It's also pretty funny at times, even if its central joke wears thin.
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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
It plays exactly like a Will Ferrell comedy, but better, because Ferrell's not in it.
06/06/08
My tolerance for the mockumentary form of comedy has curdled somewhat in the wake of the past decade's serious subgenre overkill.
06/06/08
I cannot recommend this movie, but I can describe it, and then it's up to you...What it does, it does well, even the point of its disgusting final scene.
06/06/08
Top CriticThere is a certain sense of self-loathing that goes into these sorts of character comedies, as if the actors are reveling in their own humiliation.
06/06/08
Does this title mean I can put my foot AND my fist through the screen?
06/06/08
I have read reviews from seemingly sensible critics who have found this one to be equally amusing, which would indicate that they are all on some wavelength that I am as yet not privy to or that I need to recalibrate my conception of the word "sensible."
06/05/08
Just as the dish begins to sizzle, Foot Fist turns off the burners. This is fare meant to be served cool.
06/05/08
I’m told people at Sundance a couple of years ago loved this movie. I don’t know, maybe the altitude got to them.
06/02/08
Top CriticTae kwan don't...as stupid and irritating as its protagonist.
06/01/08
The Foot Fist Way is 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.
05/30/08
A hit at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, The Foot Fist Way is a refreshingly silly and clever portrait of a strikingly daft and clueless man.
05/30/08
The filmmaking is rough around the edges, but the dialogue is dead on, McBride, Hill and Best nail their characters (it would be easy to assume they're just playing themselves) and the stunts are uncomfortably convincing.
05/30/08
The Foot Fist Way amounts to a feature-length audition to win Will Ferrell's attention. And guess what? It worked.
05/30/08
Top CriticThere are enough droll moments to spark cult status, and McBride's commitment is impressive.
05/30/08
The saga of small-town strip mall taekwondo instructor Fred Simmons, The Foot Fist Way is the sort of nimble oddball discovery that one wishes would come along more often.
05/30/08
Not bad for a one-joke movie, but still unmistakably a one-joke movie.
05/30/08
Pretty slickly done, given the budget, but more importantly pretty damned funny.
05/30/08
...amuses as you watch but does not have the shoulders to last long in your mind after leaving the theater.
05/30/08
This sleeper hit in the making is sweet and sour in all the right proportions, the best thing of its kind since Napoleon Dynamite.
05/30/08
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