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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best comedies I've ever seen, March 23, 2000
This review is from: The Naked Man [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I feel bad that I enjoyed this movie especially as much as I did. Frankly as far as style and technique goes from a production stand point this is a about as bad as it gets. Yet I love it beyond words. As far as I'm concerned J. Todd Anderson is a genius. I was aprehensive about renting it in the first place, I had seen a preview for it on Lock Stock and two Smoking Barrels. It seemed oddly funny and I heard the word Coen which to me defines great comedy but God did I feel weird on the phone asking the clerk if the "Naked Man" was available! I began watching it and laughed occaisonallly and then an oversized red handcapped van came lumbering up a hill, it was here that I comtamplated turning it off. I thought this movie would join the ranks of the countless others who have either made merciless fun or grossly misportrayed the handicapped. For example "Walking on Air" and Fox's "Family Guy" and "Malcolm in the Middle." And granted it did misportray and made it's share of fun of the handicapped villain played brilliantly by Michael Jeeter. With one key difference never before seen, it added it's own demension and made as much fun of the adverage person and their hilarious misconceptions of the disabled. I can dubbly appreciate this aspect of the film because I am both disabled (cerbral palsy) and have a degree of spine curvature which is also made humorous in this exquisite comedy. i wouldn't be a bit suprized if J. Todd Anderson were disabled himself because he shows remarkable insight into the daily trials and annoyances of disabled life and makes them incredibly funny. I will buy this movie as soon as it becomes available for the mass market and I suggest you do too.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fargo it's not, but fun it is., November 22, 1999
This review is from: The Naked Man [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Being a great Coen Brothers fan, I expected much of this film directed by the Coen's storyboard artist J. Todd Anderson, and written by Anderson and Ethan Coen. Let me say simply that it is not a great film. In fact, as a film, it is not even very good. Then why the four stars? I rate it highly because it has spectacular imagery, a sometimes hilarious script, and the filmakers did not set out to make a great film. They did exactly what they wanted to do. They created a often hilarious and always entertaining story of a chiropractor by day, wrestler by night who avenges the deaths of his parents by curing spinal disalignment everywhere. Cheers to Mr. Rapaport and Michael Jeter for going all out. Anderson shows some promise with a style much like John Waters. Elvis and the "All Wrestlers Call" are two highlights. Please enjoy and rent all Coen films if you have not previously seen them.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Chiropractic Movie Ever, May 17, 2008
This review is from: The Naked Man [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Although it's wacky, this is the best chiropractic movie ever made. It may be a turnoff for some audiences (especially chiropractors with no sense of humor) since our star, Michael Rappaport, gets a bit wild in the film.
It's funny stuff that's full of inside chiropractic jokes, hints of chiropractic philosophy, and mentions of maintaining spinal integrity for better living (although the methods in the film are rather radical).
This has become a collector's item, and may be tough to get a hold of. Recommended viewing for all doctors of chiropractic as it will tickle your funny bone and have you rooting for truth, justice, and the chiropractic way.
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