Lighten up folks!

Rating: Null/10 (28 November 2003)

Jaysus!!
Not every comedy has to be (or even come close to) Annie Hall.Some can be good and silly (we're all kids at heart, aren't we?)
Yes there are a number of crude jokes, so what? There is a dopey little love story masked by the crudity, in case you missed it. In spite of it's satirical nature, the treatment of the Amish is no worse than than in Harrison Ford's highly overrated "Witness".
While it's not the best road movie ever(by a long shot!) , Harrelson and & Quaid make do (quite well, thank you) with a weak script; you gotta give them their props for taking a risk on this project. This is satire for G*d's sake; Not Bergman. The joke is on the (re-)viewers.
Jay Leno's "humor" is much cruder yet millions stay up late to watch him and sponsors pay big bucks to advertise on the show. Howard Stern draws huge numbers daily by appealing to the 12 year old male mentality(aka lowest common denominator). What does this say about "our" opinions?
It appears that many reviewers think "There's Something About Mary" is a better/funnier movie. The hair scene in that movie is allegedly funny even tho it's 2 cuts below Bill Murray's ever-wilder hair/rug in Kingpin.

Many of the reactions to this movie here demonstrate that film snobbery is alive and well in America.