a great cringey comedy
597874
Couldn't stop laughing, a great cringey comedy!
3802155
OMG - I haven't consistently laughed at a movie in a long time.  Fortunately, this movie gets pretty consistent airtime on television, but the first time I saw this in 2010 I nearly puked on my own squirrel (Insider joke for those who've seen it).  John Cusak shines in his predictably underplayed straight man character, while the rest of the cast surprisingly develop into almost cult-like personas.  I don't want to offer any spoilers, but if you are determined to hate this movie (As I did, especially with such a sophomoric title), you will be disappointed.  It's frickin hilarious... especially if you were born around 1968-1972 and were a late teen in 1986.  Oh and don't forget to watch "Better off Dead" beforehand, some sly references are a tip of the hat to this 1985 Cusak work...
2083637
First off, if you are easily offended, you should probably avoid this film. If enjoy alt comedy, the works of the former "Freaks and Geeks" crowd, and seeing flawed but ultimately good people doing horrible things to one another - then by all means watch. When talented stoners get a budget and creative freedom, wonderful things can happen. It has it's slow parts, but the manic and crazy parts more than make up for it. My wife and I saw it in the theater and now own in online to play for friends or enjoy when we need to decompress. I now realize my 5 year old son is Danny McBride in child form - God save you all when he grows up...
427855
I can see how some people would be turned off by the crude humor and volgarity  present in this film. That being said, this movie was friggin' funny. You have to appreciate  Clerks 2 for what it is realize that the indie days are long gone. This movie is going into my dvd collection.
1403287
I saw this movie with some friends on tv and I just knew I had to buy it. It's a low brow comedy, one of those movies where you have to have a really good sense of humor to like. Lots of nudity, dirty jokes, just random silliness. It's awesome. Get high or a little drunk and watch it the first time, you'll piss your pants laughing. And yes I was buzzed the first time I saw it and yes I peed a little. Don't judge me.
1703906
TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE is a film that'll be enjoyed by those with a penchant for the crude, rude, and socially unacceptable (not surprising since it was made by the creators of SOUTH PARK, Trey Parker and Matt Stone). And although I sometimes enjoy scraping the bottom of the film noir barrel, here the jokes were a bit too crude, rude, and socially unacceptable to be laughable. In fact, I only chuckled a few times.

What impressed me about the movie, though, were all of the marionettes (hundreds of them), the elaborate miniature sets, and the `I'm So Lonely' song sung by the Kim Jong Il puppet. You'll note that none of this has to do with the comedic script, too.

Making a good comedy-even a cheesy one like this-often requires gag jokes and good dialogue. And although there were tons of gags pulled off in the film (from watching puppets "do it" doggy-style, to having Kim Jong Il act like a gangster rapper), the dialogue was pure rubbish. I realize that it was making fun of action flicks, Americans and American actors' egocentricism, and just about every other world political state out there, but there needs to be some sort of reasoning to these things that gives the film structure. And this movie completely lacked any kind of coherency.

The other bad part is that none of the "characters" are memorable. Can anyone tell me the names of the Team America team without watching it again? I can't. And they are what the film is supposed to be about.

But, again, if you like watching such things as SOUTH PARK, you'll probably enjoy this movie on the same brain-numbing level.
4153764
This movie is horrible. But it's horrible in the kind of way that Scary Movie and Harold and Kumar are horrible. It's so bad that it's funny. And a lot of people are saying it's sad that they exploited Steve-O's drug addiction, but that's what Jackass and Wildboys did too, and he loved it. I read his memoir, and he said he encouraged it. I know it's kind of sad but I mean, he's recovering now so don't get your panties in a twist about it. Overall a funny movie, and I'm happy with my purchase.
2142151
I'm almost ashamed I liked this so much, but it's very funny.
1163872
I stumbled across Hunderby looking for good Briitish shows.  Good gracious in heaven above -- what an irreverent dark comedy that only British humor could devise. You'll either be appalled or will laugh your head off.  I sat midground. The show does have it's redeeming qualities (or maybe not).  This type of humor, however, has never been my cup of tea. Nevertheless, it is clever but a morally shocking comedic story of 1830 England and one very strange group of people.

The story begins with a shipwreck and a woman who washes up on shore by the name of Helene.  However, that's not really her name because she's a stowaway running from her past.  Immediately, after being revived by the doctor while others took her for dead, she is courted by Edmund, a brimstone preaching vicar who is a crude man.  When Helene marries him and comes to live in his rather large house, things turn even darker and creepier than Jane Eyre and the mad wife locked away.  Frankly, there is a madwoman, but she's wandering around as the as the housekeeper named Dorothy.

Helene quickly becomes disillusioned with her new life and falls for the advances of the doctor who saved her life. They begin this rather entertaining affair, copulating at every turn.  In the meantime, her vicar husband is finding that he has a sexual propensity toward men and, in particular, one of his servants.  All the while in the background, the crazy housekeeper is out to discredit Helene any way that she can because she's in love with Edmund.

