, especially if you've seen "Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle." Jason Sudeikis plays Batman in a segment entitled "Super Hero Speed Dating." He crouches under a café table at a restaurant while Justin Long as Robin tries to get dates with Lois Lane (Uma Thurman) and Supergirl (Kristen Bell of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall") with Wonder Woman (Leslie Bibb of "Iron Man") in the background. Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, Elizabeth Banks of "The Hunger Games" and Josh Duhamel of "Transformers" appear in an animated segment called "Beezel." Beezel is a perverted animated cat who adores his master enough to run over Banks with an SUV. You know you're watching something unusual when Beezel behaves like a voyeur. He hides in the closet while the lovers are at play and watches them with a plush toy underneath him and a brush with which he strokes his anus.
As amusing as all this sounds, "Movie 43" doesn't have a single, legitimate laugh. Okay, just because Hollywood will try anything once to make a buck doesn't mean you have to watch it. Frankly, "Movie 43" doesn't deserve one star, but IMDb doesn't have a zero star rating so I am grudgingly going with one star
The first scene sets the tone for everything that ensues. A woman (Kate Winslet of "Titanic") goes out on a blind date with a famous man (Hugh Jackman of "The Wolverine") and discovers to her horror that he has a pair of testicles dangling from his throat like pedants. Later, a couple of well-meaning parents apply tough love to their son as they home-school him and make his life total hell. They constantly berate and humiliate him. In another episode, Ana Faris is cast as a single gal who wants her guy to 'poop' on her because she thinks they are soul mates. Nothing about this bowel humor is remotely funny, especially if you've seen "Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle." Jason Sudeikis plays Batman in a segment entitled "Super Hero Speed Dating." He crouches under a café table at a restaurant while Justin Long as Robin tries to get dates with Lois Lane (Uma Thurman) and Supergirl (Kristen Bell of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall") with Wonder Woman (Leslie Bibb of "Iron Man") in the background. Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, Elizabeth Banks of "The Hunger Games" and Josh Duhamel of "Transformers" appear in an animated segment called "Beezel." Beezel is a perverted animated cat who adores his master enough to run over Banks with an SUV. You know you're watching something unusual when Beezel behaves like a voyeur. He hides in the closet while the lovers are at play and watches them with a plush toy underneath him and a brush with which he strokes his anus.
As amusing as all this sounds, "Movie 43" doesn't have a single, legitimate laugh. Okay, just because Hollywood will try anything once to make a buck doesn't mean you have to watch it. Frankly, "Movie 43" doesn't deserve one star, but IMDb doesn't have a zero star rating so I am grudgingly going with one star
Great parody
teutonfirst1 March 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Well I haven't laughed so much at a comedy in a long time. I saw there are many bad reviews and, for me, is quite understandable why. The movie is so ironic that not many can see through it and is played by the best actors. For me is the godfather of all parody movies and is making fun of all the clichés that are lately so often seen in movies (and not only there), rich people, "special kids", Ichick the chase for new nonsense fashion-technology, dating and so on. I was expecting to see a c....y movie and i was already wondering what made those brilliant actors to accept such a play, but I was in for a very good surprise. For those who couldn't get the movie, sorry for your loss. Ten out of ten
Unfunny Gross out Humor
Floated219 June 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Movie 43 is a film about a collection of about 10 short sketches with big name celebrities with much gross out humor and disgusting segments. Im sure the actors in this film thought it would have been funny to star in this and for people not to take it serious, but even as a joke this film is awful and terribly unfunny. It tried too hard to be raunchy and it falls flat.
The first segment starts the film off and sets the mood for the rest of the film. It is a segment involving Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman on a blind date with an obvious scrotum hanging down his neck, while the whole time she notices it but does not directly say it.
Other segments include; Parents homeschooling their child showing him the 'experience' of highschool life. A segment with Anna Faris and Chris Patt of a couple involving her wanting to "poop on him?". Segment in a supermarket involving Emma Stone talking back to employee Kieran Culkin, segment Batman-Robin in another blind date, segment of a toy promotion, segment involving a girl having her period showing up in disgust, segment of a leprechaun argument involving a pot of gold, another blind date segment of truth or dare being held, segment of a highschool basketball team, segment of a family with a cartoon animated cat trying to ruin a childs party.
All together the film was a bunch of unfunny sketches unrelated to each other
The first segment starts the film off and sets the mood for the rest of the film. It is a segment involving Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman on a blind date with an obvious scrotum hanging down his neck, while the whole time she notices it but does not directly say it.
Other segments include; Parents homeschooling their child showing him the 'experience' of highschool life. A segment with Anna Faris and Chris Patt of a couple involving her wanting to "poop on him?". Segment in a supermarket involving Emma Stone talking back to employee Kieran Culkin, segment Batman-Robin in another blind date, segment of a toy promotion, segment involving a girl having her period showing up in disgust, segment of a leprechaun argument involving a pot of gold, another blind date segment of truth or dare being held, segment of a highschool basketball team, segment of a family with a cartoon animated cat trying to ruin a childs party.
All together the film was a bunch of unfunny sketches unrelated to each other
"Will you poop on me?"
utgard146 June 2014
With anthology movies, I normally try to cover each segment in my review. I won't do that here because, (a) there's a lot of them and (b) they're all terrible. The humor in this movie seems to be solely aimed at the brain dead or perhaps thirteen year-old boys from strict households who have never heard "dirty words" before. It's juvenile, vulgar, and offensive. But worst of all: it's just not funny. As a matter of fact, it's downright boring.
