Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie

It is 11:30 at night and I am sitting in a theater surrounded by drunk 20-somethings and 50-year-old women who have no idea what they are about to see. At promptly 11:45 the film begins and for the next 92 minutes, the audience is barraged with dead-pan stares, shit-eating grins, stupid songs, poop jokes, and awkward father/son moments.

“What the fuck did I just watch?” is the general consensus. Some are horrified and pissed off. Others, like me, loved every second of it.

I’ve never been a fan of the duo’s Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, but it turns out if you have to sit through an hour and half of Tim and Eric’s shenanigans rather than just fifteen minutes, their comedy starts to wear on you, and you cannot help but laugh out loud. Although their comedy is considered by many to be “low-brow”, I couldn’t help but marvel at their ability to capture commentary on comedy itself---they were literally making fun of being funny.  

How is curing an ailment by pooping on it any sillier than injecting one’s face with toxic chemicals to look younger? Answer: it isn’t. And the former is definitely funnier to watch.

This film is absolutely not for children, but nor is it for adults. I would say it is for those in-betweeners like me who will forever see life for the joke that it is. Shrim!!!!!