Performances are uneven and sometimes self-consciously amateurish, and Brian Mandle’s photography seems to be only a couple of notches above cell-phone home movies.
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08/07/08
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The Foot Fist Way (2008)
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Reviews Counted:80
Fresh:44
Rotten:36
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: The rough edges and biting humor of this martial arts comedy will keep audiences laughing and cringing in turns.
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Reviews for The Foot Fist Way
Apparently the writers thought Fred was so inherently funny they barely bothered to write jokes for him - and then thought those jokes were so funny they didn't need well-timed delivery.
06/27/08
This comedy clocks in around 90 minutes. Yet somehow it still feels too long and overly padded -- as if it were a sketch-comedy show bit that was stretched out to feature length.
06/26/08
If I had my way, every indie comedy would be done The Foot Fist Way.
06/20/08
A semi-hilarious nonformula movie that makes you realize why formulas are born.
06/20/08
Built out of the 'asshole as hero' mode of amusement...The Foot Fist Way is a collection of contradictory ideals gelling effortlessly into a smart, savvy whole.
06/19/08
A low-budget wannabe cult comedy shot three years ago, only recently graduating from underground DVD circulation to a small theatrical release. It should've stayed in obscurity.
06/19/08
Basically plays like a Will Ferrell vehicle without Will Ferrell.
06/18/08
A raucous and often very funny examination of a man who is a loser in every possible respect.
06/13/08
A very cool comedy based on character -- real, and really self-deluded characters -- and not on shtick.
06/12/08
Everything feels like it sprang from an all-night, cola-fueled brainstorm, so every bit slips easily away, usually after generating a grin or two, if not many laughs.
06/12/08
McBride's smalltown satire offers minor martial arts-themed laughs.
06/12/08
Boasting outrageous laughs and a performance with real heart beneath its dim-bulb exterior, The Foot Fist Way is a ragged delight.
06/12/08
Fred is a sadder, more recognizable version of Ferrell characters like Ricky Bobby or Ron Burgundy, a pompous manchild with delusions of masculine dominance.
06/08/08
McBride sells the character with a straight face at all times, making it that much harder to watch when Simmons settles into full-fledged train-wreck mode.
06/07/08
Google the trailer. That should be enough.
06/06/08
Some bits fall flat well before they're driven into the ground, such as when Simmons tries to seduce a new female student. Others are painfully telegraphed so that when the payoff arrives, you've anticipated the blow and have become inured to it.
06/06/08
Morning zoo radio DJs can rejoice: You'll be mining quotes from this movie for the next several decades.
06/06/08
We've all met this guy or someone close, and that makes him all the more deserving of that derision and a bit of empathy, too.
06/06/08
Once we relax into the fact that not much is going to happen, we can enjoy the film's little moments of nutso inspiration.
06/06/08
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