Gilbert Gottfried used to do a stand-up tour where he just did dirty public domain jokes for an hour, occasionally interrupted with an unfunny impression. I always thought he was kind of a hack for it, because what's the merit there? It's not like you have to go to bars and collect dirty jokes like gems, there are plenty of books and websites on the subject. As embarrassing as that tour/DVD was, at least a guy standing on a stage is the correct medium for that sort of thing. These jokes are meant to be told, not acted out in "sketches". In one of the few tie-in scenes that are put in this movie to give the illusion of a plot, one character actually mentions how a movie that's nothing but old public domain jokes would suck. Yes, it will and it does, why make it then? Pointing out your errors as an in-joke doesn't get you off the hook, it usually makes everything worse. There are two credited writers/people who know how Google works, and the parts where they are forced to come up with new jokes are among the most embarrassing movie scenes I've ever witnessed. The pre-credit sequence is a girl that sings the national anthem, but the joke is that her singing is off-key. There's no punchline and the scene goes on forever, is this just put in to make you long for the parts with old jokes everyone already knows? The worst part of the movie has got to be the child actors though. The entire point of casting children was just for shock value (children swearing was apparently still edgy in 2011), but they're clearly reading their sex jokes from cue cards and still mess up the punchlines. They often sound like they don't even get the joke, putting the emphasis on the wrong words and things like that. Chances are they'll be pretty embarrassed by this movie once they've grown up, and perhaps they should be.
... View MoreI was stunned when I saw this movie, I was expecting it to be kind of stupid, lame jokes, etc, but as I went on, the brilliance of this movie became more and more clear: the dirty jokes, the storyline, the metaphores, the whole movie is a joke about how jokes are made!!! I don't understand why people are giving it poor scores for having offensive jokes, that's its purpose! It's undoubtedly the best comedy I've ever seen, between stupid fart jokes a kid could understand (do NOT let your kid watch this movie, he'll be expelled from school!), titties to please the uneducated, the story moves on and bring more-than-ever relevant issues regarding the real freedom of expression. Yes, some of the jokes are lame, but many are brilliant, and the discussions between the characters are insightful and thoughtful. loved it, will see it again
... View MoreDirty Movie has no plot. No story. Absolutely none! You think I'm joking? Speaking of joking, get used to that, if you decide to watch this waste of film...you're going to hear a bunch of jokes. That's it! That's your movie. No twists, no turns, no story, no plot. Sound like a good movie? Have at it, I hope you enjoy it more then I did. Don't say you weren't warned. The problem with the jokes is that they're already on the internet, there's nothing original about them, except for the fact that they're in skit form, since this IS suppose to be a movie. I don't even think this even deserves to be called a movie, movies have story and plot...sometimes even a little bit of soul. And what in the world happened to National Lampoon, this used to be a great company, until the 90's came along, and screwed everything up for them. Was Christmas Vacation the last good thing to come out of them? I would have to say so! Dirty Movie is just that...a dirty movie with loads of dirty jokes that need to be taken to the laundry. Actually, just throw them away, they don't deserve to be washed. And if you watch this, let the kids go to bed first, trust me, you don't want these jokes being told on an elementary school playground ( They probably are already, because of the Internet, but at least you're not increasing the chances) Have a great time watching Dirty Movie! Time to go dunk my head in the toilet bowl!
... View MoreYou know how there are movies that seem to be good ideas on paper but turn out lousy, and those movies you wonder how in God's Green Earth became green-lit to get made, this movie is both. Based along the lines of "Kentucky Fired Movie," "Dirty Movie" is nothing but a string of obscene and demented characters acting out the dirty jokes your acid-baked dumb-ass former friends used to tell in school. Basically "The Benny Hill Show" on acid, except without the humor, clever one-liners or the witty repartee, the movie is a string of obscene material and tasteless dialogue interspersed with scenes of an extremely low-budget film company trying to make a movie with nothing but jokes which get worse and even more controversial as it continues. It doesn't push the envelope; it ignores it completely. The movie fails to realize the difference between dirty jokes and offensive jokes; dirty jokes are basically humor directed at misunderstandings of human vices and stigmas, such as drinking and sex. Offensive jokes are purposely based on ignorance and intolerance and directly aimed at religious, cultural and ethnic groups. The vignettes of the filmmaking crew are the only partially interesting thing about the film; especially as the creators debate between art and sensationalism. Christopher Meloni of "Law & Order" plays a typical despicable director, a man completely without morals, humanity or any redeeming human qualities, joined by Robert Klein as the equally emotionally-deficient producer and Cyndi Lauper as a mom in a few sketches. The only thing interesting about the fake sketches is that as they go on, it starts becoming noticeable that even they seem to share a loose storyline of characters with a male bartender playing straight man, a cute female bartender delivering lines to drunks, a psychotic young boy (Cyndi's boy), a demented and unprofessional physician, some stoned redneck farmers and a mad priest among others. The nudity is confined to more than a few bare breast shots; a few of the women are actually attractive (one particularly homely one turns out in the commentary to be a pseudo-famous female impersonator), but the movie is so focused on indecency and immorality that they're reduced to set dressing than plot points. Like I said, the only interesting parts of the movie are the internal debates on what constitutes obscene material and just what it is willing to do or not do, but most of the time, the movie just drags its feet across the line for no purpose at all but to be shocking. Ignore trying to be funny, the film wants to appall and disgust. (Worse yet, there are adolescent kids in some of the scenes.) Bottom line: the only people who might appreciate this film are stoners, drunks and immature college students.
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