Review of Screwed (2000) by Nathanbo — 02 Jun 2015

Pacing is very important when one is making a movie, it is so essential that if one does not know how to properly structure scenes he is screwed. The pacing in this film is not the only problem with it.

Norm Macdonald makes a terribly annoying lead that kills any chance for the film to be somewhat decent. You get what you expect from Dave Chappelle, but he can only bring a few laughs from this otherwise ill fated comedic mess.

In many ways this film reminds me of 1941. Instead of making the attempt to write good comedy the film makers decide to have the actors just yell at each other the whole movie. Loud does not equal good comedy it is just annoying.

I will say Danny DeVito was well cast, but ultimately his character got a little too creepy to enjoy. There are a couple plot twists that keep what is happening, but that does not change the fact that the movie is absolutely unfunny.

The ending feels completely rushed, as throughout the movie so many ideas were crammed and forced into an unsatisfying resolution.