"That's a good choice. You won't stop laughing. You'll laugh so your stomach will ache" said the officer when he saw 'Mr Bones' DVD in my hands. And I had no reason to think opposite.DVD starts advertising new Schuster candid camera work. Well, for a trailer you can't put long jokes, so that's probably why these new pieces looked so pale and superficial, I told myself, still waiting for movie to start. Yankee Zulu was not a masterpiece, but had its charms, and some really great scenes. And Mr Bones was supposed to be much better.However, you must be careful who will you trust. For someone who grew up with Austin Powers, matured with Porky's and American Pie and finds Scary Movie to be the ultimate comedy, Mr Bones can be a top pleasure to watch. But the rest of us have problems to understand what took Schuster eight years to finish the script. If he had completed it in first year of work, it would probably be much better, because bowel humor was not so popular then, and I guess we would be free of few tons of feces missiles precisely targeting actors' faces.It is even more pity because the story isn't bad at all. Original - no, but comedy doesn't always ask for a brand new story; sometimes best scenes can be funny just because of similarity to something that everyone knows. Schuster also didn't fall into usual trap to focus too much on confrontation of two worlds. These movies were popular in 80's (Starman, Crocodile Dundee, E.T., Coming to America) and, as usual, too many copies make jokes repeat. Mr Bones contains few minutes of understandable misunderstandings, enough to stay unobtrusive (though one of them again concentrates on of body excretions, when he looks for toilette). And there is more logic in developing the plot than in many other modern movies, including Schuster's own ones.Dialogues have never been Schuster's best side. In candid camera you can't plan them, so he sometimes neglects them in movies, too. The number of characters is rather big but each of them has personality (one more step forward for Schuster). And, unlike Schuster (co)author, Schuster actor was equal to his best roles. Music is used a lot, and it seems to be one of Hollywood influences (but this one well done).Since Jamie Uys it seems that RSA movies made for foreign audience can't avoid a lot of animals. They may be exotic and thus attractive to Europeans and Americans (though for most of them cows and ducks are equally exotic as leopards), so it can help selling the movie. However, in Mr Bones birds fly only to drop their bowel contains on human noses (when Mel Brooks made that it was original and was integrated in the story), not to mention bigger animals. If a medium size bird is supposed to make a big laugh every time it empties its intestines, imagine what an epic movie would be made if someone could get a pterodactyl! (Remember, we're in the age of bird influenza...)Apart from this type of humor (I use this word without believing in it), I noticed that the story, though settled in RSA (even some landscapes were the same or at least similar to Yankee Zulu), didn't show much about complicated relations between local races and nations as former Schuster's movies. And all this golf players and the whole movie can't hold a candle to a single scene taking part on golf terrain in Schuster's "Panic Mechanic". But since then Schuster obviously became a victim of Hollywood bowel-humor influence. I hope that a cure will be found soon enough.

One of the worst films I have ever seen!!! It was like going for roof canal seven times and I still can't believe I watched the entire film... what a waste of my time, I think it would of been more productive to watch paint dry. It was slapstick comedy at it's worst, I don't think you can call it slapstick comedy, it's more like slapstick stupidity if you ask me. The story was overshadowed by moronic humour and awful acting, what a waste of film. The best thing about the film really is that it ends and the credits are a lot more entertaining than the actual film. I still have nightmares about the film and I've learn't my lesson with watching films with the title Mr Bones. DON'T BOTHER WATCHING IT!!!

OK, so it's not Bob Newhart, more like Red Skelton. But I think you'll like it.The running jokes about poop were inexplicably funny. Your 10-year-old son will find them hilarious. The roles are broadly written, almost stereotypical, but the acting isn't bad, the plot line is ingenious, the scenery is terrific, the slapstick inspired. I'm no student of cinema, but the craftsmanship in making the film looks pretty good to me. Camera work seemed quite good. Your young daughters might get a complex about the movie's premise, or you might use the movie to talk with them about foolish preferences for male children around the world.A fine little movie, one that'll leave a smile on your face.

This movie is actually very funny...the only problem is that if you come from USA or some other place you will never understand the South African humour in it...so if you are from the US then dont watch it...you wont get it...but if you are from South Africa...youll love it...i really loved this movie...because i am South African, it shows alot of things that happen in south africa and it really made me laugh, so i definitely recommend it to any South African who hasnt already seen it...if there are any South Africans who havnt seen it... this movie has been bad mouthed by many Americans and people in other countries simply because they just dont get it... so South Africans...Go watch it!! of course there are those exceptions of people from other countries other than South Africa who have experienced South African life and who will enjoy it.