Freddy Got Fingered - re:View 

Mike has become so cynical about movies that he has come full circle and recognizes Freddy Got Fingered as a cinema masterpiece. Incredible.

My favourite Red Letter Media-ism is when they tell a really bad joke and then immediately look sad about it

Fun fact, Freddy Got Fingered won 5 Razzy awards and Tom Green himself arrived at the event in a white cadillac, rolled out his own red carpet, received the awards in person and got to be dragged out of the stage because he wouldn't stop playing the harmonica. He even said: "When we set out to make this film we wanted to win a Razzie, so this is a dream come true for me," he said. In all, Green picked up awards for worst director, worst actor, worst screenplay, worst on-screen couple and worst film.

“ get the fuck out of the way” was not rehearsed. The extra missed there mark and that moment happened on accident. It is easily the funniest part of the movie .

There's a fine line between stupid and clever and Tom Green uses that line as a jumprope

Congratulations Mike your 9/11 joke made it into the IMDB trivia page for this movie.

Tom Green absolutely needs to be a Best of the Worst guest.

I somehow convinced my dad to take me and my friend to see this movie when we were 13. When we went into the theater, there were 12 people. When we left at the end, there were 6

The idea of Tom Green telling the editor to colour grade one shot incorrectly just to slightly weird out some people is somehow funnier to me than the elaborate stuff with the sausages etc.

Tom Green: Master of Real-Life Shitposting, was given 14 million US dollars by Hollywood to make a 93 minute shitpost. What a legend.

For those who don't know, Tom Green has seen this video and has said it felt vindicating to watch mike and jay talk about it

I met Tom Green when he came and did a visit to my improv team at my old High School. After he did some workshopping and such we got to talk to him afterwards. I asked him what prompted him to make Freddy Got Fingered. He looked me in my eyes. Gave me a little smirk. Patted me on the shoulder like a father would to his son. And chuckled. That was it.

Disney owns Fox now *Freddy Got Fingered is technically a Disney movie*

"You're not taking that bus to Los Angeles!" "You bought me a ticket on this bus to Los Angeles" the dialogue in this movie is the funniest part

I love watching Jay slowly realize that Mike is completely right about this movie. It's amazing.

The first clue is in the movie poster, which depicts Green as a movie director.

The amount of times jay has to say “I don’t think this is intentional” lends credence to Mike’s theory that every single one was intentional. Lol

Mike looks so fucking overjoyed throughout the entire review. It's nice.

After all the discussion of the movie being meta, they don’t mention how on the cover he’s framing a shot with his hands

Tom Green said that he's seen this review. You guys have officially made it.

Fun fact: I couldn’t go back to movie rental place ever again because I owed over 4 months of no return fees for this movie.

I still can't get over Rip Torn's name.It's like Smash Broken, Explode Destroyed or Burn Incinerated.

I am proud to be able to say that my father, Al, was responsible for engineering and constructing the sausage piano based on Tom Green's fever-dream idea. It was the bleakest point of his special effects career, not so much because he had to work on what seemed to be at the time possibly the worst film ever made, but because my grandpa was dying of lung cancer as he was working overtime and essentially having a mid-life crisis. When production wrapped, he made my younger brother and I promise him that we would not watch it until we were 30, I didn't know why he was so adamant that we did not watch the film when we were kids until I saw it decades later and could not get through it on the first try due to the nuclear levels of cringe He was in disbelief when I told him that FGF is now having a bizarre meta resurgence online, as he has done his best to erase working on this film from his career, keeping it off his IMDB credits, but I'm trying to rid him of the shame he's held on to all these years lol. I recently found the surprisingly small crew photo (looked like less than 50 people) with him and Tom in it, as well as a sealed bottle of FGF beer featuring the famous horse on the label, given as a crew gift, that now sits proudly on my shelf.

Rip Torn getting so drunk that he broke into a bank thinking it was his house is one of the funniest stories I've ever heard.

