Crazy, brilliant, crass and crude, terrifying and hysterical...

Rating: 9/10 (3 July 2013)

This film is NOT for everyone.
It's like ghost busters on steroids, with a bad attitude.
This film takes risks that other films refuse to take. It can be raunchy, crude, NOT for the squeamish or sensitive, and absolutely hysterical. This film will challenge your comedic sensibilities, and while the jokes and gags don't always work, they hit far more often than they miss, and they hit HARD.
Seth Rogen, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride and the entire cast, should pat themselves on the back for a job well done. This movie, and this comedy crew, took a LOT of comedic risks throughout the film, and in most cases, those risks are rewarded with some big laughs.
Concerns of self indulgent narcissism on the part of the cast did NOT pan out on the screen. I never got the vibe that the cast was doing anything other than trying to sincerely put on the best comedic performance that they could.
Danny McBride deserves an Oscar for his performance. Period. NOBODY can do the crazy things he does, or deliver the crazy lines he does, with such commitment and conviction. He boldly goes where comedians fear to travel, and he somehow manages to make you laugh at things you wouldn't laugh at had it been another comedian. In this film, he makes "Kenny Powers" seem tame.
Craig Robinson, Seth Rogen, and James Franco, all deliver some serious laughs.
Jonah Hill nails his part with a sledgehammer.
I found that this movie was able to change tones and make transitions from one genre to another the way few movies can. The film FEELS like a comedy, and then it interjects horror aspects way beyond the typical "comedy/horror" film so as to lose any semblance of "comedy", and it becomes legitimately "horrifying". Then, it transitions back to "comedy" with something truly gut-bustingly funny. This film is like a roller coaster.
This film goes too far. Too often. However, you can't get the kind of payoffs these boys get UNLESS you are willing to step across a few lines. These boys leap across those lines, and the rewards were well worth the risk.
If you enjoy having your sensibilities challenged, and laughing hysterically, this film WILL deliver.
Just don't be surprised when you find yourself laughing at things you thought you normally wouldn't. Like, say, a giant demon creature with a giant smoldering.....well, just see for yourself.
9 of 10 stars.