20131106: Comedy Review--Movie 43

Movie 43

1. Fundamentals, reception.
1. 2013, rated R, 94 minutes, comedy.
2. IMDB: Estimated budget, 6 million USD.
3. Rotten Tomatoes: 4% on the meter; 26% liked it from 29,478 audience ratings.
4. Netflix: 3.0/5.0 from 349,671 audience ratings.
5. Directed by: Peter Farrelly, Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, et alia.
6. Starring: 
7. Segment, The Catch: Kate Winslet as Beth, Hugh Jackman as Davis, Julie Clair as Pamela,
8. Segment, The Pitch: Dennis Quaid as Charlie Wessler, Greg Kinnear as Griffin Schraeder, Seth MacFarlane as himself.
9. Segment, Homeschooled: Liev Schreiber as Robert, Naomi Watts as Samantha, Alex Cranmer as Sean, Julie Ann Emerie as Clare, Austin Cope as High School Student.
10. Segment, The Proposition: Anna Faris as Vanessa, Chris Pratt as Jason, J. B. Smoove as Larry, Jarrad Paul as Bill.
11. Segment, Veronica: Kieran Culkin as Neil, Emma Stone as Veronica, Arthur French as Old Man, Josh Shuman as Short Guy.
12. Segment, iBabe:  Cathy Clifton as iBabe #1, Richard Gere as Boss, Kate Bosworth as Arlene, Jack McBrayer as Brian, Aasif Mandvi as Robert, Zach Lasry as Boy.
13. Segment, Superhero Speed Dating:  Justin Long as Robin, Uma Thurman as Lois Lane, Kristen Bell as Suprgirl, John Hodgman as Penguin, Leslie Bibb as Wonder Woman, Jason Sudeikis as Batman.
14. Segment, Machine Kids:  Ed Blythe as Vending Machine Man, Olivia Roberts Payne as Vending Machine Child.
15. Segment, Middleschool Date: Christopher Mintz-Plaase as Mikey, Partrick Warburton as Dad, Chloe Grace Moretz as Amanda.


2. Setup and Plot
1. Charlie Wessler pitches Griffin Schraeder a more than screwed up movie idea.


2. That's the conceit of the film.  Griffin objects, but Charlie pulls a gun on him.  Via some misadventures, Griffin's boss insists that Griffin go ahead with the project.


3. The segments are many and short.


4. Most of the segments are rude, crude, and barbaric.


5. Luckily most of the shorts are laugh out loud funny.


6. However, don't pursue if you do not like earthy humor.


3. Conclusions
1. One of the segments might be PC, but it looked more like straight up racist contempt to me.  Overall this picture is not for the thin-skinned.
2. One line summary: A compilation of short vignettes, mostly of the earthy humour type.
3. Three stars of five.


4. Scores
1. Cinematography: 10/10 Sharp.


2. Sound: 10/10 No problems.


3. Acting: 7/10 Mixed.  Some hilarious; some incredibly irritating.


4. Screenplay: 5/10 A better name for this film would be 'Miscellaneous crap from the Cutting Room Floor.'