Rating:  -
I watched this because I like Rapaport, but he can't save this jumbled mess of a film. A movie this ridiculous should make the most of its ridiculousness, but the laughs here are few and far between; a few clever morsels tossed into a stew of pointlessness.
Rating:  -
Being a great Coen Brothers fan, I expected much of this film directed by the Coen's storyboard artist J. Todd Anderson, and written by Anderson and Ethan Coen. Let me say simply that it is not a great film. In fact, as a film, it is not even very good. Then why the four stars? I rate it highly because it has spectacular imagery, a sometimes hilarious script, and the filmakers did not set out to make a great film. They did exactly what they wanted to do. They created a often hilarious and always entertaining story of a chiropractor by day, wrestler by night who avenges the deaths of his parents by curing spinal disalignment everywhere. Cheers to Mr. Rapaport and Michael Jeter for going all out. Anderson shows some promise with a style much like John Waters. Elvis and the "All Wrestlers Call" are two highlights. Please enjoy and rent all Coen films if you have not previously seen them.
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