It's hard to pinpoint the worst segment. Perhaps the home-schooled kid story. It was disturbing and creepy, which is just what everybody wants in a comedy right? The other segments involve jokes about poop, testicles, menstruation, and blacks being better than whites at basketball. There is no effort made to build any of these sketches into something remotely interesting. It's just a series of cheap, predictable, one-note jokes that all go on too long. I didn't laugh once. Not one single chuckle. What a dumb, worthless excuse for a comedy this is. It's an embarrassing black mark on the résumés of everybody involved.
It's hard to pinpoint the worst segment. Perhaps the home-schooled kid story. It was disturbing and creepy, which is just what everybody wants in a comedy right? The other segments involve jokes about poop, testicles, menstruation, and blacks being better than whites at basketball. There is no effort made to build any of these sketches into something remotely interesting. It's just a series of cheap, predictable, one-note jokes that all go on too long. I didn't laugh once. Not one single chuckle. What a dumb, worthless excuse for a comedy this is. It's an embarrassing black mark on the résumés of everybody involved.
I want those 90 minutes of my life back!
davethemathtutor24 June 2016
It had to be a contest: "Whoever comes up with the stupidest, most repulsive, perverse, scatological, offensive, ridiculous piece of crap, wins!" That's the only way I can explain this colossally horrible collection of sketches, held together by a framing device that's just as awful. Talents criminally wasted include those of Terrence Howard, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Dennis Quaid, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Uma Thurman, Richard Gere, Halle Berry, and a number of others, all of whom should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves for taking part in such a worthless project.
All in all: Vile.
All in all: Vile.
Even worse than you've probably heard.
BA_Harrison22 July 2016
I watched Movie 43 just to see if it was as lousy as I had heard. It wasn't
it was far worse! An incredible cast make absolute tits of themselves in this train wreck of a 'comedy' that generates about as many laughs as a terrorist attack on a children's hospital.
The film comprises of a series of skits, short movies found in the darkest regions of the internet by teenager Baxter (Devin Eash), who has been tricked by his brother into searching for the non-existent Movie 43. With lots of writers and a different director handling each segment, one might reasonably expect the result to be a mixed bag, but this godawful mess is a 100% low-brow turd of monumental proportions.
Amongst the A-listers who embarrass themselves: Hugh Jackman, whose character has a pair of testicles under his chin; Kate Winslet, who allows Jackman's chin-balls to swing in her face; Halle Berry, who sports massive prosthetic breasts; Naomi Watts, one of a pair of parents who home-school their son, making sure to include the more painful moments of a standard education; Chris Pratt, whose girlfriend (Anna Faris) asks him to poop on her; Uma Thurman, who has a blind date with Robin, The Boy Wonder (Justin Long); Richard Gere, inventor of a woman-shaped MP3 player that mutilates teenage boys; Chloë Grace Moretz as a teenage girl suffering from her first period.
Other famous names who somehow ended up in this debacle: Stephen Merchant, Seann William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Gerard Butler, Greg Kinnear, Liev Schreiber, Emma Stone, Justin Long, Kate Bosworth and Elizabeth Banks. So much talent, so few laughs
The film comprises of a series of skits, short movies found in the darkest regions of the internet by teenager Baxter (Devin Eash), who has been tricked by his brother into searching for the non-existent Movie 43. With lots of writers and a different director handling each segment, one might reasonably expect the result to be a mixed bag, but this godawful mess is a 100% low-brow turd of monumental proportions.
Amongst the A-listers who embarrass themselves: Hugh Jackman, whose character has a pair of testicles under his chin; Kate Winslet, who allows Jackman's chin-balls to swing in her face; Halle Berry, who sports massive prosthetic breasts; Naomi Watts, one of a pair of parents who home-school their son, making sure to include the more painful moments of a standard education; Chris Pratt, whose girlfriend (Anna Faris) asks him to poop on her; Uma Thurman, who has a blind date with Robin, The Boy Wonder (Justin Long); Richard Gere, inventor of a woman-shaped MP3 player that mutilates teenage boys; Chloë Grace Moretz as a teenage girl suffering from her first period.
Other famous names who somehow ended up in this debacle: Stephen Merchant, Seann William Scott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Gerard Butler, Greg Kinnear, Liev Schreiber, Emma Stone, Justin Long, Kate Bosworth and Elizabeth Banks. So much talent, so few laughs
Winner of worst picture ever goes to...
DustinRahksi27 June 2013
Sorry for the language, it's the only way to get the point across.
I don't even know what to think, it's just so bad. I am speechless, it's a masterpiece of ass. This is truly the citizen cane of bad movies. Girls gone dead used to be the worst film I have ever seen until I watched this, in the same freaking day, one of the worst days ever. This is the toilet bowl where bad films do their business. So here we go.
First things first, it's not funny, it didn't even get a small chuckle out of me. It proclaims it's offencive, but I call bull-SH-t, it's disgusting and immature. The humour is something kindergarten students would make up, hell, kindergarten students aren't even this immature. The only time I'll agree with that little brat Chloe Grace MORETZ is when she said "I want to kill myself". I mean F****CK!, I'm mad as hell. Balls on babies faces and pooping on each other is what this film has to offer. It had me rolling my eyes and sighing left and right. It's just sick and degrading of the mind, it doesn't even try to be funny, I spent more time watching the time go by than I did watching the film. Batman the as-hole was the only time it even came close to having something to work with. The IBABE was just pointless graphic nudity, I feel sorry for those two actresses. Denis Quaid seemed to be the only one who even tried. And the 17 minute long credits with the cat jerking off, screw you for torturing me, film.
