Tom Green directs himself, Rip Torn and Marisa Coughlan in this derided comedy where an adult son leaves home to follow his dream of being an animator.

Obnoxiously awful. Tries to push stupid buttons but with careless aim. Jabby. Green replaces timing with volume and repetitiveness. It is fucking embarrassing that something had this much money thrown at it to produce such sloppy “will this do” results. Rip Torn goes at his angry dad role like a man demonically possessed. That is admirable but everything around him so half arsed even he becomes grating. Maybe his character should have been the protagonist? When you hear about these infamous bête noires they very rarely turn out to be as bad as their reputations. I resist the critical pile-on. There is always redemption. Freddy Got Fingered though shits on that theory.

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Perfect Double Bill: Movie 43 (2013)