Ebert & Roeper - Freddy Got Fingered

[@toonghost3]

Hearing Ebert say retard made me laugh way harder than it should have

[@Kevon420]

Funnier than the movie lol.

[@jevinday]

I know hahahaha

[@WildFungus]

this movie is secret genius. This is the reaction he was going for. @@Kevon420

[@YogiDesforges]

I litteraly gasped.

[@freshskittles92]

i literally had to rewind it

[@chaosrocks08]

"Tom Green wants to be an animator but he keeps getting hired to make cheese sandwiches"

[@Jonathanest90s]

Story of my life

[@definty]

This is going to make me laugh for a whole week

[@jimball4901]

It was hilarious.

[@FreddyKruegerRealEstate]

Story of Hollywood animators soon.

[@RemixedVoice]

I guarantee that this review was everything Tom Green hoped it would be.

[@phatnana2379]

A year later, Tom Green was in Stealing Harvard, right? When Roger Ebert reviewed Stealing Harvard he something like "as harsh as I was about Freddy Got Fingered, a year later I still remember it and I still will a year from now." He said this basically to say SH was a shit film you'll forget 10min after you leave the theater... BUT... Ebert def understood what FGF was and his written review said something like FGF could some day be a celebrated piece of neo-surrealism but that won't happen as long as people laugh at the SPOKEN jokes without realizing that FGF was Tom Green literally SHITTING on the industry that didn't understand him with plans to exploit him. I tend to think 50% of FGF's "genius" was Tom Green's joke on the industry but the other 50% was applied after the fact from people outside of it. **Genius being used VERY loosely here lol**

[@TheStonedSlackerNZ]

He stated on the Joe Rogan podcast that they gave him about 20 million Canadian to go make a movie. He stated he wanted to make the most outrageously stupid film conceivable and it's now a classic. Legend.

[@vrfvfdcdvgtre2369]

I laughed, I confess, to both the tasteless movie and the critics` rage. They both seem infantile to me.

[@jjgreen5206]

FGF was a steaming pile of trash. I Can’t believe some comments are defending it.

[@ras_krystafari3333]

I thought Eager & Roper were just 2 Muppet skit characters that they quoted for hype factor until I seen this video & see they are sorta real people

[@Crowe90]

I bet he wouldn’t say ground zero like that a couple months later

[@KH4444444444N]

Ground chemo.

[@tbirdUCW6ReAJ]

You could say this movie was the second worst thing to happen in 2001.

[@SynthCool]

@ukpkmkk i like how all it took was for blade runner to say "Too soon" to trigger you going on this full blown rant

[@ARedMotorcycle]

@Blade Runner How much time needs to pass, you wussy? It's been nearly 20 years. Nobody cares about your fake sympathy.

[@DaL33T5]

​@@ARedMotorcycle Firefighters are still dying from 9/11-related diseases. A lot of us in New York are still very conscious of it, you insensitive ass. I'm not one of those PC types with a stick up his ass about jokes. I think you should be able to joke about 9/11, and everything else. But don't you tell me that it's "just 20 years ago" when there's still real tragedy and pain.

[@thecinematicmind]

Rip Torn’s performance is legendary in this “pioneering achievement of cinema”.

[@mostverticalproductions4808]

"If this were Pakistan, you'd be sewing soccer balls when you were five years old..."

[@TheStonedSlackerNZ]

I liked Torn's delivery every time he'd unnecessarily say "What the fuck is this?" Or "Goddammed" Brilliant delivery of the F-word every time.

[@dubiouscaesar3709]

I think Jim Brody is more funny than Patches O'Hoolaran.

[@slanderman3296]

He's so damn funny

[@Rick_Riff]

Should of won an Oscar

[@ucanquoteme7404]

What's funny is Ebert eventually developed a begrudging respect for the movie: "But the thing is, I remember "Freddy Got Fingered" more than a year later. I refer to it sometimes. It is a milestone. And for all its sins, it was at least an ambitious movie, a go-for-broke attempt to accomplish something. It failed, but it has not left me convinced that Tom Green doesn't have good work in him. Anyone with his nerve and total lack of taste is sooner or later going to make a movie worth seeing."

