Warning, this review contains minor spoilers and some naughty language written by professionals. Do not try this at home!
Okay, that was my lame attempt at humor, but I honestly don't know how to review this movie. It's fucking hilarious. There's not alot more to say. It will be placed by some on the top of the ALL TIME BEST COMEDIES and some will stick it in the bottom drawer, along with many of the world's funniest and most misunderstood comics, such as Tom Green and Andy Kaufman. I gaurantee you, that if Andy Kaufman were alive today, he'd think Jackass was pure genius.
As the film opens, a cloud of smoke fills the screen and pulse-pounding classical music invades our senses. We are left dazed, anticipating what will come, until suddenly a giant grocery-cart full of our Jackass favorites comes bursting into view. They are traveling fast, avoiding explosions and flying debris. One by one, they are introduced, and then they try to hold on for dear life as they roll down a hill of possibility, wondering if they will survive to see the bottom. What beautiful symbolic meaning that has, and it pretty much shows you in the opening what you are about to see. A journey of sorts, to see how far mankind can go to make pain funny.
Slapstick comedy has been around since the invention of the film medium, and it is up to Johnny Knoxville and gang to push the boundaries once more. Jim Carrey did it. Tom Green did, too. Chris Farley even touched on it. But Jackass has elevated it to a place not even "The Pie Fucker" would want to go. To a golden heaven of comedy bliss where death and a laugh walk side by side, their lines sometimes merging as one.
Without giving anything away, there's alot of getting the crap kicked out of you, there's alot of male genetalia getting threatened and burned and stuff, and alot of shit that'll make you hurl like eating piss sno-cones. This is a beautiful experience the whole family can enjoy, and share together.
Being released before the holidays was a good move, too, because the movie gives some great gift ideas. How better to tell your mother how much you care, than by getting her a full grown crocodile and placing it in her kitchen. What a surprise she'll have! And how 'bout telling dad your true feelings by getting him boxes and boxes of fireworks... and setting them off in his bedroom at 3:00 in the morning.
All in all, this is fun stuff. The kind of stuff that brings us together and reminds us of our similarities. The universal feeling we all have time and time again, of wanting to laugh at that stupidass that slipped and fell. Well, Jackass not only lets us know it's okay to laugh at the pain and misfortune of others, but that we should run over and kick the shit out of them while they're down... as long as we get it on camera. If you've already seen it, you know what I mean, and honestly shouldn't even be reading this 'cause you already know how funny it is. Just Go see it again! If you haven't seen it, well, you're missing out on a peice of Movie History, my friend. --Garth Simmons
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