Every once in a while it happens. While picking up fuses and oversized packets of damaged biscuits in Poundland, you find yourself in the aisle with the DVDs and VHS tapes. ‘Go on’ says the stupidest part of your brain. ‘Buy one. Its only a quid.’
Almost every time, it’s a pile of shit.
But sometimes, once in a blue moon, you get a surprise. An actually watchable movie.
Run Ronnie Run is one such movie.
Based on a character from Mr. Show – an American comedy series that sadly never got an airing on this side of the pond, it’s the story of Ronnie Dobbs (played by David Cross from Arrested Development), a stupid, redneck trailer park dude, with a habit of getting arrested on camera. His criminal misadventures gain the attention of a failed inventor, a terrible infomercial presenter and the owner of the most awful English accent ever, Terry Twillstein (Bob Odenkirk) who sucessfully pitches ‘Ronnie Dobbs Gets Arrested’ – a show where Ronnie gets arrested in various cities – at some idiotic network execs. The show becomes a sensation, making Ronnie ridiculously wealthy, and changing his life…
The plot, to be honest, it a bit stupid, disjointed and secondary to the idiotic humor on display. Having never seen Mr. Show, I have never experienced Odenkirk & Cross’s comedy styings. Imagine Arrested Development with all the subtlety removed and replaced with jokes about dogs eating their own vomit.
Strangely – it’s very, very funny.
Most of the laughs come from Ronnie’s innate redneck-isms, disregard for law and general not-giving-a-shit attitude. You couple that with a supporting cast made of of one dimensional idiots who serve only to be his comic foil, or the butt of his tasteless, borderline offense jokes and you get a movie best enjoyed with the brain turned off, and the beer (or tipple of choice) in full flow. – Watch it with some hopefully like minded friends and you’ll be quoting it constantly to each other, snickering and annoying all around you, the 99.999% of the populous who didn’t rescue this from bargain bin obscurity.
It’s their loss.
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I admit that clip made me snigger… despite being resolutely unfunny. Not sure what’s going on there…
I think that’s it’s ‘charm’ – you hate yourself for laughing, but you do anyway.
Y’all are brutalisin’ me…
This movie is awesome-possibly because Vones and I watched it at 10 in the morning, after drinking for 3 straight days.
Mandy Patinkin’s finest vocal performance;”Can a man, not beat his ‘ho in peace…”
The Vomit Whip! It turns Vomit…back into food!
‘…No one bought it.’
God, we’re annoying.
‘Wait! I never even got my suck off’
Grandma’s Boy is also one of those movies.
Where did it come from?
How can it be THAT funny without everyone knowing about it?
I feel special for knowing these secret gems
I’m just surprised it doesn’t have Jeremy Irons in it…
Apparently Mr Frost didn’t have any control over the post-production and that’s why it’s so rubbish.
What’s the cockney song on the rooftop called again – I remember laughing at that part but it was a few years back now.
‘a kick in the cunt’
Classy.
Well, I’ve bever been accused of having an overdeveloped sense of humour.
‘Give ‘er a kick in the cunt!’
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