[@claymccoy]

It's better that your film is remembered (even for bad reasons) than forgotten...

[@richardenglish2195]

@david gallagher Well, Birth of a Nation practically invented film grammar as we know it today, so regardless of its content it remains a very important film.

[@themadmattster9647]

Yeah he backtracked often. Here he sounds like a Karen

[@pussydestroyer87]

Looking back on this review in 2023, Freddy got fingered has aged better than throwing around the word retard.

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

High praise indeed.

[@racookster]

My ex-wife and I watched Freddy Got Fingered on DVD. After it was over, we just stared for a moment, and then she turned to me and said, "Well, I'll give it this. I was never bored." I think that sums it up.

[@asw7696]

Was she referring to the film or your marriage?

[@WildFungus]

I liked how the restaurant was called Fancy Restaurant

[@SPVLaboratories]

Goddamn 😭

[@worldisfilledb]

thats why youre divorced

[@_bedbo]

Yep. Watched it recently out of sheer curiosity and while I didn't particularly enjoy it, I'm left a bit fascinated by it.

[@mynameisreza1]

a review like this IS the punchline of the whole movie

[@damaxpowerway]

Exactly

[@CameronAllOneWord]

Very well said.

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

This movie exposes people's lack of sense of humor like no other, especially of those who take their roles as film critics too seriously.

[@damaxpowerway]

"....we can't show you the scene where: green swings a newborn baby around his head by it's umbilical cord." 🤣

[@danlynch79]

🤣

[@The_October_Man]

If I was old enough to see this movie in 2001, that sentence alone would’ve made me want to see it more.

[@Elrond_Hubbard_1]

I'LL WAKE UP THE BABY!!

[@g32.recitales]

​@@Elrond_Hubbard_1BAAABYYYY

[@filmgeekstudios4393]

3:07 - "Even in a stupid comedy, there has to be set-ups before the punchline" Anthony Michael Hall's character says almost that exact thing in the movie. "What you need is elevation, something has to actually happen that's funny". God, I laugh my ass off every time I watch it.

[@seanlaffey3633]

Did Ebert just miss that part?

[@chaosrocks08]

"...What. The Fuck. Is Happening here!?"

[@saucers79]

​@seanlaffey3633 Yeah, but just pointing out the flaws in your movie doesn't excuse the flaws. I've warmed to this movie considerably in my old age BTW.

[@davinsosa1438]

I thought of that scene as well! It’s almost serendipitous that Ebert brings that up in this review 😂

[@CameronAllOneWord]

The set up is the movie and the punch line is this review.

[@Thuzzel74]

So did they like it?

[@sha11235]

NO! Roger gave it zero stars, okay?

[@0nyxFR773]

sha11235 calm down

[@MovieLover1995]

Did you even watch the whole video?!

[@ARedMotorcycle]

@sha11235 You're a real tight ass, aren't you?

[@ARedMotorcycle]

@andrew Whooooosh.

[@mishtaromaniello8295]

Their review and criticisms are totally accurate. Perfect movie.

[@ilck-ym-blals7385]

Underrated comment 😂 I totally agree

[@Rhyzomect]

and here we are 20 years later in the criterion collection

[@seancascanet3428]

What's hilarious is how self aware the film is...like at the end at the airport a sign says "is this fucking movie over yet?" Tom green 100% made this to waste the money of the studio and see how far he could take everything...like during the moving the house to Pakistan"here's my last $700,000, easy come easy go" lol

[@seanlaffey3633]

Roger Ebert admitted later that the movie was still on his mind. I wonder if the self-aware aspects are what he was reflecting on when he brought it up again.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Never got Tom Green.... Just seemed like a class clown asshole who connived his way into a flash in the pan career. I guess it is funny how he swindled a studio into wasting money on this tripe.

[@WildFungus]

the movie is about making the movie. this wouldnt be tried again until The Unberable Weight of Massive Talent

[@derekarmunendua5991]

'Strange Wilderness' pushes the envelope in that aspect as well. I remember after it ended thinking to myself "I haven't watched anything that obscurely hilarious since FGF"

[@ilck-ym-blals7385]

True, but he was actually a bit disappointed with the reaction it got .

