150 Word Review: 'Freddy Got Fingered' (2001)
Daddy, would you like some sausage?
Freddy Got Fingered is a cinematic smoothie that blends Gen X stoner comedy with shocking surrealism. It would probably have delighted filmmakers like Jodorowsky and Buñuel.
It starred and was directed by Tom Green, who became famous as an improvisational MTV-era alt-comedian with two faces, one deadpan, the other exploding with rage and fear, eyeballs-popping. Unpredictable and confrontational. Andy Kaufman, but revolting. Green's movie was a spectacular box office failure loathed by critics.
The movie's plot is very Y2K: a slacker chases his Hollywood dreams. The humor is aggressively politically incorrect. Child abuse is a frequent punchline. Horse genitals are masturbated. Cheese sandwiches are mutilated. The MVP of this gross-out spectacle isn't Green but veteran actor Rip Torn, who plays the domineering father of Green's manchild. Torn rants, rages, and shows his actual ass. He won't be one-upped by Green, a prankster dedicated to upsetting as many normies as possible.
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