Trailer Park Boys Movie
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
I'm going to say this right at the start:
This movie isn't for everyone.
A few years ago, a friend introduced me and Mr. Martini to the Canadian TV show, "Trailer Park Boys." It is, in a word, hilarious. However, it's hard to describe in a way that makes it sound as hilarious as it actually is:
"OK, so, like, it's about these guys who live at a trailer park in Canada. They're both petty criminals. Julian constantly has a glass of rum and coke in his hand - I mean, like, constantly. Ricky is always trying to find new and better ways to grow and sell weed. They also have this friend, Bubbles - yes, Bubbles - who has an underbite and wears coke-bottle glasses and loves kittycats, but can be a badass when he needs to be. The three of them are constantly trying to pull-off heists and robberies, and sometimes they work and sometimes they don't - OK, mostly they don't, and sometimes they end up in prison. There's also a bunch of other characters at the park that are always messing with them, and stuff. Plus, it's shot documentary style, kind of like The Office. Also, they swear a lot."
See? It doesn't sound all that funny. But it really, really is.
As an end to the series, they produced a movie to kind of tie everything up, like a series finale. We hadn't watched any of the shows for awhile, so I was hesitant - I mean, I have Juno just waiting to be watched. So I wasn't expecting to enjoy myself as much as I did.
It could probably be watched as a stand-alone movie, without having seen any of the TV shows. But for me it was more fun to see it with a little bit of background about each of the characters, especially Julian since he took a more of a backseat in the movie's plot.
In brief - a fun movie for a Saturday night, especially after a couple of rum & cokes.