[@chiprobinson2511]

... but he keeps getting hired to make cheese sandwiches.

[@martinverner7390]

He worked at like three cheese sandwich places 😂 just cheese and bread

[@carolmcgahan5113]

When I first saw this movie I was crying and my sides hurt I was laughing so hard.

[@dickeymckay8289]

Agreed. Not everything has to be heady and cerebral or uber-dramatic to be good. Some things can just be dadaist and fun. Freddy is one of those things. A classic. It's not just dick jokes and toilet humor, contrary to what the critics would want you to believe. Beats the hell out of the other toilet humor stuff.

[@TheMrartistman]

@@dickeymckay8289 I love Freddy Got Fingered... that being said, describing it as Dada is not only just wrong, it's pretentious and kind of sad

[@jadenvanhess2341]

Me too tbh

[@WauhopM]

ME TOO!!!!

[@kittywampusdrums]

I still cry laughing. This movie is a TREASURE.

[@johncameron4500]

This was basically the perfect movie when I was a teenager and this reaction makes me love it even more

[@gatotsu2501]

Love how Ebert comes SO CLOSE to getting it with the the Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler references, but misses the fact that the movie is ALSO mocking those guys by stretching their formulaic manchild/grossout comedy to its logical extreme.

[@SimBol1216]

That was speculation on Red Letter Media's part, but there's no conclusive evidence that that's the case.

[@gatotsu2501]

@@SimBol1216 I’ve never seen RLM, it’s extremely obvious just from watching the movie lol

[@THX1999]

Tom Green has already admitted this on the commentary track on the DVD. The New York times mentioned this in they're review too. That DVD is old as dirt and predates Mike's claims. I have no clue why mike and jay didnt juat tell people to listen to the commentary. Tom green literally calls out the critics for also not giving him credit on not using potty humor. He also says that the fact he was satarizing adam sandler movies and shit like dude heres my car, few over they're heads .

[@bobaorc7839]

I remember thinking as a small child "This is just Pet Detective but worse I don't wanna watch this" but now I think that's the funniest comparison for 7 year old me to make.

[@KRhetor]

I don't think Green is quite smart enough to do that.

[@nicholasdavidson5683]

The "daddy would you like some sausages" scene made me laugh so hard.

[@ShartSydePhil]

HE'S A REAL CHARACTER HE'S A REAL CHARACTER

[@KyleWiki]

Ebert calling Tom Green an obnoxious retard then showing the sausage scene is peak cinema

[@ShartSydePhil]

"I'm not really a cop!" Is one of my most favorite lines

[@puglife6291]

And he is dressed in a British police uniform 😂

[@matts6551]

JAPAN 4!!!!!

[@12Volt_E]

"he keeps saying he saved the day" LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT A PROBLEM WITH HEROS AROUND HERE

[@Franciskev2]

Freddy Got Fingered is sacred.

[@atrio1136]

I'm laughing my ass off at all the negative stuff they say about this film. It makes me love the film even more 😂

[@joemasters2270]

You know this is old footage when Ebert was openly able to use the R word 😂😂😂

[@reneperez7903]

He used it too on Nicholas Cage’s performance in Kiss of Death from 1995

[@michealclark928]

It’s legitimately funny the way he says it. It’s exactly the way everyone felt about Tom Green. The only laughs I got from this movie came from rip torn beating him up for acting R word lol

[@mackereltacos2850]

@@reneperez7903 LMAO thanks for sharing

[@reneperez7903]

@@mackereltacos2850 what’s so funny about it lol

[@mackereltacos2850]

@@reneperez7903 haha its just funny. i love nic cage, and that movie is a bit goofy

[@QueenArielViolet]

This review only makes me love this beautifully filthy movie all the more.

[@Falton911]

I’m sorry

[@Polygonlin]

Its sorta like Postal 2 "the pc game?" Its just as bad, if not worse, and i fuckin adore it!

