Film Preview: Freddy Got Fingered
February 22, 2001
Freddy Got Fingered. Freddy Got What? Who could only be behind this film’sname, but the wacky MTV comedian known for his bizarre comedy, Tom Green.
Anyone who has caught a glimpse of Tom Green’s MTV show, knows that many ofhis pranks involve his parents. There is no surprise that this movieincludes the grief the late 20’s slacker causes his parents.
Imagine yourself in your late 20’s. You don’t have job, and your younger brotheris next to perfection. Sound familiar? Well, maybe for some. This sibling always seems tomake you feel like a loser. Maybe you just want to be a loser,because your sibling is so perfect. That is the case in “Freddy Got Fingered.”
Tom Green plays a slacker who refuses to move out of his parent’s cellar.”It is a real story with real moments, not a gross out comedy,” says TomGreen.
Rolling Stone called Green a, “fearless geek provocateur.” If you haveseen his work on “The Tom Green’s Show,” then you may agree that behind hisfearless geek act lays an actor who is trying to get a point across, and thatthere is a hidden meaning behind his cinematic “green” loogies.
Green steped up to the plate and out of the comfortable world of acting,by directing his own film. Tom broke the mold and madehis own words come to life. “Freddy Got Fingered” is schedule to bereleased on April 20.
If you crave something different and want to take the plunge into the weird, but true, then “Freddy Got Fingered” may be what the critic ordered. A family that you may be ableto relate to, a father that is so frustrated with his stay-at -home son thathe wants to shake him right out the window, and a lost soul in his late 20swho causes a war between his family.
Not pretty, oh well, not everything is pretty. Many would agree thatGreen’s performances are not pretty, but they are real life scenarios takento the extreme. So this spring, look for Green’s “Freddy Got Fingered,” andjudge for yourself of this farce comic actor, gone screenwriter and director.