National Lampoon’s Dirty Movie

Comedy

The Asylum / Pinnacle Films

R4 DVD

The film is from the National Lampoon crew, which should give you a good idea of what you’re going to get. Essentially it is a string of every offensive joke ever invented plus a good helping of breasts. Crass, disgusting, racist and stereotype jokes abound although the back story has an ongoing argument about whether dead baby jokes are appropriate. The jokes range from old to positively prehistoric, but even though I have heard them all before it’s good to see them trotted out again for another run.

Little of the humour is subtle. Currently the realm of offensive jokes is almost entirely confined to stage comedians – we seem to be afraid of these jokes in case they offend a minority group. The filmmakers are not the least bit concerned, though. They set out to offend everyone. I must give them credit, though, for leaving out the nastier racist, gay, fat people and women jokes. Offensive, yes. Vicious, no.

We start with the question of what to do if a Non-Threatening Black Man moves in next door. From here the jokes go downhill, but they just keep coming – redneck jokes, gay jokes, panty-sniffing pedophile priest jokes, barman jokes, doctor jokes, Jew jokes and even Little Johnny jokes. There are also midgets and nuns (that should get our Editor’s attention).

The back story, while not really important in the film, contains a surprisingly insightful discussion on why some people find some racist jokes offensive. Even so this is not a film for people who are at all polite or sensitive.

We have the compulsory handful of celebrities such as Cyndi Lauper. She should have stuck to singing, but I guess her acting abilities are not going to shine in a film like this.

Like so many National Lampoon films it is best watched with a few beers and some mates. It’s great !

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