What's the point of such a movie ? To laugh. Right. So either you immediately settle into the groove of this quirky teen flick and appreciate the onscreen presence of a very young (but still authentic) Ryan Reynolds and his cohorts, the spoofy caricature that is Taj, Tara Reid's boyfriend premed Richard and his hilarious med school obsessed shtick and elastic face - watch out for that scene at the end: an absolute Jim Carey moment...
Or. You think this has no future and give it 15min before calling it a grotesquely Hollywood-queued, brainless teen targeting piece of mainstream garbage.
Your choice really.
It should be emphasized Reynolds' charisma - like him or not - is essential for such a movie to thrive or probably even exist at all. His delivery, facial expressions, along with the silly writing, make for a fairly iconic lead character. Certainly in the sub-genre of that period's likeable anti-heroes. He symbolizes failure, and success, and is both a figure of triumph and grueling staleness in life.
The gags are gross, but funny. The secondary characters and subplots add that little extra crisp to the whole. "Is there anything I can do for you Richard, anything at all ???". Campus cop, Professor McDoogle...
This is probably a generational thing and it would be hard to get a septuagenarian to laugh all that much to this, although, you never know. Septuagenarians are unpredictable, strange creatures.
So it's dumb as crap and ultimately fairly predictable. Who cares. It's funny. All that matters is that you laugh, and this has had a whole generation of people laughing. Although probably not the septuagenarians.
Or. You think this has no future and give it 15min before calling it a grotesquely Hollywood-queued, brainless teen targeting piece of mainstream garbage.
Your choice really.
It should be emphasized Reynolds' charisma - like him or not - is essential for such a movie to thrive or probably even exist at all. His delivery, facial expressions, along with the silly writing, make for a fairly iconic lead character. Certainly in the sub-genre of that period's likeable anti-heroes. He symbolizes failure, and success, and is both a figure of triumph and grueling staleness in life.
The gags are gross, but funny. The secondary characters and subplots add that little extra crisp to the whole. "Is there anything I can do for you Richard, anything at all ???". Campus cop, Professor McDoogle...
This is probably a generational thing and it would be hard to get a septuagenarian to laugh all that much to this, although, you never know. Septuagenarians are unpredictable, strange creatures.
So it's dumb as crap and ultimately fairly predictable. Who cares. It's funny. All that matters is that you laugh, and this has had a whole generation of people laughing. Although probably not the septuagenarians.