Please, for the love of GOD, stay away from this film. I'd rather watch baby geniuses, or garbage pale kids, or Santa Claus and the ice-cream bunny, anything but this abomination. This film must suffer the tortures of the damned. It must never harm anyone else, this film is the pure essence of evil. It must be destroyed in the fires of mount doom. It SUCKS SOOOO BAD, I can't take it. Please for the sake of your humanity, stay away.
I don't even know what to think, it's just so bad. I am speechless, it's a masterpiece of ass. This is truly the citizen cane of bad movies. Girls gone dead used to be the worst film I have ever seen until I watched this, in the same freaking day, one of the worst days ever. This is the toilet bowl where bad films do their business. So here we go.
First things first, it's not funny, it didn't even get a small chuckle out of me. It proclaims it's offencive, but I call bull-SH-t, it's disgusting and immature. The humour is something kindergarten students would make up, hell, kindergarten students aren't even this immature. The only time I'll agree with that little brat Chloe Grace MORETZ is when she said "I want to kill myself". I mean F****CK!, I'm mad as hell. Balls on babies faces and pooping on each other is what this film has to offer. It had me rolling my eyes and sighing left and right. It's just sick and degrading of the mind, it doesn't even try to be funny, I spent more time watching the time go by than I did watching the film. Batman the as-hole was the only time it even came close to having something to work with. The IBABE was just pointless graphic nudity, I feel sorry for those two actresses. Denis Quaid seemed to be the only one who even tried. And the 17 minute long credits with the cat jerking off, screw you for torturing me, film.
Please, for the love of GOD, stay away from this film. I'd rather watch baby geniuses, or garbage pale kids, or Santa Claus and the ice-cream bunny, anything but this abomination. This film must suffer the tortures of the damned. It must never harm anyone else, this film is the pure essence of evil. It must be destroyed in the fires of mount doom. It SUCKS SOOOO BAD, I can't take it. Please for the sake of your humanity, stay away.
Horrible
Sherazade27 October 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Not just because I didn't laugh once at any of the jokes but perhaps because of the desperate attempts everyone involved with this fiasco went to try and get a laugh. Honestly, if Hollywood wants to poke fun at itself all the stars of this film should star in a reality series every week showing how they live their real lives like the Kardashians or Duck Dynasty or Honey Booboo, then and maybe then there would be something to laugh about. But people like Kate Winslet, Halle Berry, Liev Shrieber and Naomi Watts among others live such private lives that they'd never for any amount of money sign up for my suggestion, instead they would much rather humiliate themselves for pay in shameless films like this crap here.
Movie 00
tomsview14 May 2014
To say that "Movie 43" is tasteless and likely to offend merely restates the claims of its own publicity - it actually seems proud of the fact. It is all of that and more. The one thing that was omitted from the blurb is that the movie isn't particularly funny.
The film is a series of episodes that play out as Dennis Quaid's character pitches them to a producer. There are over a dozen episodes each with a different director, although I didn't bother to count them. Some of the sequences feature high profile stars.
The first episode is actually mildly amusing in a "Monty Python" sort of way. Beth (Kate Winslet) and Davis (Hugh Jackman) are on a blind date when she notices that he has a pair of testicles growing out of his throat. All the humour is derived from her attempts to ignore the obvious, unnatural impediment.
That sequence is actually the high point, it's downhill after that, with very few real laughs to follow. There is an unfortunate emphasis on excrement in a number of the episodes and you know how it is with that substance - it's all in the timing. And that is one of the most alarming things about this movie; very few of the thirteen or so directors show much comedic timing at all. Either that or they just couldn't wring much out of the rather juvenile script.
I also think some of the stars who appeared in this have been ill served by their agents. Of course, as Hollywood history shows, actors famously don't always make the best choices, but surely, somewhere along the way, Hugh Jackman's agent or Halle Berry's should have said, "Hey, you don't need to do this one, I'll find you something better". The only reason that would explain why good stars would get caught up in a misfire like "Movie 43", other than being paid a lot of money for a small amount of work, which apparently they weren't, is that maybe they only ever saw their segment and were unaware of the content of the others - maybe?
With some of the more tasteless episodes in "Movie 43", I remembered a line in the far funnier "God Bless America", when Joel Murray's character, Frank Murdoch, makes a telling observation, "This is the, 'Oh no! You didn't say that' generation". I think that just about sums up the inspiration behind the making of this movie.
Anyway, why talk about "Movie 43" anymore? After the first couple of episodes, the whole thing is pretty obvious - nasty, but obvious. Enough said - it's "Movie 00" as far as I'm concerned.
The film is a series of episodes that play out as Dennis Quaid's character pitches them to a producer. There are over a dozen episodes each with a different director, although I didn't bother to count them. Some of the sequences feature high profile stars.
The first episode is actually mildly amusing in a "Monty Python" sort of way. Beth (Kate Winslet) and Davis (Hugh Jackman) are on a blind date when she notices that he has a pair of testicles growing out of his throat. All the humour is derived from her attempts to ignore the obvious, unnatural impediment.
