Review of Fuck (2006) by Justin H — 29 Aug 2011

There's certainly enough history around the origins and vilification of the word fuck to make for an interesting documentary. Unfortunately, this isn't it. A good 3/4 of this thing, if not more, is composed of sound bites of talking heads that don't really offer much insight at all. Instead it's just a series of "These people like the word fuck. These people don't like the word fuck. Here they are again." While some of the clips are fairly amusing, they don't exactly make for a good documentary--which this film ostensibly is.

The parts that have some actual information to them can be pretty interesting, but they're all over far too soon. Some of the segments don't seem to serve any purpose at all, and it wouldn't be unfair to say that this film is something of an unorganized mess at times.

If you have an interest in the etymology of the word fuck, or perhaps the ridiculous legislation that's sprung up regarding it, I'm sure there are books that do the subject justice. There may even be movies that do a better job of it than this one does, for all I know. But there's really no reason to waste your time watching this.