Review of Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) by Wyatt B — 11 Sep 2008

This movie was made to separate into three different episodes to show as normal episodes, and it shows. I think it could've been considerably better if they made it one unit (like the [i]Futurama[/i] movie). Instead it feels like simply watching 3 average episodes in a row.

For me, [i]Family Guy[/i] has been a lot more hit and miss than the other two "main" cartoons - [i]Futurama[/i] and [i]The Simpsons[/i]. [i]The Simpsons[/i] has been steadily bad and [i]Futurama[/i] has been steadily good. [i]South Park[/i] is even more up and down than [i]Family Guy[/i]. [i]Family Guy[/i] seems to have its good episodes and its not so good episodes. There are moments in [i]Family Guy[/i] where I have injured myself laughing. There are dud episodes, too.

This movie amounts to three average episodes to me. It lacked highs and lows. There's nothing wrong with an average [i]Family Guy[/i] episode, it's entertaining. Just don't expect anything great, and consider whether you want to pay actual money for a show that's on 30 times a day on your digital cable.

[b]Summary:[/b] If I knew that the movie was going to be shown on TV regularly, I probably wouldn't have bought the DVD. It's three episodes. It has its moments, but it doesn't have a spectacular moment like when God farts out the Universe (best [i]Family Guy[/i] scene, hands down) or when Herbert the pervert sings about Chris while dressed as a woman. Thankfully, there are still quite a few clever moments. I slightly recommend it.

[i]"Wow, look at me! Hanging out drinking with Ernest Hemingway, Van Gogh and Kurt Cobain. Still, it feels like we all got here a little earlier than we should have." [/i]- Brian Griffin.

[i]"Yeah, well, I finally collapsed under the weight of my own genius and shot myself."[/i] - Ernest Hemingway.

[i]"I could not reconcile my passion with the way people around me were living so I shot myself."[/i] - Vincent van Gogh.

[i]"I hated the thought of my music becoming part of some bland corporate mechanism so I shot myself."[/i] - Kurt Cobain.

[i]"Yeah I, uh... I got into the garbage and ate some chocolate."[/i] - Brian Griffin.

[b]6.1/10.[/b].