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Rated: PG-13
** of ****
Length: 83 minutes
Credits:
Writer: Philip Stark
Director: Danny Leiner
Cast:
Ashton Kutcher: Jesse
Seann William Scott: Chester
Kristy Swanson: Christie Boner
Jennifer Garner: Wanda
Marla Sokoloff: Wilma
Brent Spiner: Caged poacher
Synopsis:
A pair of guys so dumb that they could be future supreme court justices wake up after a night of partying. Their girlfriends, twins Wilma and Wanda, leave a message complaining about the mess they made last night, and the confusion begins. They realize that today is the 1 year anniversary for some how dating these babes, and want to give them the presents that are probably in the car. This is where the movie title comes in. A series of interwoven clues begins to unfold as they track down the events of the previous night to find the car and give the presents to the twins. Many strangers are encountered from the night before, and some new to today's car search.
Review:
There are shades of the better Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, but this is a different movie. The MTV style psychedelic dream sequence at the beginning is like an overture for the movie, so pay attention. The music is immediately energetic and upbeat, and puts you in the right state of mind for this high energy and silly movie. The sets and location give the story a believable background which helps make the trip into the bizarre more extreme. All the actors do well on their portrayals of their over the top characters. Kristy Swanson as Christie is about the closest thing to a normal person in the whole movie. One wonders what kind of warped mind came up with this humorously absurd, yet well constructed spoof.
The writer and director are obviously male and targeting a teen aged male audience. The movie's poor parts have nothing to do with the strip club or the bikini scenes. They are when girls are objectified to the point of being nothing but breasts and only comic book proportioned breasts at that. The movie spoofs much about teen titillation flicks, but that backfires when the humor is inadequate. The weak humor here was incongruous with the rest of the movie, and so hurtful towards girls that the otherwise breast obsessed teen aged boys were groaning and shaking their heads at it. That scene cost this movie at least half a star.
This is a short and busy movie, and it would have been nice if it were a bit longer. The increase in complexity would have made the whole movie better, and provided the opportunity to edit out the weaker parts. It is still very entertaining. It holds attention, and got a lot of laughs from the mixed audience. Some of the repeated expressions here may be heard around outside of theaters for a while. I wonder what kind of car he lost?
There are about two minutes of out takes during the credits.
and then...