A Funny Sketch Movie That Pretends To Have A Story

Rating: 8/10 (4 July 2019)

Where do I even start? It's difficult to rate this movie since I have so many nostalgic memories of watching it. I grew up on this crap. I don't know if I can be a truly objective viewer, but I can try.
How is this movie? It's fantastic, as long as you understand what kind of comedy it is? It's not a film that is going to work for everyone, but those that do enjoy it are going to not just mildly. casually enjoy it...they are going to love it, quote it, and BS about their favorite scenes with other people who love it.
This film is all about its meta humor. They are constantly poking jokes at the audience themselves. Without getting to into details, Many of the jokes in the movie are self-referential and break the fourth wall, and not just when Wayne himself actually breaks the fourth wall. The film is filled with pop culture references and adolescent humor. Just think of it as Beavis and Butthead if Beavis and Butthead were older and lived lives of actual consequences.
Like I said, it's hard to be fully objective of this film as it was one of the first "adult" comedies I ever saw and we had it on VHS (so I watched it a lot). If I had to criticize it in any way, I'd say that there isn't really a story/plot to the movie, the movie more works like a series of scenes put together to set up a series of jokes. For example, what is the point of the public access show that they do? Wayne's World? The title of the movie? Well...it gets scrapped halfway through the movie and thats it. They don't really address the idea of doing the show for a large audience again. Even though that's how Wayne himself set up the plot to the movie in the first scene. It's a plot line that doesn't really go anywhere. It has one big payoff laugh and that's it.
So that's what I mean by the movie is more a series of scenes to setup jokes...like a sketch. Funny considering the movie is based on a reoccuring sketch.
All that being said, this movie is funny for those willing to look past the point that they aren't telling a full story. The characters of Wayne and Garth have become iconic. And all of the supporting characters are funny as well.
8/10