Review of The Foot Fist Way (2006) by Steven N — 07 Jan 2009
"The Foot Fist Way" which stars Danny McBride as a Tae Kwon Do instructor who is already bordering on the edge of insanity, but is pushed over it when he discovers that his wife has been cheating on him, is, if nothing else, an interesting piece of filmmaking.
The comparisons to "Napoleon Dynamite" are fair. The jokes are subtle - coming as much in the space between them as in the jokes themselves. This isn't a "Anchorman," and Danny McBride isn't Will Ferrell.
The humor is more subtle, and a bit more subversive. This is a different kind of comedy that simply isn't going to work for everyone. What a film like "Napoleon Dynamite" had that "The Foot Fist Way" doesn't though, is charm.
A good deal of this movie is plain old nasty and mean. Not that I necessarily dislike nasty and mean, but somehow the tone just doesn't work for me here. Don't get me wrong, by no means whatsoever do I dislike this film, but it could have been better.
I give the filmmakers credit for putting together something uniquely different than anything else you're likely to see this year, and for doing it on a shoestring budget. I'm glad I watched it, but I can't really picture going out of my way to watch it again.
Mild recommendation from me.
This review of The Foot Fist Way (2006) was written by Steven N on 07 Jan 2009.
The Foot Fist Way has generally received mixed reviews.
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