Furry Vengence. (PG.)
Directed Roger Kumble.
Starring Brendan Fraser, Brooke Shields, Matt Prokop, Ken Jeong, Angela Kinsey. 91 mins
As all city dweller know, the countryside is an evil place full of smells and beasts that are conspiring to harm you or at least rob you of your dignity. Now we have a movie to expose this truth – the children’s entertainment Furry Vengeance opens with a group of animated woodland animals attacking and killing a greedy, evil capitalist who is bent on redeveloping their forest into luxury suburban housing.
(Ok, the killing bit is never actually clarified but his car falls into a ravine and his disappearance is later commented upon by another character. Hollywood needs to breed that callous disregard for human life into its audience early – it’s for their own good.)
The title may sound like a specialist porn movie but this is an eco friendly slapstick romps – the Muppet’s Deliverance. After seeing off the guy in the opening scene, the racoons, skunks, crows, grisly bears and other animal things turn their attentions to Brendan Fraser who is supervising the development for supposedly green developers.
The film is a comedy that is surer when people are falling over rather than speaking. It ain't sophisticated but most of the kids appeared to enjoy it and it seems to tap into whatever it was that they liked so much about Alvin and The Chipmunks.
Fraser, boldly doing the work of two Chuckle Brothers, is a big old amiable lunk, especially now that fame has gone straight to his waistline. Nothing wrong with podgy leading men and he still gets to have Brooke Shields (who seems to have morphed into an amalgam of all the Desperate Housewives) as his wife but it does limit your career options. No more action hero roles for him, a lot more prat fall indignities.
He spends the 90 minutes falling over, being peed on, being immersed in poo, striding around in his underwear or in his wife’s bra – it’s as if he choosing his roles for their Weightwatcher motivational value.
Directed Roger Kumble.
Starring Brendan Fraser, Brooke Shields, Matt Prokop, Ken Jeong, Angela Kinsey. 91 mins
As all city dweller know, the countryside is an evil place full of smells and beasts that are conspiring to harm you or at least rob you of your dignity. Now we have a movie to expose this truth – the children’s entertainment Furry Vengeance opens with a group of animated woodland animals attacking and killing a greedy, evil capitalist who is bent on redeveloping their forest into luxury suburban housing.
(Ok, the killing bit is never actually clarified but his car falls into a ravine and his disappearance is later commented upon by another character. Hollywood needs to breed that callous disregard for human life into its audience early – it’s for their own good.)
The title may sound like a specialist porn movie but this is an eco friendly slapstick romps – the Muppet’s Deliverance. After seeing off the guy in the opening scene, the racoons, skunks, crows, grisly bears and other animal things turn their attentions to Brendan Fraser who is supervising the development for supposedly green developers.
The film is a comedy that is surer when people are falling over rather than speaking. It ain't sophisticated but most of the kids appeared to enjoy it and it seems to tap into whatever it was that they liked so much about Alvin and The Chipmunks.
Fraser, boldly doing the work of two Chuckle Brothers, is a big old amiable lunk, especially now that fame has gone straight to his waistline. Nothing wrong with podgy leading men and he still gets to have Brooke Shields (who seems to have morphed into an amalgam of all the Desperate Housewives) as his wife but it does limit your career options. No more action hero roles for him, a lot more prat fall indignities.
He spends the 90 minutes falling over, being peed on, being immersed in poo, striding around in his underwear or in his wife’s bra – it’s as if he choosing his roles for their Weightwatcher motivational value.