Product: Dude Where's My Car (With Borat Preview Disc) (2000)
Rating: 1.0
Dude, where's the script more like
Riding high on the tide of American Pie's success came a truckload of stoner, gross-out comedies that never manages to be halfway as good as the sort of movies they were trying to imitate. Dude, Where's My Car? is one such example. Starring Ashton Kucher and Sean William Scott as two losers who set out to find their car after a heavy night of drinking the night before. The big problem is though, not that they've lost their car, but their anniversary presents for their girlfriends were in the car too.Of course, sitting down to watch a film like this you don't really expect anything other than entertainment. Unfortunately, this is anything but. Each dead gag is laid as quickly on top of the last one as possible to try and avoid the fact that there's really nothing here at all. Sexy alien women, an absurb cult, an angry transexual and a pot-smoking dog are just some of the bizarre plot elements that are thrown at the stars, but you just couldn't care less. It's a shame really, because this kind of movie can be a lot of fun, but unfortunately this just reeks of a half-baked effort. It's even more shameful that the film-makers have managed to enlist two obviously talented comedy actors in Kucher and Scott. Though Kucher may now be simply known as Demi Moore's new beau, and as soon as you see Scott you think of Stifler, their vacant expressions and key-on delivery would've worked perfectly for a better film.Finally, you can't help comparing Dude, Where's My Car? to other's of its ilk. It lacks the inherent charm of American Pie (and it's nowhere near as funny), the off-kilter comedy of Detroit Rock City and is certainly nowhere near as good as the Farrelly's There's Something About Mary. I'd recommend those movies above this one any day.