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Jackass: Number Two
Paramount Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for extremely crude and dangerous stunts throughout, sexual content, nudity and language
Starring
Johnny Knoxville,
Bam Margera,
Steve-O,
Chris Pontius,
Preston Lacy,
Ryan Dunn, Ehren McGhehey,
Jason Acuña,
and
Dave England
Johnny Knoxville and friends are back to raise the stakes higher and lower the bar further. (Paramount)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Sean Cliver
Preston Lacy
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Jeff Tremaine
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 26, 2006
Theatrical: September 22, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
95 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
Also known as "Jackass 2"

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100
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
Comedy, like most everything else, is subjective, and this may be the greatest example out there of "getting it" or not. If you thought the first movie, the original TV show, the Three Stooges, or "Football in the Groin," was funny, chances are “ackass: Number Two is right up your alley.

90
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
It didn't seem possible, but Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Wee Man and company might just have cooked up a sequel that's even wilder, funnier, extra-depraved and more gag-inducing than the seemingly incomparable "Jackass the Movie."

90
The New York Times
Nathan Lee
Debased, infantile and reckless in the extreme, this compendium of body bravado and malfunction makes for some of the most fearless, liberated and cathartic comedy in modern movies.

80
LA Weekly
Scott Foundas
As merry pranksters they have no match, and as they age (Knoxville is 35 now), they only grow in appeal. As they proudly hurl their tattooed (by ink and battle scars) bodies into harm's way, a devilish glint in their eyes, it's as if they've discovered the fountain of youth, and its name is Jackass.

80
Empire
Tony Horkins
Jackass: Number Two aims low and hits lower, but is as hilarious and uncomfortable an encounter as possible

78
Austin Chronicle
Josh Rosenblatt
Just the kind of vicarious excitement for which the movies were invented.

75
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
This is extreme comedy, and it's amazing how director Jeff Tremaine, who along with Spike Jonze has been affiliated with this troupe from its outset, creates an environment where self-inflicted torture is uncontrollably funny without being morally offensive.

75
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Staff (Not credited)
Some movies simply shouldn't be seen sober or alone.

75
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirshling
Jackass Number Two is not as original, aberrantly beautiful, unrepetitious, or good as Jackass Number One, yet it will still double a lot of people over with big laughs and grossed-out disbelief.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
This is the "Godfather II" of tasteless prank films.

75
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
The heart of Jackass - the adolescent drive to bash body and soul into the symbolic brick wall of maturity - remains pure.

70
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Part of what makes "ackass Number Two so frighteningly watchable -- even against your better judgment -- is the way the guys delight in one another's bumps, bangs and bruisings: First, they feel one another's pain; then they laugh like hell.

70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
The performers understand the simple integrity of a slapstick gag, and they're prepared to suffer for its entertainment value. This is what the Jackassers do for fun -- and their fans, already well versed in such previous shows as the original MTV series and the 2002 "Jackass: The Movie," understand that perfectly. And is there any significant moral difference between these performers and dedicated ballerinas who damage their feet in the highfalutin interests of art, or Daytona drivers risking their lives on the track?

70
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Parts of this are screamingly funny, other parts downright stomach turning, but you have to admire the fact that, for these guys, "anything for a laugh" really means anything. And for all the moronic behavior, there are also some inspired dadaist moments.

63
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
Unapologetically appalling, more disgusting than anything you've ever seen and moronic enough to make you wonder about that theory on the depletion of the gene pool. It is also so funny it will make you choke.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
David Hiltbrand
The sequel is a dizzying succession of pranks, Candid Camera-like sketches, and, that old crowd-pleaser, the boys actively courting their own grievous harm. This is what you get when a generation grows up watching far too many "Roadrunner" cartoons while sitting on the couch eating bowl after bowl of Lucky Charms.

63
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Ask yourself this: Did the title make you laugh? If so, you're probably the target audience.

50
New York Post
Kyle Smith
A buffet of dumb and degrading stunts halfway between Looney Tunes and Abu Ghraib?

50
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
There are moments, heaven forgive me, that left me chuckling. Not to mention eternally grateful that it's these guys doing this stuff, and not me.

50
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
There's a certain morbid fascination, and perverse humor, in watching grown men enthusiastically turn themselves into human cartoons. (For better or worse, these guys are their generation's Stooges.)

40
Variety
Joe Leydon
This stunningly shameless follow-up to the 2002 theatrical sleeper (and homdevid mega-seller) offers more of the same -- a lot more -- while repeatedly upping the ante in terms of offensiveness. Which, of course, should greatly -- and profitably -- please is target aud.

25
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White
There is a point, however, at which the movie becomes simply sickening. Between the electric shocks and hot-iron branding, feats of grossness are accomplished that are so vile even the hardiest among the cast cannot suppress the upchuck.

12
Chicago Tribune
Jessica Reaves
There's no plot here; like the MTV show that spawned it, this movie is just a progression of increasingly disgusting and/or dangerous stunts.


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