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Witless Protection (Widescreen Edition)

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

After reading the other 4 reviews here, I probably wouldn't have rented this movie. However, I really liked Larry's two previous movies, especially Delta Farce, so I gave this one a quick spin around the block. Besides, any movie that the critics hate, I usually like anyway. I must say that this movie is a little more funny that Delta Farce. It is well-casted and had some great, funny moments. The humor surrounding the FBI agents was pretty good (i.e., an agents whose last name is Orange, so "Agent Orange") and it was great to see Yaphett Kotto after not seeing him in a movie for more than 5 years. Also, seeing Eric Roberts roam around in a jacket with the large letters "PMS" was pretty fair, too. I think you really need to be in a certain mood when taking in a new movie. I started watching this movie thinking it would be terrible, yet came out laughing and wanting to go immediately to the nearest video store to buy it. You just gotta have fun with this one!

larry the cable plays a cop that is clues about how to protect a person in the witness protection program. larry shows his comedy abality in this movie. jennie does not need to be a brounett in this moovie. it is worth sending the money on this movie if you are a fan of larry the cable guy. if you are unsure of if you want to purchase the movie i would rent this movie first. i was usure about this movie and that i went out and rented this movie first and then decided that the movie was funny enough to go out and buy this movie because i a fan of larry's.

An excellent cast (Larry the cable guy, Yaphett Cotto,
Jen McCarthy, more) seem to be having a great time in
this very non-p.c. movie with some great one-liners.

'This makes as much sense as Michael Jackson at a day-
care centre'. 'This sits heavy. Heavier than Michael
Moore after a 'Vegas buffet.' '...Went down faster than
a bottle of vodka @ Courtney Love's house..' You get the
idea. Snappy, crude and fast-paced. The best is yet to
come from Larry. Trust me, I've done over 900+ reviews!

All the other reviewers have mentioned parts of the "plot". I am just telling you that this is funny and not particularly malignant. If you are looking for an intellectually stimulating movie, this is definitely not it. If you are looking for a little brainless comedy, this is it. It is one big laugh and although it doesn't always make a lot of sense, I laughed through most of this movie. I strongly reccomend this as a pleasant interlude from the difficulties of life.

My husband and I have seen several of Larry the Cable Guy's comedy routines and find him funny so when we saw this for sale for $4 (yes, brand new!) at the store we thought we should give it a try. It was a shocker to see Jenny McCarthey with a very small roll but kind of glad since she did a really bad job with her hick accent and all she did was walk around in a mini skirt and cut off shirts. Anyway, the script was really bad. There were some funny moments, but for the most part there were just corny jokes constantly that didn't get a laugh out of my husband or I. Surely this movie will be left in our album to collect dust and never see the light of day again. If you are a huge fan or Larry, you may enjoy it but it has total B movie (and maybe even C) written all over it.

Now I love a lot of his standup comedy jokes, but this guy is just an awful actor. I could not even manage a smile throughout this entire movie, much less a laugh. Worse yet, nobody in the entire movie was any good. Rent, don't buy -- it is just not worth it. I'm not even sure about a rental either. The writers should be shot. The story line is nothing short of amateurish. High school kids could have done better -- a lot better. I should have paid more attention to the other bad reviews -- my mistake.

This movie was just all out good slap stick humor. Good old classic country Larry the Cable Guy humor. The funniest I've seen Larry since he tried fake wrestling in the hit series "Blue Color Comedy TV" as the wrestler Fred Flintstone. However, I can't bring myself to give this movie more then 3.5 stars because I have seen funnier movies such as Super Troopers.

First off, let me say, this movie was not exactly good. All the performers did what they could, but they couldn't make up for the rotten script. It had it's funny moments, but they couldn't make up for the poorly written script. The only reason I bought this movie was because Ivana Milicevic was in it, and she's my favorite actress, so basically I watch anything that she's in. You can imagine my dissapointment when I noticed that she was left off the DVD cover and replaced by Jenny McCarthy, just because she is a bigger name, and the studio felt that her image would sell more copies of this lackluster movie. I thought that this was incredibly unfair to Ivana Milicevic, who in all reality is the female lead in this movie, not to mention also a better actress, and a Hell of a lot classier and prettier than Jenny McCarthy, (which says a lot because Jenny's a ten in the looks department.) Well that's Coporprate America for you, compromise integrity and decency to make a buck. All in all, Parallel Entertainment Pictures really screwed its star here and they owe her a huge apology. Although this movie is not very good, true (male) fans of Ms. Milicevic's will still enjoy this movie, especially Chapter 14 from 1:14:41 to 1:14:55 (you'll see what I mean), because as in all her movies, she's FRIGGING HOT!!!! (SAMA LIJEPA ZENA!!!).

I'm about to commit some kind of sacrilege. I love Larry the Cable Guy, I stuck up for his past few movies, which got almost panned across the board and I really was hoping that this third time would be the charm, that a few critics would lighten up and the movie would draw some decent cash. Sadly that is not the case and I am about to half heartedly recommend Larry's newest movie.

Larry here (still playing himself so arguably his presence is a natural one) is a small town deputy sheriff who is in training to be an FBI agent. He's in a cafe chatting away with his pals and his gal Connie when an SUV filled with suits suddenly pulls over for a break and among the group is Madeline, whom Larry believes has been kidnapped. Smelling not a fart, but an opportunity to prove himself of being an FBI agent follows the SUV and takes the girl Madeline, only problem is that she is WITH the FBI and now he kidnapped her. Larry however remains convinced that she was kidnapped and builds his evidence along the way to a conclusion where hilarity doesn't ensue.

Why not? Admittedly Larry's catchphrases and shtick which play better on stage are wearing out at the theater and Madeline actually gets better lines then Larry does which shouldn't happen. Madelin and Larry's chemsitry is weird too, a proper European woman with a Southern Bumpkin who warm up to each other chugs with a the grace of a dying Chevy. No one scene in Witless Protection really soars or made me laugh out loud either, some scenes just play out with lines I know are supposed to be funny but didn't work. The polo match where Larry bull in a chinas hops his way to a win is the only case and that was slight. A fist fight in a museum room could have been great but also misses.

By the way, did I mention Yaphet Kotto's character name is the same here as it was in the vastly superior Midnight Run? Thats a crime.

Larry, I love you but this movie wasn't that great. It was better a movie then I thought it would be, but it's not as funny as it should have been. At least for Larry's crybaby audience his gay/foreigner humor is toned down, which is good, but people will still whine at what is left in the movie, especially Larry's attempt to get a hotel room. Irregardless the film wasn't as funny as it should have been and I'm afraid that if another Larry movie tanks, his screen name could be Larry the Direct to home Video Guy.

Arrived on time and I love the DVD..I enjoy watching Larry the Cable Guy. he makes me laugh.. Thank you Tim