That sequence is actually the high point, it's downhill after that, with very few real laughs to follow. There is an unfortunate emphasis on excrement in a number of the episodes and you know how it is with that substance - it's all in the timing. And that is one of the most alarming things about this movie; very few of the thirteen or so directors show much comedic timing at all. Either that or they just couldn't wring much out of the rather juvenile script.
I also think some of the stars who appeared in this have been ill served by their agents. Of course, as Hollywood history shows, actors famously don't always make the best choices, but surely, somewhere along the way, Hugh Jackman's agent or Halle Berry's should have said, "Hey, you don't need to do this one, I'll find you something better". The only reason that would explain why good stars would get caught up in a misfire like "Movie 43", other than being paid a lot of money for a small amount of work, which apparently they weren't, is that maybe they only ever saw their segment and were unaware of the content of the others - maybe?
With some of the more tasteless episodes in "Movie 43", I remembered a line in the far funnier "God Bless America", when Joel Murray's character, Frank Murdoch, makes a telling observation, "This is the, 'Oh no! You didn't say that' generation". I think that just about sums up the inspiration behind the making of this movie.
Anyway, why talk about "Movie 43" anymore? After the first couple of episodes, the whole thing is pretty obvious - nasty, but obvious. Enough said - it's "Movie 00" as far as I'm concerned.
Less amusing than repeatedly slamming your head in a door.
TheSquiss3 February 2013
It's been an interesting week of viewing. I saw my first five-star film of the year, Lincoln, a film that will surely rank as one of the best by the time my end of year review comes around.
And then I watched Movie 43.
Is it possible for there to be a worse film in 2013? Please, no.
The fact 'they' couldn't find a decent title for Movie 43 says a great deal. But it doesn't say everything about it. Needless to say, it doesn't deserve a single star.
Something is rotten in the state of California. Somebody has either lobotomized some of Hollywood's major stars or has an awful lot of dirt on them. Why else would so many luminaries write, direct and appear in this god-awful, turgid quagmire of faeces and humourless exchanges if not for blackmail?
Stand up Richard Gere. Stand up Elizabeth Banks. Stand up Dennis Quaid, Greg Kinnear, Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Seth MacFarlane, Naomi Watts, Anna Farris, Kieran Culkin, Emma Stone, Kate Bosworth, Uma Thurman, Gerard Butler, Halle Berry, Terrence Howard Stand up and be shamed and humiliated by your actions.
What the hell were you thinking???
I'm not going to tell you about the performances, the cinematography, the direction, the sets or the costumes. There is nothing complimentary to say about Movie 43. It is indefensible and prompted not even a single smile, let alone a laugh.
It has the flimsiest of plot devices that doesn't warrant the time spent to type it up. It is 90 minutes of 'segments' that attempt to be profoundly offensive and hilarious in equal measures and fail in both endeavours. It is a film that attempts to amuse with racism, incest, coprophilia
Forget it. It stinks.
Don't waste your time. Don't waste your money. I came home and spent ten minutes licking a cheese grater and, trust me, it was an infinitely more amusing and satisfying experience.
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And then I watched Movie 43.
Is it possible for there to be a worse film in 2013? Please, no.
The fact 'they' couldn't find a decent title for Movie 43 says a great deal. But it doesn't say everything about it. Needless to say, it doesn't deserve a single star.
Something is rotten in the state of California. Somebody has either lobotomized some of Hollywood's major stars or has an awful lot of dirt on them. Why else would so many luminaries write, direct and appear in this god-awful, turgid quagmire of faeces and humourless exchanges if not for blackmail?
Stand up Richard Gere. Stand up Elizabeth Banks. Stand up Dennis Quaid, Greg Kinnear, Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, Seth MacFarlane, Naomi Watts, Anna Farris, Kieran Culkin, Emma Stone, Kate Bosworth, Uma Thurman, Gerard Butler, Halle Berry, Terrence Howard Stand up and be shamed and humiliated by your actions.
What the hell were you thinking???
I'm not going to tell you about the performances, the cinematography, the direction, the sets or the costumes. There is nothing complimentary to say about Movie 43. It is indefensible and prompted not even a single smile, let alone a laugh.
It has the flimsiest of plot devices that doesn't warrant the time spent to type it up. It is 90 minutes of 'segments' that attempt to be profoundly offensive and hilarious in equal measures and fail in both endeavours. It is a film that attempts to amuse with racism, incest, coprophilia
Forget it. It stinks.
Don't waste your time. Don't waste your money. I came home and spent ten minutes licking a cheese grater and, trust me, it was an infinitely more amusing and satisfying experience.
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Still not as bad as "That's My Boy"
ghost_dog8626 January 2013
With a title that doesn't seem to have anything to do with the movie itself, "Movie 43" is essentially a bunch of individual comedy sketches that are not so much offensively vulgar (as promised) as they are offensively unfunny; and sloppily put together at that. Directed by a slew of different directors (but mostly by Peter Ferrely) and starring Kate Winslet, Liev Schreiber, Anna Faris, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry and the list goes on (but you've surely seen the trailers by now) "Movie 43" is the newest movie hoping to push the boundaries of the raunchy American comedy. So, does it succeed? My consensus has to be
ehhhhhhh.
Yes, this is all very sophomoric, but that's not to say that there are not laughs to be found. In saying that, while I don't share quite the same loathsome regard for this film as many of my fellow critics do, those who come out of "Movie 43" proclaiming it a laugh riot, are probably the same people who classify Adam Sandler as a comedian or amuse themselves by watching syndicated episodes of America's Funniest Home Videos. Even with its star power and the potential comedic material each sketch promises, "Movie 43" isn't really a film worth watching. In fact, I will go so far as to make the early prediction that this is one film which seems destined to make it onto more than a few peoples "worst of 2013" lists.
