MacGruber finally makes it to the UK, and Rupert hopes it experiences a better fate over here…
The genesis ofMacGruberis a long-running sketch from that staple of American comedy,Saturday Night Live.
The three argue, MacGruber gets distracted and everyone gets blown up.
I wont lie, Id never heard of it before.
Some of them are pretty funny.
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MacGruberalso takes the other obvious so what do we do now?
fallback option of many TV-to-film comedy adaptations: toilet humour and lashings of it.
The good news is it was also very funny.
But then Im a sucker for 80s action movies.
What follows is a spoof on every major 80s action movie cliche.
If you found that last line funny then there is a very good chanceMacGruberis the movie for you.
And once you engage with the inexhaustible silliness on display, youll be laughing along like a fool.
Hollywood has yet to really deliver a knockout comedy in 2010.
Its all been pretty average fair.
And I can happily say thatMacGruberis, by far, the funniest mainstream film I have seen this year.
Its probably a one viewing pony, as I cant envisage any hidden nuances that reveal themselves over time.
This is as up-front and lowbrow as you’re free to get.
But I can see it performing strongly as a word-of-mouth counterpoint to the summer blockbusters.
MacGruber is released in UK cinemas today.
Rating:
4 out of 5
