Product Details

• Actors: Ned Beatty, Stephen Fry, Bronagh Gallagher, Paul Giamatti, Robert Hardy
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: The Weinstein Company
• DVD Release Date: July 10, 2007
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000P6R9LM
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,737 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him to fame as he fulfills his ambition of becoming an astronaut.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a gas!, July 26, 2007

By	P. Burgess (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The ultimate frat party or cult film - "Thunderpants" is quickly gaining steam as the new "Airplane!" or "Rocky Horror Picture Show." I was blown away by the production values and cast considering the puerile subject matter, while repeat viewings reveal the humor to be much more nuanced than just some cheap fart jokes. And although he only has a supporting role, Rupert Grint absolutely deserves top billing. His delivery is so over-the-top it's like the rest of the cast is speaking in monotone. He doesn't just deserve an Oscar, but a Nobel Prize. Best performance ever!

Note that the domestic U.S. release shows a shorter running time than the previous Canadian import, but the film is in fact complete (the import simply counted the supplemental material in the run time). This is a delightfully cheesy film, and it would be unfortunate to cut one, let alone nine, minutes from it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thunderpants, August 31, 2007

By	eaglestail - See all my reviews

Finnaly, a movie that all boys can and will relate to! My entire family laughed hysterically while at the same time learning to look at diversity in a whole new light. This film should be required curriculum for all 5th, 6th and 7th grade boys. Lets hope that filmakers agree and produce more great films for our guys!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Odoriferous, September 28, 2008

By	Jason (Backwater, Alabama) - See all my reviews

One would think that just about all guys would love a good fart movie. Potty humor is one of the last bastions of male domination - it's where only men enjoy the subtle intricacies of a squeaker or an SBD. In Thunderpants, however, we are treated to a simply horrible movie that somehow makes fart humor uninteresting.

Essentially this movie has a hard to swallow plot about a young inventor named Alan (Rupert Grint) who uses his intestinal fortitude to help a schoolboy social leper named Patrick Smash (Bruce Cook) turn his intestinal issues into fuel for a hovercraft. When he cuts the cheese afterwards in an improved model, his dreams of being an astronaut are soon to be realized. There are twists and turns involving such nonsense as opera and government involvement, but it's really not all that important.

I suppose it could be a very cute movie for kids, and I suspect that's the target audience. For adults, however, it may as well have been named, "The ugly ginger kid from Harry Potter ruins fart humor".

Thunderpants has pungently done for fart humor what Gigli has done for comedies. I honestly know of no other way of ripping this movie. Unfortunately for all involved, this one cannot be covered up by moving a chair or blaming the dog.