Guy's guy view...Within the first couple of minutes of this movie, Girl told me that this was based on a bestseller novel. No bells were ringing as she told me about a passage in the book where Tucker Max bangs a girl up the a-hole which then escalates into puking and pooing everywhere. I've seen the cover of this book before, but never read it myself.
The movie is pretty much an "American Pie" movie in disguise. It's "coming of age", naked women and a diarrhea joke (more on that later). As I've been led to believe the book is apparently very graphic and full of hardcore stories. This would have been way more interesting to see. Well, I guess you don't make money that way, but I don't think this project made that much cash anyways.
Back to the poo joke. There's a scene in this movie where Tucker Max gets enlightened to all the bad things he do to people. It takes form in violent diarrhea. We get to follow Tucker through a hotel as he searches for a john. He doesn't really make it and shits all over himself. A scene that was supposed to be gross out funny (I guess), but just ended up being very stupid and stomach turning.
Another thing I hate. In movies where there's a wedding, there's always someone (in this case Tucker Max) that shows up and steals the thunder from the bride and the groom. This time Tucker realizes after shitting all over himself that he was a bad friend. He goes to the wedding which he was uninvited to for making his friend lie to his fiancee and takes the mic out of the best man's hand. He makes a speech which pretty much is about how bad he was as a person and how good he is now. Well, everybody forgives him and they live happily ever after. Scenes like this are bullshit and that's all I have to say about that.
Guy's Rating: Stupid, and not very funny. I'd rather watch "Porky's", "Animal House" or even "American Pie".
Girl's guy view...
Yes, I've seen this book and read snatches of the content here and there. I've never purchased the book, and for that I am grateful. Reading just parts of it offended me, and I'm not easily offended, so I would not want to endorse the man who is benefiting from this.
What offended me was not the sexist comments or blunt misogyny, but the fact this guy has such low morals and high thoughts of himself. The capacity for a human being to get through life in this manner, and not get knocked down, must lie in such an overwrought egotistical nature neither you nor I can comprehend it. This book, and this movie, best display a personality type rather found in a gutter than on the bestseller list or blockbuster highlight reel.
That being said, unlike Guy, I did laugh at the whole diarrhea scene. It was so disgusting, I couldn't help but cackle a bit, while cringing all the while.
Girl's Rating: It's not a crime against women to watch this movie, it's a crime against humanity.
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