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While still
having a decent amount of the standard pratfalls and stunts that Johnny
Knoxville is known for, this movie is entertaining and to a certain
extent, heartwarming. There's your standard love story, villain, and
redemption, all set in the Special Olympics. At the very least it is
entertaining and it's always fun to watch Knoxville fall on his a**.
There were times that it was kind of uncomfortable watching Knoxville as
Jeffy. It borders on being disrespectful without actually crossing that
line. Not the whole movie mind you, which was approved by the Special
Olympics and does a wonderful job of showing how normal and fun loving
that mentally challenged people can be, just Knoxville's Jeffy scenes.
You know that by the end of the movie you are going to like him, but
that makes it that much more uncomfortable to watch. Which leads me to
casting.
I have only
seen one or two episodes of “Jackass” and I don't consider myself a fan
of the show. I do like Johnny Knoxville though. Although he seems to
play himself in everything I have seen him in, such as MIB 2 and
The Dukes of Hazzard, he has a
good enough personality that he can pull it off, and that's fine by me.
Katherine Heigl did a decent enough job as Knoxville's love interest. I
haven't seen her in anything else so I have nothing to compare her
performance to. It seems to me that Brian Cox's career is getting a
second wind. Well, actually I just looked him up on the IMDB and he has
been working all along, it's me who has just started noticing him.
Anyways he plays the closest thing to a bad guy that this movie has. You
don't hate him, you just kind of pity him because his view of the
athletes never changes, even when Steve shoves it in his face that these
people are his friends. The Special Olympians that were in this movie
were fantastic. The ones who weren't professional actors did a wonderful
job. For these guys to step up and play these roles had to have taken a
lot of courage. Those who were actors also did great. I couldn't tell
which ones were actors and which weren't. I won't spoil it by telling
you either.
One
interesting fact mentioned in the featurette was that somebody from the
Special Olympics (I can't remember who) went to Indiana to ask Special
Olympic athletes if Johnny Knoxville would be right for the film. They
said he would be perfect. Why? Because the people who watch “Jackass”
are the same guys who pick on them. And if they see Knoxville telling
people to lay off, their lives would be golden.
If you like
films along the line of “The Benchwarmers” or “Deuce Bigalow”, you
should enjoy this.
Until
Johnny Knoxville wins the gold,
keep
reading.
Mitch
Best Lines:
Note – The first is definitely the best line of the whole movie, you
have to see it.
Winston:
“When the f!@k did we get ice cream?”
Steve
Barker: [to mirror] “My name is Lance, and I like nuts!”
Thomas:
“Goodbye, Hooker Lady!”
Winston:
“Hey Steve, ask me *any* movie.”
Steve
Barker: “Okay, hmm..."Jaws"”.
Winston:
“That's a good movie.”
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