The last sentence of this review is a major spoiler.
I have enjoyed Joe Dante's work since Piranha. He's done a great deal of different genre parodies that were both funny and honest.
But this is pure crap. This is the kind of satire - in line with Thank You For Smoking - that is so literal and direct that it leaves nothing a) to be laughed at and b) to leave the audience to think about.
It's a shame, because the plot and the material is so rich, timely and ripe for intelligent commentary.
By the way, there is absolutely no reason for the main character to shoot the Ann Coulter character at the end of the film. It's just flat out ridiculous.
I have enjoyed Joe Dante's work since Piranha. He's done a great deal of different genre parodies that were both funny and honest.
But this is pure crap. This is the kind of satire - in line with Thank You For Smoking - that is so literal and direct that it leaves nothing a) to be laughed at and b) to leave the audience to think about.
It's a shame, because the plot and the material is so rich, timely and ripe for intelligent commentary.
By the way, there is absolutely no reason for the main character to shoot the Ann Coulter character at the end of the film. It's just flat out ridiculous.