Ya Gotta Laugh

Rating: 7/10 (2 August 2001)

Okay so some of it's base humor; okay, they use four-letter words A LOT in this film; okay, so the opening scene will make you wish you hadn't spent $7 on soda and popcorn 'cause you can't eat it. Enough visual gags in the beginning of the film and you'll start laughing. The audience was a tough crowd, as usual, when I went to go see it but unlike as usual, I wasn't the only one laughing. It was clear that most of the material was created the same way stand-up comedy routines are, except that instead of all the visual comedy being simulated by someone on stage with a mic and describing it, visual effects, stuntmen and actors were able to portray the ridiculous events. A couple of things didn't work but most of it did. Cindy Campbell and Buddy's characters aren't surprising, knowing who wrote them but Anna Faris and Chris Masterson playing their parts was hysterical because Anna Faris has a very wide range of expressions that are quite striking. And Buddy is basically Francis Wilkerson with some updated lingo. I had a lot of fun.