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Reviews Counted:71
Fresh:40
Rotten:31
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: A documentary that sets out to explore a lingual taboo but can't escape its own naughty posturing.
Theatrical Release:Nov 10, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: This challenging and provocative documentary takes a look on all sides of the infamous F-word. Its taboo, obscene and controversial, yet somehow seems to permeate every single aspect of our culture... [More]
Starring: Steven Bochco, Pat Boone, Drew Carey, Billy Connolly
Director: Steve Anderson
Twelve-year-olds might get a charge out of this purportedly daring documentary celebration of the F-word, although it never occurs to filmmaker Steve Anderson that it might be fun or even genuinely lewd to interview kids on the subject.
Top CriticGiddy at finding a way to curse in school, it's chock-full of linguists, musicians and porn stars pontificating on the origins and social value of the infamous four-letter word.
Serves as the latest example of the atrocious devolution of mainstream documentary filmmaking into hollow aesthetic flash and superficial sensationalism.
Nothing too deep, but what did you expect?
Absolutely hilarious and extremely entertaining.
... very complete and wonderfully entertaining piece...
...it's certainly never a good sign when the clips within a documentary are more entertaining than the documentary itself.
At last, a movie that's unafraid to offend Renaissance aficionados and Sammy Hagar!
In terms of entertainment, the movie is consistently amusing, often hilarious, and energetic in its editing.
Top Critic[The film] provides a highly provocative and humorous overview of a word that, love it or hate it, undoubtedly holds more power than its measly four letters might suggest.
... good piece of filmmaking.
Anderson's film should tour as part of an encapsulating trilogy with The Aristocrats & This Film Is Not Yet Rated into the heartland & beyond as an important statement of where we've come and the f***storm we're headed for.
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