Good mindless comedy along the same lines as Austin Powers but not really as Clever

Rating: 7/10 (13 August 2006)

Frankly this isn't the kind kind of movie that deserves to be criticised by snobby film buffs, if you watch the trailer you'll know instantly what kind of movie it is.
I personally enjoy a good mindless comedy along the same lines as Austin Powers (okay not as good as Austin Powers). It has quite a few cheap laughs as you'd expect (fat people, stretchy pants, crazy little midget people) but most of all I found the premise of the whole thing the main attraction. It's the kind of film movie-land will probably only visit once, and probably only Jack Black could have made work.
Jack Blacks character takes himself very seriously, and there's a good old hackneyed storyline about the good of heart, albeit slightly incompetent hero struggling against the big guys. It's not just for laughs, you grow fond of his character and want him to succeed in his aims as he struggles for wrestling fame.
I really want that frilly shirt. Where on EARTH did they get that. Top marks for the costume designers.
Naturally you leave the cinema and the most impressed are the younger age groups and I did end up thinking it was perhaps a little brief.
But hey, I enjoyed it, though admittedly I am a bit of a Jack Black fan. Comedy for the young at heart who don't mind letting their hair down and leaving their brains at the door.