nodakbutterfly
My Boss brought this DVD to me to watch, as she said that it was so funny it helped her a great deal go through some rough times. I dutifully watched it and I have to say that at least three times I laughed so uproariously that I nearly fell off my air mattress! Once when the dog was clamped onto the kidnapper's hand and he was trying to smash it off on the furniture and another time when whack job DeVito lost a cadaver down the stairs. I honestly thought Danny DeVito was acting the part of the Penguin from the Batman flick in his portrayal of the embalmer. In any case, although the movie played like a skit from Saturday Night Live...it did entertain me and I did, as I said, laugh so hard at least three unexpected times that it was worth the viewing.
jackflash888
This is what we can expect of the new crop of young writers I suppose who are birthed on violence and video games which have no respect for life or the property of others. Theirs is a video computer world of techno, not live flesh and blood people. Witness this piece of filth, violence, and garbage which has supposedly funny scenes in it like Norm McDonald...not a favorite actor of the thinking mature world... brutalizing an innocent small breed puppy... I believe a Pomeranian...which is represented as vicious and strong...though a known lap dog. Blood spurts everywhere all over the set of a large posh mansion of an elderly lady as they spin around and scream as they beat and slam the living dog.This is NOT a comedy. This is a horror film and has rubbish writing unworthy of any amount of watching. Garbage like this should never make it past the desk of the production company project readers. Perhaps if Norm McDonald and Shappelle would learn from clean, decent, respectable comedies as the filmdom kingdom turned out until around the era of the 1980's, this film would not be seen as merely worthy of burning and banning... and McDonald and Shappelle should be glad this is not the medieval European days... they would have been executed by society.Don't bother. Don't waste your time. Sit in the room with the TV off and count the ceiling tiles. That would be more entertaining.
brettmajors_karaokeking
The people who knock this movie have no sense of what makes a movie funny. Screwed was indeed funny, much more so than for example, Anchorman. Actually, everyone I know was laughing constantly throughout this terrific comedy! I'm not going to give anything big away, but after Norm McDonald and Dave Chappelle realize they have failed to kidnap Mrs. Crock's dog, Chappelle let's out one of the funniest one-liners that I have ever heard. We are talking non-stop laughs throughout this move. The plot is absurd, but this seriously added to the film's overall hilarity. If you miss this movie due to negative comments made by various users, you have truly done yourself an injustice.
MartinHafer
Norm MacDonald works for a very rich and nasty lady (Elaine Stritch). After putting up with tons of abuse from her, he decided to get revenge by kidnapping her horrid dog and holding it hostage. His friend (Dave Chappelle) lends him a hand and soon are the subject of a nationwide manhunt! Will the guys get away with it or will they go to prison and become somebody's boy toys?The reviews for this movie were SAVAGE. I've seen wars get better reviews! The attacks were strong and brutal. That's probably why I am so charitable in my review. It just didn't seem like a bad film to me. Great?! No way, but there were enough moments to keep my interest and merit a score of 6. Sometimes I wonder if I am crazy (a possibility) or the movie reviewers are just lemmings who follow each other's leads.Elaine Stritch was incredibly mean and hateful, as her role demanded and there were some other supporting actors who I really liked as well, but the one who really stood out to me was Danny DeVito's incredibly weird and funny bit part as the president of the Jack Lord fan club (and a total psycho to boot).By the way, if you liked this film, try watching another MacDonald film DIRTY WORK. It might be a tad funnier but both very rough comedies make you laugh--and isn't that enough sometimes?
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