Review of My Name Is Bruce (2007) by Bjorn O — 07 Feb 2009
And here we have a movie that seems entirely impossible to criticize. I mean, if a scene is bad, they meant it to be bad! If a joke comes off lame, they meant it that way! It's infuriating, frankly.
Then there's the fact that to even be in the audience of these jokes, you'd need to be a shameless pop culture whore. (ahem.) So let me just stick to what I can criticize: What seems like a pretty original idea is actually just a point-for-point rehash of Galaxy Quest, only without a trace of sincerity.
Very little time is spent actually examining the difference between an on-screen persona and a real person, even though to me one of the funniest things about the film is how much of a caricature 'Bruce Campbell' is.
The third act fails to reach the same intensity as the climax of the second. But hell, what am I even doing this for? If you're a Campbell fan you have to see it, and if you're not you'll wonder why anyone would be.
It made me laugh anyway, but is it a bad thing when the funniest part of a film is the sly, self-mocking racism?
This review of My Name Is Bruce (2007) was written by Bjorn O on 07 Feb 2009.
My Name Is Bruce has generally received mixed reviews.
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