The Foot Fist Way

The Foot Fist Way suffers the problem a lot of comedies do in that the film can't sustain the energy of the first act all the way through its running time. Not that there aren't funny moments and scenes scattered throughout the whole thing, it just doesn't have the ratatat momentum of its opening.

The film would sink if any other actor was playing the lead other than Danny McBride. He carries the film and is basically hilarious doing even the littlest of things, a small eyebrow raise, playing with restaurant waiting buzzer, peeing on a wedding ring. There is no way anyone else could pull all of this off without coming across like a total prick and hateful. Its really worth seeing this just to see him starring in a feature length story.

The biggest drawback this has is how bad the whole thing looks. Bad lighting and very uninspired hand held cinematography give the whole thing a murky, grainy feel. The college level production design doesn't really help either. These qualities don't really deter from the hilarity of the film but it is noticeable.

NOTE: This was an advance screening put together by a few different sources and it is by far the strangest and most diverse crowd I have seen a movie with. From early 20 hipster dorks to the three senior citizen women I sat next to the whole gamut of human population was represented here.

NOTE 2: You know how annoying it is when someone pulls out a cell phone in the middle of a movie to send a text message and you get the little white flickering light in the middle of a dark theater? Well, imagine someone sitting in the seat in front of you doing that for the entire running time of the movie. And then imagine that instead of just using one cell phone he was using two. Thats what happened last night.