Mike constantly cracking a smile because he can't wait to reveal his revelation and he made such a compelling case that I have been won over.

Wait wait wait. The poster. Tom Green intentionally fucking up the "framing" gesture, a gesture stereotypical of directors. It has to be either intentional or the greatest coincidence of idiocy and genius of all time.

I 100% would watch a director's cut of Freddy got fingered also to add on the "intentional sabotage" aspect, so many shots in the movie are set in busy areas with tons of extras and all sorts of expensive set design things like the bird's eye view of gord driving in the lebaron or all the stuff that gets thrown around and destroyed, as well as the needless cameos like shaq's, and finally the amount of licensed music in this movie-- I'm certain tom green must've tried to license beatles music for the movie just because it's expensive, and then you have the whole thing in pakistan and the hung house. All for the purpose of wasting the studios' money. That's why I love that movie, you're watching someone waste 14 million dollars for giggles. Tom Green is the Joker.

Someone send this to Tom Green. He should see it.

I just got the line in Real Slim Shady "but it's okay for Tom Green to hump a dead moose" only to realize that it's playing in the background.... This is why I love this channel. I can't wait for 1,000,000 subs.

Jokes aside, there’s an argument to be made that this movie was ahead of its time. Upon release it seemed incomprehensible, but post Eric Andre and Tim And Eric, it makes a lot more sense.

Gotta hand it to Jay and Mike, singlehandedly gaslighting the entirety of cinefile Gen-Z into watching Freddy Got Fingered is no small task.

I've always seen this movie like Mike does, to me it's like the perfect satire of the shitty 2000's teen comedy movies and it's intentionally filled with non-sequiturs and deliberate moments of filmmaking incompetence.

The “proud” bit really did make me laugh though plus the “get the fuck out of the way!” After driving away

I'd be part of the Tom Green is a potential genius. His comedy "meat and potatoes" isnt for everyone and its hit and miss for me, but where his genius lies is the the way he structures his act. As mentioned he was one of the first doing the guerilla street and location shooting and influenced many upon many other performers and artists of that era and beyond. But you also throw in the fact he's been doing a "podcast" style streams since 2006, you start to realize he's not just stumbling into these ideas. The dude has been a underrated influencer IMO.

R.I.P in piece Rip - despite the breadth of your beloved filmography, Freddy Got Fingered will always be your magnum opus.

“Dressed like an english Bobby...” POPPYCOCK

So now Freddy Got Fingered's a Disney movie. I mean yea it was Fox's film but because of the recent Disney-Fox buyout... Tom Green in Kingdom Hearts 3 when?

Today was the day that Criterion announced the Freddy Got Fingered release.

The Roger Ebert review of this movie contains my favorite Ebert quote of all time: "This movie doesn't scrape the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn't the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn't below the bottom of the barrel. This movie doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with barrels."

Does anyone else laugh at the way Tom Green says the word "jewels"?

Criterion just announced it’s joining their collection. I credit you guys for making this a reality

"Get the fuck out of the way!" Jesus that entire scene is the greatest thing ever.

"This is a fancy restaurant. This is a fancy restaurant. It's a fancy. This is a fancy restaurant."

I think the secret sauce to the entire movie was Rip Torn. His performance just elevates this thing above the typical schlock level.

Tom Green is brilliant. The entire movie was satire and intentional. You're not supposed to like him. If he would have done anything to meet expectations of what 'conventionally good' movies are supposed to do it would have ruined it. He was way ahead of his time, look at Eric Andre and Tim Heidecker.

For me the payoff for the horse scene is *right after* it shows his Dad getting out of a car saying "I'm really proud of that kid", lol

Favorite part is when Tom Green was yelling that his father was a CHIILLLLLD MOLLLESSSTTERR while looking like a crazed banshee hanging out the window. Almost 20 years and I still remember every scene of this movie

I've seen this video like 8 times and the scenes of the kid getting hurt still make me feel like I'm having a heart attack. That kids screams were so insanely realistic it hurts.

