a classic

Rating: Null/10 (30 August 1999)

I can't believe the low rating for this movie. I suppose it could be viewed as being cruel, but it's a COMEDY for god's sake. The cruelty is part of the charm. Some of us are intelligent enough to realize that the cruelty in this movie is not meant to be taken seriously. If you insist on condemning the cruelty and vulgarity in this movie, then look at it this way: life is often cruel (and vulgar) and you might as well just laugh at it rather than bemoan it. Anyway, this movie is, for me, that funniest movie of the decade. It's more consistently funny than Something About Mary, which got all the acclaim and money. Perhaps this movie was released a few years before its time, as cruel humor seems to be all the rage now (Austin Powers 2 and South Park). Unless you're a humorless, uptight stick-in-the-mud, you should laugh hysterically at this movie.