I'm Going To Ruin This Movie For You

Rating: 4/10 (3 January 2020)

I had to delete my previous review after considering it for a day...
So folks...here it is...
It's "Married With Children" meets "The Three Stooges" told with great style and eventually dark violence.
Yes, friends..you've been fooled and somewhat charmed, but it seems the people who've rated this a masterpiece just got a dose of cold reality.
They even mention Chicago, Illinois in the flick. Which is where the 90's show took place. Critics are too dumb with short memories to draw this conclusion, which is why I'll fill you in.
Dad who is underemployed/unemployed, former gloried athlete
Wife has no aspirations to work, has bad housekeeping skills, crass
Son, distances himself from the low-life world of his low life
Sister, street wise and pretty. Uses her sexuality to get things
I wondered why it felt familiar. In fact, there is an episode where they meet a rich family at a campsite. Also, "The Simpsons" had an episode where Homer loses the house to carnys.
So much for originality.
Though you're fooled by a different message of the have and have nots. Which confused me even more. They spent so very little time allowing the family to integrate themselves as "the rich" which is how it was sold.
Any way, the message also backfired, considering how despicable the "poor family" behaves. The only rationale is that they are so desperate, their actions are forgivable. No, the ends doesn't justify the means. It becomes even MORE muddled when we see the future life that is the possibility, never mind the supposed Morse code feature works only one direction. So if the son is writing a letter to the father, he can't get it. Or maybe we're to assume he left it somewhere where he'd find it. Too many damn questions.
SPOILERS!!! Stop reading if you are going to see:
I dunno, it's shot well, and it's funny, but there are just questions. As one reviewer had put it "why do they make dumb decisions?" Are they trying to say that poor people are dumb? Also, when the old housekeeper comes back, why don't they just join forces? The entire thing was unnecessary and aggravating. Also, what was the end game? To kill the rich people and assume their lives? And the fact that poor Dad snaps and attacks the rich Dad over a stench poor people have? Delaying the bleed out death of his daughter?
Pretty grim stuff.
All I know is neither of these guys scored 4 touchdowns as a fullback for Polk High