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National Lampoon's TV the movie

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Surprise, surprise, this low-budget comedy is unique, well crafted and funny! I wasn't expecting much, especially considering that the four main actors, Pontius, Steve-o, Wee-Man, and Preston Lacy, have no acting skills, but this film was damn creative! You won't have a chance to get bored, as the skits keep changing, and you might even find yourself wanting to re-watch it to fully understand all the humor here.

I was suprised to see this coming out today, I had seen a preview for it, but forgot about it until I saw it in the ads sunday. It contains much of the cast of Jackass (steve-o, wee-man, and others), and some other familiar faces of comedy actors. This movie is made up of skits that are parodies of current TV shows...national lampoon's style. Overall funny, about 90 minutes of no brain laughing humor. No acadamy award here, but it does make for a fun time anyway. Check it out, especially if you like the National Lampoon's lost reality DVD's 1 and 2.

classic tripped out stoner movie, with no point, but who needs a point, we just need funny stuff, the movie occassionally goes over board with cheezey scenes, but all and all this is a must have for all you stoners. this movie is like a combination of Jackass and reno 911.

This was really quite a surprise, and a very funny movie. Chocked full of paradies and satire, this film spoofs many populer tv shows and reality shows on tv today. Featuring Steve-O, Wee Man and others from "Jackass", this at times brings on a pretty good chuckle, with a lot of physical comedy we know from from this crew. If you like the Lampoon "Lost Reality" series, then you should like this also. Rent it, even buy it, good viewing.

This is arguably one of the finest films ever made. In an instant classic making performance, Steve-O Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy and Wee-Man really stepped up and nailed this one. This is big time funny. TV The Movie is a must have for your DVD collection. I bought two copies, one to watch and one to save as an investment. I don't know who wrote "TVTM" but they did a really good job. Bring on "TV The Movie 2".

I have seen bad movies in my time, but this is a top ten contender. Anyone could make a film like this. Buy a camcorder and you could. Sheer crap!!! It is like a 7th grader made a film in his spare time . There is no plot, nor is it funny. I guess this is why it is selling on Amazon now as I write this review, for a penny new which is way too much. National Review used to make good films like Animal House. Now if it says National Review I say avoid it like the plague. I am throwing my copy in the trash. I am ashamed anyone will see I own this. If it was a rental I would have to wear a bag with eye holes to return it.

What is the point of releasing an unrated version of a movie that wasn't good enough to be released in the first place? As a rabid Jackass fan I snatched this up the first time I saw it at the video store. My wife was the sensible one and refused to watch it with me. This isn't even remotely funny. What could be added to this that wasn't in the original release? More nudity? More cursing? More of Steve-O on a not only unfunny but truly frightening drug binge that when I first watched this I said to myself that he either needed to enter rehab or he was going to die very soon (Glad he went with rehab). Seriously I love the Jackass guys and I try to support them in whatever they do, but this is just bad. It is truly unwatchable. There are two things I remember about this movie they are Chris Pontius playing Jesus (funny considering his infamous skit on Jackass) and feeling just sad and scared for Steve-O.

Being a HUGE Jackass fan when I saw this at the video store I snatched it up and settled in for some hilarity. What I got was a confusing mish mash of unfunny sketches and a truly disturbing view of Steve-O spiraling towards rock bottom in his apartment (really proud of O for getting the help he needed since then) Over all wouldn't recommend. The only remotely entertaining bit is Pontius as Jesus. Definately don't buy and only rent if you are morbidly curious about how bad this movie truly is.

Being a fan of Amazon Women on the Moon and Kentucky Fried Movie, when I saw this at the video store, I was inclined to rent it. Add the fact that it stars a few members of the Jackass crew, I was relatively stoked to see what this was all about.

For anyone who isn't familiar with the first two films I listed, this movie isn't so much a movie, per se, as it is a collection of skits compiled into a movie. The difference being while Amazon Women on the Moon featured a group of up-and-coming actors at the time (such as Arsenio Hall, David Alan Grier, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Phil Hartman to name a few), TV The Movie features mostly B-List celebrities in addition to the Jackass crew (Judd Nelson, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Jason Mewes, and Tony Cox all make appearances.)

The skits start off pretty funny, with Party Dude, The Real Fear Factor, a parody of the Jamie Kennedy show, and the first Tijuana Cops skit actually getting a laugh or two from my friends and I...

... then it kinda goes downhill from there.

After about a half hour, the acting become predictable. You start noticing that Steve-O doesn't play too many roles except for the role of himself. Preston Lacy doesn't play anyone whose size ISN'T an issue. And throughout the film, there seems to be this fascination with midgets that goes beyond whatever roles might be suitable for Wee Man. There's even a skit that advertises a fake line of Jackass figurines. That was kinda weak.

The skits are also what ends up dragging the movie down towards the end. Instead of creating new ideas and working on them, the second half of the film takes the skits that were played out at the first half the film and just drags them on to unnecessary lengths. While it would have been better to write new skits or just end the movie earlier, there's probably about 30 minutes of film that just seems completely unnecessary due to its lack of imagination.

Overall, if you see this at the video store and it's not a two-day rental, or if you need to throw something in your NetFlix queue, then by all means. If you're thinking about buying this movie however, unless you're a fanatic of either National Lampoon or the Jackass people, I'd find a better way to invest the money.

I thought that this movie was going to be so funny and a great watch but in fact all it was a bunch of naked parts and sexual behavior. I am a big big fan of the jackass crew and was so excited when I found this. I was very disappointed in what it was about. There were some funny parts that made me laugh but the whole movie is just basically a porn. This is way way more for guys then girls that's for sure. I also wanted to see more of Chris and he has such a small part, that made me sad. I would say rent this movie before you buy it because you may be unhappy with what you get. I am going to just stick with wildboyz and my jackass DVDs.