{"id":52221,"date":"2022-02-07T19:23:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T00:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=52221"},"modified":"2022-02-07T22:39:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T03:39:15","slug":"jackass-forever-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/02\/jackass-forever-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackass Forever \u2013 Movie Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Bob Garver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                With an 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, \u201cJackass Forever\u201d is more beloved than some of the movies that will soon be vying for Best Picture at the Oscars. What\u2019s so special about this movie? It certainly isn\u2019t that Johnny Knoxville and his crew are doing anything different with the \u201cJackass\u201d template; the movie is a collection of stupid stunts as always, and there\u2019s no story to tie them together like with Knoxville\u2019s \u201cBad Grandpa\u201d or \u201cAction Point.\u201d Could it be that the world desperately need some hearty laughs after the last two years? That could certainly be a factor. Heck, I desperately needed some laughs after the last two weeks, as I did not have fun at \u201cRedeeming Love\u201d and that pathetic mermaid movie. But I think that fans and critics alike are just so impressed that \u201cJackass\u201d has been going for over 20 years. No longer can these guys be accused of debasing themselves for a fleeting taste of fame. They are engaging in a full-blown way of life, and they\u2019re tasting\u2026 I think a taser is the most publication-friendly thing that comes in contact with a human tongue in this movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                To be sure, these guys still do not practice socially-acceptable ways of garnering attention. They do dangerous stunts, allow themselves to get bitten and stung by all manner of animal, and pull sick pranks on one another. New to this installment is a form of psychological torture, where participants are placed in a room with a venomous snake and then the lights are turned out. The poor marks have to find their way to the door, occasionally whacking their heads on low-hanging frying pans, getting their fingers caught in mousetraps, and encountering a rubber snake thought to be the venomous one. It\u2019s actually one of the least-dangerous episodes in the movie, unless you count the high likelihood of a heart attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                It should be noted that many scenes in this movie involve the area\u2026 below the belt. The guys never miss an opportunity to hit one another below the belt, or at least show off the area below the belt. An early special-effects driven scene features a monster that looks suspiciously like the area below the belt. It is not unusual for movies buffs to jokingly compare kaiju to the area below the belt, but in this case they\u2019d be absolutely right. A particularly wince-inducing sequence involves a person\u2019s full body weight plus an additional object with a highly-concentrated point of contact being driven into the area below the belt on one of these saps. I have to say something about this movie that I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever had to say about a movie before, but it reaches a point of diminishing returns on the below-the-belt shots. Dare I say I was even bored with the constant below-the-belt trauma by the end of this slightly-overlong spectacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Obviously, this geek-show stuff isn\u2019t for everybody. I don\u2019t blame you one bit if your idea of fun doesn\u2019t include finding out what happens when the guys drink pitchers of brightly-colored milk and then get on a high-speed carousel (spoiler alert: it\u2019s exactly what you think). But those in the target audience will appreciate the camaraderie and commitment of the \u201cJackass\u201d crew. It\u2019s oddly comforting to know that you can still come to these guys for a certain brand of craziness \u2013 or at least as comforting as watching multiple bungee wedgies can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: B-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJackass Forever\u201d is rated R for strong crude material and dangerous stunts, graphic nudity and language throughout. Its running time is 96 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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