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  • 2008
  • R
  • Paramount Vantage
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Paramount Vantage
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary 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 ...

Directed By: Jody Hill

Written By: Ben Best, Danny McBride, Jody Hill

  • 2008
  • R
  • Paramount Vantage
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Paramount Vantage
  • 1 h 25 m

The Foot Fist Way

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
7.1
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Summary 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 ...

Directed By: Jody Hill

Written By: Ben Best, Danny McBride, Jody Hill

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
63
68% Positive
15 Reviews
23% Mixed
5 Reviews
9% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
63
68% Positive
15 Reviews
23% Mixed
5 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews

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100
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.
By Peter Hartlaub FULL REVIEW
80
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.
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75
This hilarious, high-kicking nonsense cost two cents and looks it -- hell, it was shot in 19 days, but you'll laugh helplessly anyway.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
70
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.
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63
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.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By Keith Phipps FULL REVIEW
30
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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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
7.1
78% Positive
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22% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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0% Negative
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Production Company MTV Films, Gary Sanchez Productions, You Know I Can't Kiss You
Release Date May 30, 2008
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.thefootfistway.com/
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Awards

Austin Film Critics Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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