"You could say it was the second worst thing to happen in 2001." Hey! I liked Osmosis Jones!

“Wig wom wag wag.”

I think the skateboard through the mall scene is parody of all of the movies that start with the main character skateboarding on their way to something, and they thought it would be funny to instead have him be just getting in the way of shit Basic subversion and all that.

27:46 “The MPAA gave this movie an R rating - that is definitive evidence that the MPAA ratings board is morally adrift.” - Roger Ebert 😂

This movie proves that Hollywood has no idea what audiences want and will spend money on anything so long as it makes money. Tom Green trolled Fox with this film.

Such a great film. I'm proud to say that... Proud Proud

Preeeeeetty sure RLM has the clout to get Tom Green to answer some of your questions about the film. Looking forward to a follow-up video. Do eeeeet.....

The kid saying he’s ok at the end actually makes it funnier because of how ridiculous it is

Some of my favorite parts of the movie come from the directness of the dialogue. “He’s pretending to have a cell phone. He’s an unemployed loser living in my basement”

Tom green has said multiple times, Freddy got fingered was meant to be the most stupidest film he could produce. He intended for it to be hated by half the audience and that was part of the joke. Thank you for not trying to say that it isn't funny like so many other reviews. It's a stepping stone for so many comedy styles, has to be appreciated as such.

I'm not sure if you guys have noticed or not, but you've lit a Tom Green revival fire among your early 20-something demographic

Basically there'd be no adult swim without Tom Green

Critics in 2001: "It's garbage." Critics in 2018: "It's meta."

The fact that you guys can spend 30 minutes trying to analyze the creator's motives through their medium makes me think it's art.

"we can do a full show on Tom Green's career", Please do

I love the horse scene only for the fact that after it cuts to his parents, his dad says "ya know, I'm really proud of that boy"

You forgot to mention the part in his career where he essentially invented the podcast.

My wife and I went to see this the day it came out. The theater was packed. My wife, I, and maybe half a dozen other people were laughing our asses off. The rest of the theater was deadly silent. One of the few times I've actually seen multiple people get up and leave a movie. I think it's funny as hell.

DADDY WOULD YOU LIKE SOME SAUSAGE?

When I hear the dialogue I feel like the studio required a minimum word count on the script. I love hearing it with that thought in my mind.

Without the Tom Green Show Jackass would have never existed. I'd call him more of a trend setter than a fad. He even pre dates the on the street "prank" RU-vid channels.

I was the target audience when I saw this, thirteen years old. It was hyped to me by a friend who was always into the most extreme edgy stuff, making him the coolest kid around. I borrowed the tape off him and loved it. To us, it was just pure comedy, the totally outrageous nonsensical bullshit was the funniest thing ever. And we weren't old enough to be ironic about it or analyse the symbolism. We just took it at face value.

This is an amazing contrast to the Nostalgia Critic review

Jay really needs to just accept that Tom Green made a genius movie

The fact that Mike and Jay cant decide whether this film is pure dumbassery or high IQ masterpiece proves it is truly... A R T

IMO Mike watched/enjoyed this movie exactly how it was meant to be watched! Jay confused, tried to apply filmmaking 101 rules to a Tom green movie

This movie is such an assault on audience expectations. It amazes me how even someone who notices the off color timing on Drew Barrymore's crying shot (to make it look faker) can question whether the hundreds of consistent choices against formula this movie makes were, in fact, intentional. Even Eraserhead fans are afraid to be seen embracing it.

This movie is batshit insane and I loved every damn second of it. The fancy restaurant scene had me in tears. 😆

I remember when I got the DVD for Freddy Got Fingered, and all over the case were reviews from critics that were negative on the film. But the slip had a single positive review that took up the whole piece of paper, and if I recall correctly it also talked about some of the things Mike and Jay are saying, about how it's a deconstruction of shitty romance comedies, a subversion of taste, etc.