Aside from the first two sketches (which are admittedly pretty damn funny) a final sketch which works primarily because of Terrance Howard (the African American basketball skit from the trailer) and a post final credit segment concerning a woman played by Elizabeth Banks, who is jealous of her boyfriend's pet cat (animated cat) that is somewhat funny, "Movie 43" is simply not nearly as funny as it promotes itself to be. In fact, about an hour and fifteen minutes of this movie is so unfunny, that it rivals anything seen in the "Scary Movie" franchise. And to top it all off, it's not like I haven't seen comedies which are more vulgar than this; and done better. So even to say that one should see "Movie 43" because it is the most vulgar movie of all time is in fact a misnomer; but one which will undoubtedly result in garnering more ticket sales.
Side Note: This is the type of sketch comedy movie that seems as if the actors had more fun making it than anybody could have watching it. So, no doubt there will be many critical reviews comparing this film to a bad episode of Saturday Night Live, in a tired attempt at comedy. But creating comedic parallels between "Movie 43" and SNL may be a misconception, when sadly most of this film is motivated by uninventive poo poo and pee pee jokes, more so the likes of the defunked MADTV, than any other sketch comedy show.
Final Thought: Even though it's the cocktail of wishful thinking that maybe the next bit is going to be better than the last boring bit, or the morbid curiosity that comes from wanting to see who will be the next big name actor/actress to make an appearance that does give this film it's momentum, "Movie 43" is severely hindered by the fact that it contains a runtime longer than 15 minutes. So, here's my advice: The first sketch in this movie centers around a woman played by Kate Winslet going out on a blind date, only to discover that it is with a man played by Hugh Jackman. Delighted by her good fortune, she prepares to accompany him for dinner. But when Jackman takes off his scarf, it is discovered that he has been hiding a mortifyingly hilarious secret. Now, I have just outlined the funniest sketch of the entire film. So, if you sit through this one, and don't laugh once, what I want you to do is, get up, make your way to the theater's box office and ask for your money back, because for you, it will only get worse from here.
Written by Markus Robinson, Edited by Nicole I. Ashland Follow me on Twitter @moviesmarkus
Yes, this is all very sophomoric, but that's not to say that there are not laughs to be found. In saying that, while I don't share quite the same loathsome regard for this film as many of my fellow critics do, those who come out of "Movie 43" proclaiming it a laugh riot, are probably the same people who classify Adam Sandler as a comedian or amuse themselves by watching syndicated episodes of America's Funniest Home Videos. Even with its star power and the potential comedic material each sketch promises, "Movie 43" isn't really a film worth watching. In fact, I will go so far as to make the early prediction that this is one film which seems destined to make it onto more than a few peoples "worst of 2013" lists.
Aside from the first two sketches (which are admittedly pretty damn funny) a final sketch which works primarily because of Terrance Howard (the African American basketball skit from the trailer) and a post final credit segment concerning a woman played by Elizabeth Banks, who is jealous of her boyfriend's pet cat (animated cat) that is somewhat funny, "Movie 43" is simply not nearly as funny as it promotes itself to be. In fact, about an hour and fifteen minutes of this movie is so unfunny, that it rivals anything seen in the "Scary Movie" franchise. And to top it all off, it's not like I haven't seen comedies which are more vulgar than this; and done better. So even to say that one should see "Movie 43" because it is the most vulgar movie of all time is in fact a misnomer; but one which will undoubtedly result in garnering more ticket sales.
Side Note: This is the type of sketch comedy movie that seems as if the actors had more fun making it than anybody could have watching it. So, no doubt there will be many critical reviews comparing this film to a bad episode of Saturday Night Live, in a tired attempt at comedy. But creating comedic parallels between "Movie 43" and SNL may be a misconception, when sadly most of this film is motivated by uninventive poo poo and pee pee jokes, more so the likes of the defunked MADTV, than any other sketch comedy show.
Final Thought: Even though it's the cocktail of wishful thinking that maybe the next bit is going to be better than the last boring bit, or the morbid curiosity that comes from wanting to see who will be the next big name actor/actress to make an appearance that does give this film it's momentum, "Movie 43" is severely hindered by the fact that it contains a runtime longer than 15 minutes. So, here's my advice: The first sketch in this movie centers around a woman played by Kate Winslet going out on a blind date, only to discover that it is with a man played by Hugh Jackman. Delighted by her good fortune, she prepares to accompany him for dinner. But when Jackman takes off his scarf, it is discovered that he has been hiding a mortifyingly hilarious secret. Now, I have just outlined the funniest sketch of the entire film. So, if you sit through this one, and don't laugh once, what I want you to do is, get up, make your way to the theater's box office and ask for your money back, because for you, it will only get worse from here.
Written by Markus Robinson, Edited by Nicole I. Ashland Follow me on Twitter @moviesmarkus
This counts as a movie?!
sethmlanders5 November 2014
Nothing can prepare you for "Movie 43". It fails on every conceivable level, not one laugh! I'm all for raunchy, crude, and stupid comedies....when they're done well. A way to summarize it is a bunch of random skits that go nowhere without a punchline or purpose.
