Freddy Got Fingered is an opus of insanity that would make Bluto from Animal House dry heave. It is a film where the boundaries are not only broken through (like before with other gross out comedies), but done with a cheese helmet and a sausage organ.
The film stars Tom Green as a guy who wants to become a cartoonist, but is constantly put down by his father, played in one of the best villain roles in a decade by Rip Torn. While Torn goes crazy here, it is Green here who takes the cake (much like he did in Road Trip), by bringing on a barrage that had me after the movie was over awe.
Not in awe though like I have after seeing GoodFellas or Apocalypse Now, but in awe of what people can do. I was amazed at the scenes (I don't even know if they'll get in here) in which he dances in moose skin, gives hand filled pleasure (so to speak) to a horse and then tops itself (in one movie which always is a amazement) by getting off a elephant and spraying Torn in the process, and also licks the wound of a broken leg. Now, if this had been done wrong, like a flop known as Tomcats, it wouldn't work well. But Green brings on a good timing for his insanity (he directed and co-wrote) and makes it watchable and actually hilarious, if only for myself and the people watching with me.
But that is not to say this film is for everyone; I'm sure there will be people like the Ebert type who will want to blow chunks at the sight of the visuals that Green gives. But if you think you can take it, or just want a disgusting laugh, this film is reccomended. One of the funniest movies of the year, and oddly enough might become a classic. A-
