Review of Super Troopers
Year: 2001 Reviewer: Chris Docker
Sometimes I hear the critics and IMDb readers panning a movie and I think, I know in my heart, I will still like it. That "so bad it will be good" feeling, the conviction that I alone, and a select few weirdos, will actually like a movie that is so crass, so vulgar, so bad taste, that it stands out like a testament of rebellion against accepted values. Sometimes such movies are a massive hit ('There's Something About Mary'), sometimes they will have a lesser known cult following ('Bad Taste', 'Toxic Avenger' etc). Occasionally I have a problem even admitting my own grudging respect ('Ichi the Killer'). Super Troupers, a slapstick comedy about a dimwitted bunch of highway patrol cops playing silly practical jokes with each other and their motorist victims whilst competing with the local regular police force, falls into none of these categories. Really. It is bad - not remarkable bad - not so bad you enjoy it after lots of alcohol or hash - not clever in an illicit sort of way - just bad. It's the sort of film that makes a trip to the toilets half way through seem interesting by comparison.
Rating: 3/10
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