Mr. Accident (2000)

After the MGM lion, the first words we see are 'A Serious Film'. Don't you believe it!As a child, Roger lived in a trailer, and his parents were cruel. They discouraged him from using his imagination, and because of the way he was brought up, he became obsessed with taking things apart.In the present, Roger lives in a high-rise apartment building. We are introduced to a very accident-prone man. Then he goes to work at The Big Egg. More chaos! We later learn the only reason he has a job is that he is friends with Lyndon, one of the executives. Early in the movie, Duxton takes over the company from his brother. Lyndon thinks Roger should go out and meet girls. So they go to a bar, and Roger's outfit makes a Hawaiian shirt look conservative. The night doesn't go too well, but Roger later meets Sunday, a dumb blonde who has moved into Roger's building. She was dating Duxton until he was a jerk. Sunday is actually quite smart at times, and she enjoys astronomy. This helps Roger get interested in the stars as well, but an even bigger influence on Roger is the Volkswagen hubcap he finds after one of his many accidents. At least the strange bald man SAYS it is a Volkswagen hubcap ...This was a very funny movie, though aside from Yahoo Serious and possibly Helen Dallimore and Grant Piro, I don't think anyone really could act. The physical comedy was good, but not spectacular. Every once in a while, Roger had a series of accidents. One of the best of these scenes involved a trash avalanche. There was also a string of mishaps in a restaurant, and Roger's pathetic car often provided laughs. No matter what, it would run. And the air bags worked. Eventually.What exactly DO you do when a waiter hands you the cork from your wine bottle? You won't believe what Roger did. And don't ask him to make you a cappucino while you're on the phone discussing exports. Especially if you want to make Chile one of your new markets. Duxton was a cruel, cruel man. He gave a new meaning to 'downsizing'. See, he took old refrigerators to a do-it-yourself recycling place. If he had a grudge ... The version I saw was cleaned up for TV, and there were still a few risque moments, but it wasn't too bad. There seemed to be a lot of bad language that had been edited, though. considering that this was a live-action cartoon, I would have thought it would be cleaner.This movie was good for laughs. Not a real quality production, but fun.

Maybe I'm just a sucker for Sydney Opera House humor, but I really enjoyed this movie. It reminded me a bit of the Australian children's program, The Wiggles, but for grown-ups instead of kids. The characters and situations are colorful and incredibly silly, but also easy to identify with. It's intelligent in a stupid way. If you expect every movie to be Citizen Kane, then of course you'll think it's "bad," but in my opinion, Pauly Shore and Tom Green have done MUCH worse than Mr. Serious ever has.

I just saw this on television and I am happy to announce that I can finally answer my nephew's question as to what is the worst film I have ever seen, at least in the comedy category. To describe this film as elementary school level would be to insult elementary school students, who I think could create something far better. Yahoo Serious has apparently gone on a well deserved march into oblivion.

This was a charming film that surprised me by being so well made and enjoyable. Set in a fantasy Sydney in which the sails of the opera house are big eggs and the hero is Rojer Crumpkin who is the maintenance man at the egg factory. He is a bumbling but likable soul who gets caught up with the girlfriend of his villainous boss. The movie is full of sight gags and the music was great. The sets and cinematography were fantastic, as was the performances of the actors. I can recommend this film to anyone who likes a good laugh.