It's stupid, offensive, unfunny, painful, mean-spirited, and pointless. Need I say more? You have a truly great ensemble of talented actors in Hollywood and the inept people who made this trash can't even put them to good use! There is no story, there is no character development, there is not a single joke that works, and the film becomes tedious. It makes me angry, to be honest. There are struggling filmmakers with worthy scripts that may never get made and yet somehow, a bunch of people write a movie that an 8 year old could write better. I seriously want to know how this got green-lighted. Unbelievable, just astonishing beyond lameness.
Remember, I watched it so you don't have to. Spare yourself time and money from this piece of crap. Let's just hope these kind of movies never get made again!
It's stupid, offensive, unfunny, painful, mean-spirited, and pointless. Need I say more? You have a truly great ensemble of talented actors in Hollywood and the inept people who made this trash can't even put them to good use! There is no story, there is no character development, there is not a single joke that works, and the film becomes tedious. It makes me angry, to be honest. There are struggling filmmakers with worthy scripts that may never get made and yet somehow, a bunch of people write a movie that an 8 year old could write better. I seriously want to know how this got green-lighted. Unbelievable, just astonishing beyond lameness.
Remember, I watched it so you don't have to. Spare yourself time and money from this piece of crap. Let's just hope these kind of movies never get made again!
In Reality,Movie 43 is not the Most Banned Film on Earth,but it Definitely Should be,
lesleyharris3028 January 2014
Movie 43 is an absolutely brutal movie with a terrible storyline that just set the whole movie up for a bunch of incredible disgusting and just not funny sketches starring some very talented actors playing unlikeable,disgusting and offensive characters.The movie cast is surprisingly brilliant,starring some very different actors,from Richard Gere to Emma Stone to Hugh Jackman to Jason Sudekis,and it really depressed me that such great actors wasted their talent in these ridiculous sketches,I honestly don't understand how they read the script and thought it was a good idea to star.There was not a single sketch that I liked,I am sensitive to vulgar humour,I'm a fan of stuff like South Park and American Pie,but this movie went way too far,with several jokes about incest,children losing fingers because of a music device that looks like a naked woman and a gay cartoon cat,it was incredibly offensive and just unwatchable.Whether Anna Faris wants Chris Pratt to take a dump on her,Halle Berry and Stephen Merchant want to play a dare competition or Keiran Culkin and Emma Stone want to do weird things to each other,Movie 43 is a terrible movie in every way,that a fantastic cast can't even make enjoyable,I wouldn't recommend it to anyone,avoid it in all ways necessary ,it is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
When two close friends and ones younger brother learn about Movie 43,the most banned film on Earth,they go to the dark corners of the internet to find it,which leads to a series of strange sketches they find online.
When two close friends and ones younger brother learn about Movie 43,the most banned film on Earth,they go to the dark corners of the internet to find it,which leads to a series of strange sketches they find online.
So shockingly unfunny and fundamentally misguided, I almost suspected it was aiming for "Anti-Humor", before realizing it wasn't smart enough for that, and is just awful.
TedStixonAKAMaximumMadness8 February 2014
Comedy- A work intended to be humorous and/or to bring about laughter from the observer/audience.
In the dictionary, "Movie 43" should be an example of an antonym for comedy.
"Movie 43" is one of those special kinds of bad movies. One of those rarities that doesn't just fail... it fails so spectacularly on such a grand scale that it actually sort-of makes you angry as an audience member. It gives you the same sort-of sinking feeling and rage that you used to feel when the schoolyard bully would make fun of you and then beat you up on the playground. And the same sort-of embarrassment you'd feel afterwords, when you realized that everyone saw it happening.
Except here, the rage and sinking feeling isn't from a bully, it's from your intelligence being insulted. And the embarrassment isn't for you... it's the embarrassment you feel for the actors on-screen.
Produced by Peter Farrelly and directed by a fairly large group of filmmakers (each handling a specific scene or scenes), "Movie 43" is a failed attempt at making a sort-of classic "sketch/anthology comedy movie" along the same lines of "Kentucky Fried Movie" or "The Groove Tube." It puts a primary focus on scatological, crude and sexual comedy . Which can be done well and humorously in some cases, but here, it falls flat and feels uneven, undeveloped and contrived.
Encompassing around a dozen-or-so sketches, we are "treated" to some ghastly stories, inexplicably starring some of Hollywood's biggest names, including Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Banks, Justin Long and Kate Winslet. Sketches range in focus from a man who unfortunately has a piece of male anatomy growing from his chin, to a woman with a Coprophilia fetish (don't google that, please), to a man capturing a leprechaun, to tampons. And while I will admit one or two of the more tasteful sketches do supply the occasional and very demented chuckle, on the whole, it's a completely humorless and frustrating experience. (Those occasional chuckles are few and far between... maybe three instances during the entire 90 or so minutes)
The thing with comedy is that the joke needs to make some semblance of sense, and needs to actually make an effort to have development and pay- off. Here, the filmmakers (including Steven Brill, Brett Ratner and James Gunn among many others) are so eager to prove that they can make over-the-top gross-out gags, that there's no real attention paid to the actual comedic set-up or timing. Each scene feels like a punch-line with no set-up, robbing them of their impact. And the overall adult-oriented crude humor combines with this to make the film just feel overly exploitative and aggressively unfunny. Simply seeing Hugh Jackman with male genitalia on his chin on its own is not a joke. Simply seeing human feces on its own is not a joke. Etc. Yet this film treats these sort-of scenarios as though they are fully developed gags, even though they clearly aren't. And that's where the film delves into the angering and embarrassment that I mentioned earlier.
