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86
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84
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83
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83
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83
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82
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
82
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82
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82
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
81
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81
Beaches of Agnes, The
80
Food, Inc.
80
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79
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78
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78
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77
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77
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75
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74
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74
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74
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74
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74
Lemon Tree
71
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71
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70
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70
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70
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69
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69
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66
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66
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65
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65
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64
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64
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63
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63
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63
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62
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54
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54
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52
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50
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48
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45
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42
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42
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40
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40
Paris 36
38
Gigantic
36
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35
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28
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28
Surveillance
22
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18
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16
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xx
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xx
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xx
Offshore
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Foot Fist Way, The
Paramount Vantage
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for strong language and some sexual content
Starring
Danny R. McBride,
Ben Best,
and
Jody Hill
The Foot Fist Way, an uproarious, full-contact comedy featuring one of this year’s least likely heroes, is the first project from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions. Included in Ain’t It Cool News’ Top 10 Films of 2007, The Foot Fist Way became a sensation at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, as audiences fell in love with the seriously self-deluded Tae Kwon Do instructor Fred Simmons, who talks a big, macho game, but falls to pieces when his wife betrays him. (Paramount Vantage)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Danny R. McBride
Jody Hill
Ben Best
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Jody Hill
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: May 30, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
The result is a comedy that's low budget in all the right ways - so hilarious, testosterone-charged and yet cringe-inducing to watch that the result is almost exhausting.

91
Entertainment Weekly
Clark Collis
Not short on broad physical humor. But Simmons is a brilliantly detailed grotesque capable of withstanding comparison to his most obvious inspiration, Ricky Gervais' "Office" boss David Brent.

83
Portland Oregonian
Marc Mohan
The always thin tightrope between "laughing at" and "laughing with" is negotiated with success in the low-budget comedy The Foot Fist Way.

80
Film Threat
Eric Campos
This is a really small film, shot in 19 days, and it's a little rough around the edges, but it's got a huge comic heart that's undeniable.

80
Los Angeles Times
Mark Olsen
It's all saved by actor Danny McBride, who has created such a distinctive character in Simmons, at once engaging and repulsive, that it's hard not to keep watching even while cringing.

80
The New York Times
Nathan Lee
An itsy-bitsy, ultra-indie, super-silly comedy packing huge laughs and unexpected heart.

75
USA Today
Claudia Puig
A refreshingly silly and clever portrait of a strikingly daft and clueless man.

75
New York Post
Kyle Smith
The movie is so heavily weighted toward the Simmons character that no one else really gets to breathe. And though McBride's shtick is brilliant - he could get rich by playing variations on this character for the next few years, and probably will.

75
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
This hilarious, high-kicking nonsense cost two cents and looks it -- hell, it was shot in 19 days, but you'll laugh helplessly anyway.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
A deadpan, dead-on comedy.

70
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
It plays exactly like a Will Ferrell comedy, but better, because Ferrell's not in it.

70
Variety
John Anderson
The character of Fred Simmons is a Cliff Clavin-esque sensei deluxe in The Foot Fist Way, a low-budget, low-flying farce a la "Napoleon Dynamite" or "Jackass: The Movie."

70
Village Voice
Robert Wilonsky
Truthfully, The Foot Fist Way is no different from an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm": This is irritainment, something you snicker at while covering your eyes, praying that this guy never gets loose in the real world, when, in fact, he's your next-door neighbor. Or you.

63
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
This scrappy, ultra-low budget comedy, made in 19 days for $70,000 by North Carolina School of the Arts graduates Jody Hill, Danny McBride and Ben Best, comes with its own Cinderella tale: It debuted at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival but failed to find distribution until comedian Will Ferrell and his business partner, Adam McKay, championed it.

63
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
It's more amusing than not, but some scenes outlast the humor in them.

60
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
There are enough droll moments to spark cult status, and McBride's commitment is impressive.

50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Keith Phipps
Trouble is, the gags just keep finding new ways to make McBride's strip-mall sensei seem pathetic, and the few scattered laughs never justify the cruelty.

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Children should not be allowed within a mile of this film, but it will appeal to "Jackass" fans and other devotees of the joyously ignorant.

50
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The film itself suggests a sketch video on Ferrell and McKay's "Funny or Die" website, padded out to the dimensions of a character comedy.

40
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
By the time Foot Fist limps to its ultimate fighting climax, you'll likely wish you had double-teamed "Game of Death" and "Waiting for Guffman" instead.

38
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Staggers and wanders and feels far longer than its 85 minutes, and it's best considered a calling card for better things to come.

30
Washington Post
Gabe Oppenheim
Fails to generate a real plot, and the awkward moments work better in a context of adolescence. Quirk isn't funny when accompanied by adultery and brutality -- though a couple of lines zing.


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