Review of Movie 43 (2013) by Bennie G — 02 Apr 2016

Not every skit was earth shattering, but there were some brilliant points to be made here! Absurd: of course! How else to treat some of the most absurd parts of our accepted culture but with an equal dose of absurdity! Brilliantly poignant! Perhaps especially the iBabe, Homeschooled, and Middleschool Date (menstruation) skits, for their jab at the mindless, pathological corporatization of our lives, our brutal institutionalized education system, and misogyny, respectively! Some very funny moments to boot -- assuming you don't take yourself and life too seriously...

The Catch, admittedly, had me a little unnerved, which is great! Hard to do with something so basically banal. Nicely done. And a little insightful social commentary to boot.

Propositioned was ok. But maybe you can see here, more than anywhere, how this movie was targeted to the mainest of the main stream. And that's it's biggest flaw: that "underground" themes were presented to the masses. If it's not Marvel or DC, so we don't want it.

Veronica was ok.

Super Hero Dating: This was just some good old SNL fun!

Machine Kids: Felt disturbed. Powerful! Loved it! Kid with tear running down her face: brutal!

Happy Birthday (the leprechaun): meh.

Truth or Dare: not bad. A few good laughs. Nice light social commentary. (mind you, blowing out blind kid's candles: brilliant!).

Victory's Glory: Some good hard laughs on this one! Good social commentary too. The final free throw was nice touch!

Beezel: no social commentary, but another good one for SNL...