At one point in my viewing experience, I paused the film to contemplate whether or not this film was actually a cleverly disguised example of "Anti-Humor"- a concept in which the jokes are purposely so unfunny, that they become funny as a result in a very ironic way. (Almost like "So bad, it's good", but on purpose) However, upon resuming the film and really paying attention, it becomes clear that this isn't an attempt at "Anti-Humor." These performers, directors and writers are honestly trying to tell good jokes. And to be blunt, I don't think they would be clever enough in these circumstances to even attempt purposeful "Anti- Humor."
"Movie 43" is one of those bad films that you won't soon forget. It's painful to watch and even frustrating. And it really is something I believe everyone involved will leave off of their résumé in the future. I know if I was making a movie, I wouldn't hire anyone who listed this film in the credits.
"Movie 43" is easily a 1 out of 10. One of the worst comedies of the decade.
In the dictionary, "Movie 43" should be an example of an antonym for comedy.
"Movie 43" is one of those special kinds of bad movies. One of those rarities that doesn't just fail... it fails so spectacularly on such a grand scale that it actually sort-of makes you angry as an audience member. It gives you the same sort-of sinking feeling and rage that you used to feel when the schoolyard bully would make fun of you and then beat you up on the playground. And the same sort-of embarrassment you'd feel afterwords, when you realized that everyone saw it happening.
Except here, the rage and sinking feeling isn't from a bully, it's from your intelligence being insulted. And the embarrassment isn't for you... it's the embarrassment you feel for the actors on-screen.
Produced by Peter Farrelly and directed by a fairly large group of filmmakers (each handling a specific scene or scenes), "Movie 43" is a failed attempt at making a sort-of classic "sketch/anthology comedy movie" along the same lines of "Kentucky Fried Movie" or "The Groove Tube." It puts a primary focus on scatological, crude and sexual comedy . Which can be done well and humorously in some cases, but here, it falls flat and feels uneven, undeveloped and contrived.
Encompassing around a dozen-or-so sketches, we are "treated" to some ghastly stories, inexplicably starring some of Hollywood's biggest names, including Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Banks, Justin Long and Kate Winslet. Sketches range in focus from a man who unfortunately has a piece of male anatomy growing from his chin, to a woman with a Coprophilia fetish (don't google that, please), to a man capturing a leprechaun, to tampons. And while I will admit one or two of the more tasteful sketches do supply the occasional and very demented chuckle, on the whole, it's a completely humorless and frustrating experience. (Those occasional chuckles are few and far between... maybe three instances during the entire 90 or so minutes)
The thing with comedy is that the joke needs to make some semblance of sense, and needs to actually make an effort to have development and pay- off. Here, the filmmakers (including Steven Brill, Brett Ratner and James Gunn among many others) are so eager to prove that they can make over-the-top gross-out gags, that there's no real attention paid to the actual comedic set-up or timing. Each scene feels like a punch-line with no set-up, robbing them of their impact. And the overall adult-oriented crude humor combines with this to make the film just feel overly exploitative and aggressively unfunny. Simply seeing Hugh Jackman with male genitalia on his chin on its own is not a joke. Simply seeing human feces on its own is not a joke. Etc. Yet this film treats these sort-of scenarios as though they are fully developed gags, even though they clearly aren't. And that's where the film delves into the angering and embarrassment that I mentioned earlier.
At one point in my viewing experience, I paused the film to contemplate whether or not this film was actually a cleverly disguised example of "Anti-Humor"- a concept in which the jokes are purposely so unfunny, that they become funny as a result in a very ironic way. (Almost like "So bad, it's good", but on purpose) However, upon resuming the film and really paying attention, it becomes clear that this isn't an attempt at "Anti-Humor." These performers, directors and writers are honestly trying to tell good jokes. And to be blunt, I don't think they would be clever enough in these circumstances to even attempt purposeful "Anti- Humor."
"Movie 43" is one of those bad films that you won't soon forget. It's painful to watch and even frustrating. And it really is something I believe everyone involved will leave off of their résumé in the future. I know if I was making a movie, I wouldn't hire anyone who listed this film in the credits.
"Movie 43" is easily a 1 out of 10. One of the worst comedies of the decade.
What Some Actors Will Do for Big Bucks
danew1330 March 2013
What amazes me about this utterly pointless and unfunny film is how so many reviewers have no much to say about it. It just isn't worth the time and energy to write a long review on such a absurd film. I have never given a film this low a mark.
Most of the jokes were unfunny and the various plots lower than juvenile. Yet, there was apparently no logic to the episodic nature of the production.
This is possibly the worst film I have seen since Plan 9 from Outer Space...but at least that was amusing. You can see how mercenary Hollywood is when major actors will work in this rubbish, even demean themselves such as the Hugh Jackman bit and Anna Faris bits.
Most of the jokes were unfunny and the various plots lower than juvenile. Yet, there was apparently no logic to the episodic nature of the production.
This is possibly the worst film I have seen since Plan 9 from Outer Space...but at least that was amusing. You can see how mercenary Hollywood is when major actors will work in this rubbish, even demean themselves such as the Hugh Jackman bit and Anna Faris bits.
