Movie Review – The Dirt
Directed by Jeff Tremaine, it plays out like an extended musical episode of JACKASS.
Directed by Jeff Tremaine, it plays out like an extended musical episode of JACKASS.
Paul Preston’s ongoing effort to watch a movie a day for the rest of his life. Today’s movies – “We’re the Millers” & “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”.
Good timely social commentary but it easily gets steamrolled by the persistent raunch fest
It seems like the laughs will come in bundles with the three leads playing fast and loose at the top of the film, but the warmth shared between the leads that could excuse all the crude behavior of a stoner comedy wears away leaving a less than pleasing mixture behind.
Showcast Episode 36: New release “The Monuments Men” inspires The Movie Guys to form a Modern Art Monuments Men, plus the “Vampire Academy” is full, prompting a call to the Vampire Technical Institute and another round of Adam Witt’s Film Fix, where Adam determines the exact drug to take to fully enjoy “The Lego Movie”. Also, a Philip Seymour Hoffman tribute and special guest Doug Karo sits in the whole show!
A film like this demands a charismatic and vulnerable lead actor, and Bradley Cooper is quickly establishing himself as the right guy for those jobs.