Freddy Got Fingered (DVD, 2001)

There is no way to out-guess what the critics were going to say about this film. Freddy Got Fingered was one of Tom Green's pet projects for a couple of years, and I'm sure that he had a blast making this film. His bizarre approach to comedy is his own brainchild and deserves some form of critical acclaim regardless. Even though this film is edited down to 87 minutes and rated R, it also has Deleted Scenes, Tom (the director) audio overlay commentary, and a P.G. Version on the DVD for those who wish to tone it down a bit.

Gord's girlfriend and wife to be Drew Barrymore even takes out the time to have a small role in his film. Gord's girlfiend Betty (Marisa Coughlan) is wheelchair bound and is also a bound and determined person which says something about overcoming reality, although the film is sometime misunderstood, it should be noted that some cynical critics miss the intent to this film which is designed to totally MOCK "GROSS OUT" COMEDY. Many emotional and romantic moments in this film are there to poke fun at overtly dull and repetitive sugar coated never ending surplus of never yielding love dreary romance movies.

Along the way to success, this is a no B.S. approach to life.

Almost immediately, words and thoughts come to mind, but I'd like to try and put all the negative, nasty, tasteless comments that come to mind on the back-burner for a moment and say this. Yes, but, was it funny, clever, and intelligent as Tom Green says? Yes of course. Who else in the world could possibly be so extremely, silly, nasty, gross, irreverent, appalling, tasteless, offensive, awful in a film and come out looking like a genius? Tom Green.

A sense of irony and thoughtless poetic justice seem to permeate this film. In Tom's own words, he thanks of his film as a "Nice story About A Dream". The tempo of the film lends itself to a playful romp with a thug's dream of pushing your way through life screaming and hating. The character Gordy seems autistic and detached, much like someone you might find in a mental ward. This side of his character that seems to escape realism since he takes many comments literally such as "Get inside the animals" and when Gordy's girlfriend tells him to relax, take things slow, play music, eat some food, and draw. Gordy stupidly takes her literally and finds a way to do all those things together at the same time. Although there are many ridiculous and idiotic things that Tom tries to squeeze into this movie, the majority of his jokes are really inventive and funny. We have to remember where he is coming from here. A great deal of Ad Lib is encompassed in segments within this film. Rip Torn plays his father who screams many memorable profanities at Gordy including "You Imbecile"

Things Not to miss in this film: The Cheese Helmet, The Backwards Man, The Song "Daddy, would you like some sausage?", Doctor Gord, The Cartoon Segments "Zebras in America".

Tom tells of the many fond memories he had growing up in Ottawa, BC and got many of his ideas for his screenplay from his childhood friends and jokes he played upon others as well as his parents.

Tom had a scene segment, much like Martin Sheen in "Apocalypse Now" where Sheen agonizes, goes bananas, and smashes a mirror. Tom cut this segment down to a few seconds, since he couldn't get the song rights from The Doors because they had wanted 400,000.

Tom did many of his own stunts, but the real crash test dummy was the one that got mowed down by the 18-wheeler.

Well, if you like Tom Green, understand him and have a sense of situational humor you'll like this one. It's highly irreverent, somewhat anarchistic and flat out mindbogglingly silly! It would never win awards (and in fact was panned by 95% of the so-called critics) but people who have a silly take on the seriousness of their everyday routines will love it. Think of the early 90's Fox T.V. comedy "Get a Life" or the film "Napoleon Dynamite". I like Tom Green. I grew up with people who have lived his vision in real life! I'm not going to give you a plot synopsis but if you like borderline gross-outs with a juvenile spin but presented in a really smart way see this DVD.

This is tom green at his usual. It is funny, bizarre, gross, confusing, and unpredictable. And rip torn does a great job too. If you are not into tom green I would have no idea why you would even bother watching. But if you do have a sense of humor it is the best.

Hated by critics the world over, this hilarious movie is pure comic gold and a must have for any cult film fan. Tom Green plays a wannabe animator who struggles to find a job, any job, to impress his father. As family life degenerates, surealistic black comedy ensues with Tom playing the keyboard in one scene with sausages hanging from the ceiling while chanting "Daddy would you like some sausages?" Animals are molested, cheese is thrown, and treasure is recovered from the underwater cave. Truly, a triumph of the ages.

"Freddie Got Fingered" will be either the funniest or the worst movie you have ever seen, there isn't much in between. Tom Greens unique brand of humor and silly gross out stunts keep you laughing through the most of the movie. Unfortunately, the movie is about 15 minutes too long and it loses steam toward the end...