43 Degrees of Quaid!
anaconda-406581 May 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Movie 43 (2013): Dir: Peter Farrelly, Will Graham, Elizabeth Banks, Brett Ratner, Rusty Cundieff, James Gunn, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Patrik Forsberg, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan van Tulleken / Cast: Dennis Quaid, Greg Kinnear, Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts, Halle Berry: Perhaps the title refers to the large ensemble cast within twelve short stories pitched by a mad screenwriter played by Dennis Quaid. Ultimately the title represents ideas even if they should remain so. The film is vulgar to the highest degree but credit must be given to the unpredictable buildup of some of the jokes. We have Kate Winslet on a blind date where she discovers a pair of testicles dangling from her date's throat. We have a kid home schooled by parents who give their son glimpses of harsh school realities including Naomi Watts as his mother giving him his first kiss. Halle Berry is involved in an Internet dating situation that involves graphic variations of Truth Or Dare. Anna Faris confesses to her fiancé her desire to be pooped on, which concludes with a collision that no car wash could solve. Elizabeth Banks is schemed upon by her boyfriend's animated cat, which results in her being drenched in gooey urine. Greg Kinnear ends up being the poor sap listening to these crazy ideas from Quaid and eventually being driven to support it all. We have themes of puberty, Leprechaun captures, Superhero Speed Dating that goes horribly wrong for Robin, and the I-Babe, a naked female I-Pod with a penis mutilating side effect. Tasteless, vulgar and offensive but also a great play on the warped minds of ideas and their screen translation. Score: 8 / 10
Some love it, most despise it.
nesfilmreviews21 June 2013
If you think Hugh Jackman sporting a pair of testicles dangling from his chin is funny, I've got some great news for you. The marketing team must have had a hell of a time trying to sell "Movie 43" to the general public because it's a comedy that really isn't about anything. It's a series of skits strung together by a barely cohesive narrative. Of course, there have been many skit films before "Movie 43," but this is the first film to be backed by a major studio and to have a litany of A-list actors, actresses, and filmmakers involved.
The film is centers on an unkempt "screenwriter" (played by Dennis Quaid), who is trying to pitch his movie to a Hollywood executive (played by Greg Kinnear). Much like the rest of the movie, their situation begins to spiral into absurdity, and in between we are treated to a series of mock ads and strange scenarios that increasingly build on their gags until they just eventually sort of end.
"Movie 43" fares best in its first half, as the film's opening half hour boasts a number of amusing shorts - including a bit of silliness featuring Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber as parents who take the home-schooling concept to very dark places. However, the film begins to lose steam somewhere around the midway point, inundated with sketches that are completely pointless and desperately unfunny. The second half of the film is loaded with skits that are either disastrously overlong or problematic; quickly losing any appeal that might be left.
If the sketches have any unifying style, it's that they go for shock value over genuine laughs most of the time. "Movie 43" is best suited for in the home-entertainment market, where these short story dilemmas can be hashed out between bong rips and consuming large amounts of alcohol.
The film is centers on an unkempt "screenwriter" (played by Dennis Quaid), who is trying to pitch his movie to a Hollywood executive (played by Greg Kinnear). Much like the rest of the movie, their situation begins to spiral into absurdity, and in between we are treated to a series of mock ads and strange scenarios that increasingly build on their gags until they just eventually sort of end.
"Movie 43" fares best in its first half, as the film's opening half hour boasts a number of amusing shorts - including a bit of silliness featuring Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber as parents who take the home-schooling concept to very dark places. However, the film begins to lose steam somewhere around the midway point, inundated with sketches that are completely pointless and desperately unfunny. The second half of the film is loaded with skits that are either disastrously overlong or problematic; quickly losing any appeal that might be left.
If the sketches have any unifying style, it's that they go for shock value over genuine laughs most of the time. "Movie 43" is best suited for in the home-entertainment market, where these short story dilemmas can be hashed out between bong rips and consuming large amounts of alcohol.
Misleading trailer
thedarksteps25 January 2013
Warning: Spoilers
I was hoping that someone was finally going to cater to those of us with depraved senses of humor, I loved the trailer and wanted to see this so bad that I went to the 10:30 showing on Thursday the 24th. The first skit was moderately funny, but the rest, well... if you've seen the trailers then you've seen the funniest parts already. No point paying $8+ to see this thing.
Fortunately for me, I work at a movie theater and didn't drop a dime on it, making it that much easier to walk out on it. I had just seen the Best of Rifftrax one showing earlier and I laughed more at it than I did Movie 43. SNL is funnier and I hate SNL. When I got home I had to put on something really funny to cleanse my palette of this Cleveland steamer.
I love the kind of humor contained in the trailer so I'm not one of those people putting this movie down because it's extremely lowbrow. If Haunted House is still showing and you have to choose between this and it, choose Haunted House, this movie isn't worth what Anna Farris wants her fiancé to do.
The movie should be considered a spoiler for the trailer instead of vice versa.
Fortunately for me, I work at a movie theater and didn't drop a dime on it, making it that much easier to walk out on it. I had just seen the Best of Rifftrax one showing earlier and I laughed more at it than I did Movie 43. SNL is funnier and I hate SNL. When I got home I had to put on something really funny to cleanse my palette of this Cleveland steamer.
I love the kind of humor contained in the trailer so I'm not one of those people putting this movie down because it's extremely lowbrow. If Haunted House is still showing and you have to choose between this and it, choose Haunted House, this movie isn't worth what Anna Farris wants her fiancé to do.
The movie should be considered a spoiler for the trailer instead of vice versa.
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