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Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

Rate: 7
Viewed: 6/03, 7/18

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7/18: I remember when Freddy Got Fingered came out, just about every news channel ripped the film into pieces which was eviscerating.

Since then, they don't pay attention to cinema anymore, no matter how awful the films have become. That's why Freddy Got Fingered deserves a mention as one of the most famous bad films of all time, solidifying Tom Green's infamy for life. This is my second time seeing it, and I think the critic of The New York Times may have a point after calling it "Brilliant!" However, I wouldn't go so far as to think the same, but it's certainly inventive, original, and very funny.

What Freddy Got Fingered has going to separate itself from the pack is the number of crazy antics that scream the word "outrageous." Tom Green keeps pushing the envelope further and further, threatening to touch the territory that's only reserved for films like Pink Flamingos. The amount of blood and animal abuse, sexually and not, is when he finally crossed the line between sanity and insanity.

Some of the best parts are Gord's pitches to Dave Davidson to launch a cartoon show, his relationship with Betty who's crazy about rocket-powered wheelchairs and performing fellatios, Gord's battles with his father, the musical skit with stringed sausages, and the Backwards Man scene. Notice Freddy watching a surgery operation on TV. It's the actual footage of Tom Green's lymph node being removed due to testicular cancer.

All in all, had Tom Green toned down the animal abuse, Freddy Got Fingered might have come out looking better.