Screwed (2000)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Directors:

Scott Alexander
Larry Karaszewski

Writers (WGA):

Scott Alexander (written by) &
Larry Karaszewski (written by)

Release Date:

12 May 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Everyone gets it in the end.

Plot:

A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped. |

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Helicopter | Kidnapping | Police | Spinning Newspaper

Cast

Norm MacDonald	...	Willard Fillmore (as Norm Macdonald)
Dave Chappelle	...	Rusty P. Hayes
Elaine Stritch	...	Miss Crock
Danny DeVito	...	Grover Cleaver
Daniel Benzali	...	Detective Tom Dewey
Sherman Hemsley	...	Chip Oswald
Sarah Silverman	...	Hillary
Malcolm Stewart	...	Roger
Lochlyn Munro	...	Officer Richardsen
Brent Chapman	...	Dane
Brian Jensen	...	Dane
Shawn Macdonald	...	Dane
Kelly Fiddick	...	Dane
Helena Yea	...	Aunt Mabel
Lorenzo Campbell	...	Tito

Also Known As:

Ballbusted (USA) (working title)
Foolproof (USA) (working title)
Pittsburgh (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, nudity, language, some violence and brief drug content.

Runtime:

81 min | Germany:78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:LH | USA:PG-13 (No. 36668) | Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Florida, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

When Ms. Crock flips through the channels on Grover's TV, the Edward D. Wood Jr. movie Glen or Glenda (1953) can be briefly seen. Writers/directors Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski wrote the movie Ed Wood (1994).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Willard and Rusty are being shot at by Grover in the police car, he shoots bullet holes in the hood, then the holes go away and he shoots new ones in again in a different shot.

Quotes:

Rusty P. Hayes: You expect me to believe you were mugged?
Willard Fillmore: Mugged? It was more like a rape!
[silence]
Willard Fillmore: Well... not real rape.

Movie Connections:

Features Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)

Soundtrack:

Hawaii Five-O Theme

hardly as rotten as I expected--in fact, not bad at all

Norm MacDonald works for a very rich and nasty lady (Elaine Stritch). After putting up with tons of abuse from her, he decided to get revenge by kidnapping her horrid dog and holding it hostage. His friend (Dave Chappelle) lends him a hand and soon are the subject of a nationwide manhunt! Will the guys get away with it or will they go to prison and become somebody's boy toys?

The reviews for this movie were SAVAGE. I've seen wars get better reviews! The attacks were strong and brutal. That's probably why I am so charitable in my review. It just didn't seem like a bad film to me. Great?! No way, but there were enough moments to keep my interest and merit a score of 6. Sometimes I wonder if I am crazy (a possibility) or the movie reviewers are just lemmings who follow each other's leads.

Elaine Stritch was incredibly mean and hateful, as her role demanded and there were some other supporting actors who I really liked as well, but the one who really stood out to me was Danny DeVito's incredibly weird and funny bit part as the president of the Jack Lord fan club (and a total psycho to boot).

By the way, if you liked this film, try watching another MacDonald film DIRTY WORK. It might be a tad funnier but both very rough comedies make you laugh--and isn't that enough sometimes?