MPAA Rated – PG-13
It’s 1:30 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right
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| Starring: | Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Kristy Swanson, Jennifer Garner, Marla Sokoloff, Fabio, Stuttering John |
| MPAA Rated: | PG-13 |
| Released By: | 20th Century Fox |
| Release Date: | 2000 |
| Kiddie Movie: | Not too young, lots of pot, sex, and drinking talk. |
| Date Movie: | If she’s got a twisted sense of humor. |
| Gratuitous Sex: | Lots of talk and girls in tight shirts. |
| Gratuitous Violence: | Maybe just the “Super-Hot Giant Alien” blowing up. |
| Action: | Nah. |
| Laughs: | I laughed a lot. Maybe I’ve just gone crazy. |
| Memorable Scene: | Nothing totally stands out. |
| Memorable Quote: | The little boy looking up the Super-Hot Giant Alien’s skirt to his dad: “I want to go on that ride, daddy!” which the dad replies “Me too!” and this exchange: “A barn?” “Is it red?” “No.” “Then it’s not a barn.” |
| Directed By: | Danny Leiner |
I think I’ve now finally secured it – I’m going to hell. Why? Because at 10:30 on Sunday morning, when I should have been at church, I was at one of the worst movies I have seen and I found myself enjoying it – “Dude, Where’s My Car?”
The story starts out simple, Jesse (Ashton Kutcher) and Chester (Seann William Scott) wake up not really knowing what happened the night before. They attribute this to being totally wasted and it’s easy to see how that could happen. So the movie begins with our duo trying to put back the pieces to what must have been a fabulous night, especially as they begin to find out some of the things that have happened, starting with Greg (Stuttering John Melendez), peeing in their plant. They meet up with Christie Boner (Kristy Swanson) who let one of our duo feel her up, they stumble into the nudie bar where they find they were the kings of the bar, and then things really get weird finding out that they were in charge of a suitcase full of money, gave a couple aliens a ride back to their spaceship, and played some pretty good miniature golf. And if you think that’s weird, it’s their day after, when they found out what happened the night before, that things really start taking twists and turns by adding the bubble-wrap people, the continuum transfunctioner, and the Super-Hot Giant Alien.
This is the kind of movie that most reviewers won’t give two cents worth of their time to watch, and you know what, I don’t blame them, but for some reason all of the lame, stupid, obvious, and childish jokes made me laugh. From the exchange of Jesse and Chester describing their tattoos, to the Chinese drive-in, to the Rubik’s Cube, to the bubble suits the space cult people were wearing, I laughed. Maybe sometimes I need mindless fun, and “Dude, Where’s My Car?” provided me and the four other people that blew off church in favor of a movie that simple pleasure.
I won’t take any more of your time with this review for this movie except to say if you go into this movie expecting what you think the trailers show, well, you’ll probably enjoy it a little. If you go to this movie thinking this will be one of the most thought-provoking comedies of all time, well, you’ll probably leave by the time the dog smokes his own one-hitter. I’m giving “Dude, Where’s My Car?” 3 stars out of 5. It’s stupid fun – expect that.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!