Movie Review: Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

The best thing this movie has going for it is that it’s hard to believe a major studio (20th Century Fox) released it. In many ways, it’s a complete disaster of a movie, but it’s also very interesting.

I’m not sure how satirical it’s trying to be. At times, it comes off as incredibly satirical, sort of just making fun of dumb studio comedies of the period. But it also succumbs to a lot of the issues those movies had.

Tom Green doesn’t shy away from the gross-out gags, but neither did a lot of other big comedies of the period, like There’s Something About Mary or the American Pie series.

This movie is insane. It’s only marginally funny, but Tom Green’s manic energy — mixed with the relative normalcy of many of the characters around him — is interesting to watch.

There’s just constant anger and screaming, and there’s really nobody to feel sympathetic for.

Rating: 3/10