Didn't Tom Green make this movie with the purpose of getting a Razzy? I don't know, I've always seen this movie as pure satire

Also look at the movie poster. It’s not Tom Green as the movie character, it’s Tom Green as the movie director doing the cliche framing gesture.

I saw this movie back when I was 13 and thought it was the greatest thing ever made. A few years later I couldn’t stand it. And then in my thirties I rediscovered it and again think it’s one of the greatest cinematic achievements ever conceived.

DADDY WOULD YOU LIKE SOME SAUSAGE?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Stealing Harvard is such a forgettable movie that I rented it 4 times, not remembering that I had already seen it

I thought Rip Torn was the one saving grace in this movie. He was always asking Gordy the same question the audience wanted to know, which was, "WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU DOING?"

People are baffled by this kind of product because they expect something awful like this to be a consequence of the producers' lack of ability, but how do you explain it when every second of the film makes it clear that the producers know exactly why it's garbage in the first place (and in theory could fix the disaster)? This disarms the critics, they can't point out a film's flaws as if it were a super intelligent observation when the film itself is already fully aware of them. For the audience it will always be divisive, some will hate it because it's stupid, something that was not taken seriously, but a small part will love it when they notice that the product is making fun of itself, thus generating entertainment in a totally unconventional way.

I think its so damn cool that you guys broke down a movie most people wouldn't glance at more than once and find a humor in it that I completely missed. It really seems like Tom Green did what Eric Andre does now....TG was his pre-cursor of sorts.

It looks like even the cover art/cinematic poster is a meta joke.. Tom Green “framing a shot” with his hands.. Like those artistic directors in the real Hollywood movies!!

This movie was comedic gold and the sad thing is there will probably never be anything close to it again.

Every single second of the film is filled with something either hilarious or important and I've stood by this movie since it's inception. The amount of "screw you"s to Hollywood in it are awesome. The side kick neighbor kid getting traumatically injured throughout always has me in knots. The kid did a fantastic job. The teeth coming out is so realistic it's so messed up hahahahah.

this movie was Citizen Kane to us when I was 12

I agree with Mike's views on Tom Green 100%. I love this movie, but it was entirely Tom Green giving a gigantic middle finger(ed) to the people who were stupid enough to give him a movie. Appealing to his dad was only secondary.

THE REVIEW I NEVER EXPECTED BUT ALWAYS SECRETLY DESIRED AND CANNOT IMAGINE NOT EXISTING IN MY LIFE

It was the movie America didn't want, but definitely deserved

I went to a school summer camp where I met this counselor who was a young canadian woman and she said she had dated Tom Green briefly and she had to break up with him because he was too crazy. Apparently he chased her down the street with a dead pigeon or something. I wouldn't be surprised if it was true.

I was 8 when this came out. I remember seeing the trailers. I thought Tom Green was Freddy and he was trying to get back at someone who gave him the middle finger

10:24 - "Inclusivity Rider." For those who don't understand. This was something Frances McDormand said when she won Best Actress in 2018. It was a diversity thing, but no one knew what she meant. And then she did an insane laugh.

I think Jay just refuses to accept that this movie is genius and the greatest film ever made.

I love that The Real Slim Shady is playing in the background, the only place I know Tom Green from

I realise I'm very late to the party but... In Movers and Shakers the middle finger is in a cast. The *cast* is flipping off the audience

*DADDY WOULD YOU LIKE SOME SAUSAGE?*

I'm fascinated by this episode of RE:View and revisit it often. The movie really does feel like Tom Green was forced to make a movie that followed a 1-page treatment not written by or specifically for him, but producers thought would really fit Tom's "image" and his responsibility was to "make it funny, funny man". But that made him mad, so he negotiated complete creative control moving forward. They agreed, and this is just artistic revenge.