The series is dark. The humor is crude.  And the ending a hoot.  If you like the kind of twisted dark humor that will give you a laugh and the willies at the same time, Hunderby is the one for you!
3662015
I love this movie its hilarious, some of it is just a little to racy for me.  It is alot like Scary Movie, or Austin Powers, the humor is so stupid, and mindless, that you cant help laughing!
4873823
Really fun, hot actors, lots of blood and some pretty cringey gore. Funny script, too. I pressed the back ten seconds button a lot just to rewatch the delivery of some great lines.
4435858
It was a cute idea to spoof romantic comedies.  The only problem....it's not romantic, and it's not funny.  The casting is great (mostly SNL alum). The problem.....the script.
18287
I think most of these negative reviews are not getting the point of the movie. This is a hilarious movie! You need to watch it with the idea in mind...that it is supposed to be a goofy spoof of corny romantic movies. Its a joke movie. Its meant to be stupid. My husband and I like a lot of styles of humor from your classic british humor monty python, to slapstick to raunchy,to witty. I've watched it twice. I also love a lot of these actors so that helps...seeing them act out these ridiculous scenes and play naive one dimensional characters...makes it even more hilarious. Paul Rudd is so good at that...it must of been fun to make this movie! I find it hard to believe that people did not crack up at the sex scenes too. Its hard for me to take the negative reviews seriously anyway since they do not explain why they thought it was "suCh a STOPID waste of TIME!" or "HORIBLLE AND sukED".I'd like to know why they didn't like it...I'm assuming maybe they took the movie at face value and could not comprehend the subtle humor of a mocking spoof movie. Since many of them cannot make an approprate negative review that explains their viewpoints and actual reasons not to like it...I'm forced to believe they didn't GET IT. Anyway, give it a chance, and hopefully you will enjoy it too :)
218882
Our Idiot Brother is a dramedy about a family with undiscovered problems and the good-hearted idiot that goes to jail for selling pot to a uniformed officer. Quirky and risqu, it hits on all modern comedy cylinders. But what sets Our Idiot Brother apart are the surprisingly uncommon scenes: the horribly mismatched romantic subplot between Lady Arabella (Janet Montgomery) and Ned (Paul Rudd) that ends in a sudden but fantastic fashion, a horribly botched threesome, and the bond between dog and man-child.

Ned (Paul Rudd) is the only brother of three lovely but unknowingly tormented sisters. Zooey Deschanel plays a non-homosexual lesbian, Elizabeth Banks plays the quintessential job-obsessed shrew, and Emily Mortimer plays the non-sexy, clueless, stay-at-home mom. When Ned goes to jail for trying to help out a depressed uniformed police officer with a few ounces of weed at a local farmers' market, his rehabilitation and parole thrusts him into the lives of his sisters. Idealistic but clueless Ned stumbles through each of their lives, inadvertently exposing all the problems that rest just beneath the surface. Each encounter mixes the cute and goofy with the awkward and dramatic, and while the ending flirts with cheesy "only in the movies" perfection, it is hard not to smile and think, "that is how the world should work".

While the script takes chances that differentiate this movie from all others like it, the writing is really the cast that brings this film its joie de vivre. Paul Rudd plays the blissfully ignorant ideologue to a tee. In every scene his mannerisms and his character's love of life are captivating. Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel each bring a peculiar brand of comedy that seems to fit this movie perfectly. And Emily Mortimer's Liz bursts with heart. While each of these characters are a joy to watch, the bottle scenes where two or more of the characters are together really resonate, both comically and dramatically.

In Our Idiot Brother there were a few too many "bros" and "mans," in response to a confrontation, one character actually utters something akin to, "I'm only gonna respond to that with love," however, despite edging on too granola for a wide release, the real flaw to Our Idiot Brother is the transparency of the script. Each conflict is hinted at too early in the story: one sister's husband is a little too cold and distant from the onset, another sister is portrayed a little too straight to be gay, and the last sister's inability to have already fallen in love with her best friend is apparent to everyone but her (Spoilers, I guess). For a script that was refreshingly unique, these spoon-fed conflicts seem to indicate the filmmakers' hesitancy to push their audience too far. And in a movie with a shockingly frank portrayal of a threesome gone wrong, hesitancy must be abandoned.

Our Idiot Brother is the hilarious portrayal of a man who loves too much and the devastating effects it has on those he cares about. If you can handle the Woodstock hangovers (dreadlocks, communing with nature, and "man" included, sadly none of the music) and the not-so-subtle conflicts, the laughs are worth the price of admission. Stay for the credits. The bloopers of this cast that obviously enjoy each other, both in the film and out, leaves you parting without any ill will for the price of the ticket.
1287255
After reading the low reviews on this movie I had low expectations in watching it, but I was quite surprised at how good it actually was, do note that low expectations will help you appreciate this movie a little better. The movie is extremely bizarre and has a gelotinous plot that really takes no shape whatsoever and causes the movie to act out like some sort of strange montage of events (for example, in one scene the main character walks into an empty house, and as he's walking around we see a couple rotweillers presumably running to where he is, but they never get there. The whole film seems to be a satire on pompous big city types and braindead people who contribute nothing and get everything. Really hard to grade this movie cause everybody will experience it in a different way, but if you need sensibility in a film skip this one, if you liked Napoleon Dynamite because it was so different and outrageous then give this one a go, consequently Andy Dick would have been great as Kip. I liked it, but every time I chuckled I shook my head at the same time, it's that kind of funny.
1869977
Funny in its own way.  Good spoof. Crumby sex (nothing hot in this video)
2373802
Really funny, raunchy comedy. Maybe not for little kids but follow the pg-13. It might be a little sexual for kids under that.
That being said, the sight gags and dialogue cracked me up repeatedly.