The maniacal gang of pranksters from the popular MTV series got their first feature film with this 89 minute exercise in "I can't believe I'm seeing this" lunacy. Suffice it to say, "Jackass: The Movie" is NOT for the squeamish, as these filmmakers are determined to show you just about everything, from excrement (one of the crew relieves himself in a toilet in a plumbing supplies store) to vomit (a dude attempts to "snort" wasabi, and immediately gets sick).
Also among the ridiculous escapades: a hysterical highlight where Ms. Margera (Bams' mother) comes home to find a live gator in her kitchen, Johnny Knoxville trying out his "rocket skates", and our bunch of merry men raising Hell in Japan. Which only prompts this viewer to be amused at what onlookers must think of the team as they enact all sorts of 'Candid Camera' hijinks. Some clearly look amused themselves, while others get understandably upset or downright angry. For one thing, Knoxville and buddies blow air horns at a golf course every time somebody is teeing off. That's one good way to truly annoy your fellow man.
As disgusting and absurd as this kind of lowbrow, anything-for-a-cheap-laugh sort of entertainment can be, it *does* admittedly generate some real chuckles. Granted, part of that is derived from the fact that it takes some real balls for these guys to so willingly subject themselves to all this self-abuse.
Some folks may bemoan the idea of this kind of thing constituting as entertainment nowadays. But if you just want something goofy to watch while you get drunk or high with buddies, this viewer is sure that this amiable nonsense will fill the bill.
Some of the brightest moments involve the gang donning makeup and outfits to pass themselves off as senior citizens, prompting bystanders to try to be good samaritans.
Six out of 10.
Also among the ridiculous escapades: a hysterical highlight where Ms. Margera (Bams' mother) comes home to find a live gator in her kitchen, Johnny Knoxville trying out his "rocket skates", and our bunch of merry men raising Hell in Japan. Which only prompts this viewer to be amused at what onlookers must think of the team as they enact all sorts of 'Candid Camera' hijinks. Some clearly look amused themselves, while others get understandably upset or downright angry. For one thing, Knoxville and buddies blow air horns at a golf course every time somebody is teeing off. That's one good way to truly annoy your fellow man.
As disgusting and absurd as this kind of lowbrow, anything-for-a-cheap-laugh sort of entertainment can be, it *does* admittedly generate some real chuckles. Granted, part of that is derived from the fact that it takes some real balls for these guys to so willingly subject themselves to all this self-abuse.
Some folks may bemoan the idea of this kind of thing constituting as entertainment nowadays. But if you just want something goofy to watch while you get drunk or high with buddies, this viewer is sure that this amiable nonsense will fill the bill.
Some of the brightest moments involve the gang donning makeup and outfits to pass themselves off as senior citizens, prompting bystanders to try to be good samaritans.
Six out of 10.