Andrew: Hello readers! Sorry we've been away for a bit
again, still been a bit busy with the day jobs, but we WERE able to catch a
showing of this past weekend's unheralded new sketch comedy movie, Movie 43,
and we're here to give you our review of it! (Duh.) Movie 43 stars a TON of
big-name actors and there were about ten different directors involved all
taking a different sketch. But due to the low-brow humor of the film, and
apparently general distaste the studio has for it, almost everyone involved is
trying to distance themselves from the movie (check out this humorous New York
Post story about it to see what we mean).
Now, because of the
structure of the film, we're going to be doing our review just a touch
differently than normal. Instead of doing a free-flowing conversation, we're
going to break up the review by talking about each individual sketch on its own
- starting with a brief description of the sketch and what we liked about it,
what we didn't like about it, etc. With that said, in order of how they
appeared in the film, here are our thoughts on Movie 43.
THE CATCH
Stars: Kate Winslet
and Hugh Jackman
Premise: Winslet plays
a woman going on a blind date with a man who by all accounts is handsome,
wealthy and incredibly popular, so it comes as a shock to her when they get to
the restaurant and he takes off his scarf, that he has a pair of testicles
hanging from his chin and no one else seems to find it unusual.
Sarah: Yea, this one actually made me very
uncomfortable. Besides being slightly disgusting, this little sketch was
hilarious! Having such a beautiful man like Hugh Jackman with a pair hanging
from his neck was disturbing on so many levels. What bothered me the most was
the fact that NOONE seemed to know!!! It's ridiculous!
A: There are plenty of
sketches in the movie that are over-the-top ridiculous, but I felt that this
was a good one to kick things off. The sight gag of the male genitalia dangling
from Jackman's face and the complete obliviousness by everyone other than
Winslet was pretty funny. And they use the sight gag to its full effect, with
the part where an air duct blowing cold air on their table taking the cake. But
the sketch wouldn't have been anything if it weren't for Winslet's reactions.
