Saw this last night. Sarah Silverman is a comic genius.
How many dog-raping midget Hitlers did you give Herbie Fully Loaded?
Just saw it a few hours ago, and that’s about as hard as I’ve ever laughed at a movie. I think my prize for best joke goes to Sarah Silverman. Before the movie, they screened a promo for her upcoming movie, “Jesus is Magic.” Looks hilarious. I’m now a full-blown Sarah Silverman fan.
It’s also shown us one mime that doesn’t deserve to be thrown in the scorpion pits. That must have taken some effort.
Did you notice the people walking in the background during the mime bit? They all had the most perfect WTF? look on their faces
That might’ve been my favorite part of the scene.
You know, Rick, you put “No spoilers” in the thread title… I’m not sure you can spoil a movie like this. Maybe if you transcribed different people telling the joke?
I thought it was a very odd cross-section of comedians, and I was wondering if it was a conscious choice, if it was just who they could get. I’m not especially a fan of stand up, I admit, but half the people I had never heard of, or vaguely remembered from the eighties. The few “A-list” comedians they had seemed sort of shoehorned in: Eddie Izzard didn’t even know the joke and seemed generally confused, Jon Stewart avoided telling it and seemed bored. I would have liked to have seen more Chris Rock, Michael McKean, and Harry Schearer. I also wish they could have gotten David Cross, Wanda Sykes, and Margaret Cho.
How long is the movie? My 13 yr.ol neice wants to go. Yes?
Better get a parent’s permission, I’d think.
90 minutes or so.
I don’t know her parents, but there’s an incredible amount of cursing in the movie. Sexual humor, scatological humor, some racial humor, Carrot Top… the movie’s tagline promises “unspeakable obscenity,” but they actually speak quite a lot of it. 
Have any of you who have seen it been offended by any of it?
I’m not ashamed to say that I’ve been offended by lotsa things that I also acknowledge are gut-bustingly funny. For example, I’m cool with MOST South Park Jesus material, BUT the Stations of the Cross ep & Jesus’s embarrassed look at Chef’s Q about if anyone hasn’t slept with Cartman’s Mom made me wince a LOT.
Assuming you’re not completely revolted at the outset - and I think most people who see this movie aren’t easy to offend - I’m not sure you’d be offended. The movie kind of sweeps you up and carries you along. Individual details are more and less disgusting, but after a while I think most people probably just want to see where it goes.
I’m not into gross-out humor, but I enjoyed the boundary-pushing all the same and came away from the film with a new appreciation for the disgusting.
Sarah Silverman is at the top of the list of “Women I’d Marry Without Having Met.”
Sure you can. There are lots of funny, unexpected lines that wouldn’t be so funny if you knew they were coming. Like these, may favorites (don’t read if you haven’t seen the movie; they won’t even be funny out of context):
[spoiler]“Joe Franklin raped me.”
“And here’s the kicker: Grandma’s dead!”[/spoiler]
Probably ok, as long as she wouldn’t be shocked by extremely graphic descriptions of every depraved sexual act imaginable. However, there’s a good chance the theatre won’t let her in, as the movie is unrated. A theatre here in New York turned away my 12 year old brother when his father tried to take him.
Yes, her parents are okay with it; we explained the premise, saying they tell perverted things, plus the punch line. 13 year olds seem to like those sort of shocking ideas. I will call the theatre though.
I saw the very first showing in town yesterday afternoon. I laughed so hard that I got a headache. One of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life.
I, too, am hopelessly in love with Sarah Silverman now.
Just got back from seeing it. I thought it was hilarious - yeah, it had a few slow spots, but overall it was great. Aside from the comedians already mentioned, I thought that Andy Richter and Doug Stanhope’s intercut versions were just an added level of twisted.
I also got a kick out of Drew Carey’s little arm gesture.
I think that’s the only time in my life I’ve ever laughed at a mime.
I actually want to see it again, and I don’t know if I can wait for the DVD to come out - although if there’s extra footage I’ll be buying it.
But will they offer it at libraries?
There’s “saying perverted things” and then there is “Describing incestous feltching. With hand gestures”.
Thats felching. Without a t! Were you raised by monkeys?!
I just saw it again tonight - with my mother. She liked it. It wasn’t as fun without the packed crowd, but I still want to see Penn’s speech if it wins an Oscar.
And I’m an idiot for telling people this, but if you go to their Web site, you can submit your own version of the joke. They’ll include a few on the DVD. Mine’s almost ready, I need to figure out a good piss/shit ratio.