[@vincenthalfprice9930]

Make your daddy proud

[@kenh9870]

I genuinely - non-ironically - enjoyed this film and have watched it many times

[@ListenToManicAntenna]

Same here. It's one of my all-time favorites!

[@andrewneedham3281]

Perfect take on the absurdity of Hollywood culture and the movie-making process. This movie is even better in light of the current re-re-re-re-make phase that Hollywood is in.

[@ubuntuposix]

Yeah. The main reason I see people are offended by this movie, is bc they genuinely like dumb romantic comedies that this movie is making fun of. Of course this movie is funny. It represents the teenager in all of us, who thinks about not taking life/society seriously.

[@JJSA1985]

Ebert with a big 2001’er at 1:16 🤣

[@alexandertwagner]

this movie was probably the only movie to physically drop my jaw on multiple parts of the movie.

[@bewlabewla1319]

Much like Ebert himself.

[@aakuster]

Me too, literal jaw drop in the baby scene😂

[@TerrorTerros]

I think the joke is on these guys

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

You're just way too far ahead of them. Good luck with your own film critic franchise; I'm sure it will make Roger Ebert's look like crap....

[@evancrosley2857]

@@maskedmarvyl4774 Roger was always too opinionated to really 'get' the whole picture sometimes. It's a valid criticism.

[@Vaginaattori]

MaskedMarvyl got fingered. Did not preciate it.

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

@QUAD_RETURNS , hug. You seemed like you could use one.

[@doughnutholer]

@@maskedmarvyl4774 you just love telling people you're a loser don't you?

[@Dullfang2]

This is one of their funniest reviews imo. Thank you a ton for uploading it

[@andreaholcock8992]

Ebert: here’s why this wasn’t funny (proceeds to explain something hilarious)

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

Daddy would you like some sausage?

[@Jaimetud]

This movie is like an endurance test.

[@BertonMelch]

Yeah… you and group of friends, on acid

[@Polygonlin]

Yeah. How much you can laugh before you pass out lol

[@filmgeekstudios4393]

For how much absurdist comedy a boring person can take without craving something easy and cliched

[@mervunit]

yea evident by the time the end of the movie comes and they're coming off the airplane and people have signs that say "welcome home" and stuff and there's one sign that says "when's this fucking movie going to end?". At least it's self aware.

[@the_jacobian99]

1:12 that’s the best introduction of the main character I have ever heard in any review. 😂

[@kanegarvey3188]

Lmfao even pc culture would be like “yeah that’s exactly right” lmao

[@Polygonlin]

EBERT SAID THE R WORD! HE SHOULD BE CANCELLED!!! well, i guess he JUST grew up in a different time! Roflmao

[@spenser9908]

It’s even funnier hearing someone recount the events of the movie in such a straight delivery lol.

[@joshtimaz]

The fact that he says he should be flipping burgers shows the movie went over their heads

[@CCRUEnthusist]

Exactly

[@DjTheDon614]

Out of touch

[@gmr3156]

He should be making cheese sandwiches. At the cheese sandwich factory.

[@ryworze3190]

@@gmr3156 exactly

[@havenoshame]

I WANNA EAT CHICKEN BURGERS

[@johnrotten3268]

This movie flies over a lot of people's heads. Tom literally tried to make the worst movie ever created and also did it to mock other films. I think it is great. I laughed at more scenes in this movie than I have at most comedies.

[@TheQuota2001]

oh shut up with your excuses. He tried to make a movie and it was funny but a bomb. Dont try to go back and cover for him now with your little excuses. " oh he literally tried to make the worst film" blah blah blah. Youre not ironic at all, lacky.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

@@TheQuota2001 But that's literally what Tom Green tried to do. He intentionally made a film to disgust and shock audiences and critics.

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

Oh, you're so intelligent that you can appreciate Freddy Got Fingered on a deeper level than everyone else.

[@kirbles2035]

​@Nathan-gd7xq Tom Green was genuinely ahead of his time. I'll let you decide whether I mean that in a good way or a bad way.

[@seanlaffey3633]

@@Nathan-gd7xqYes, actually

[@nicholastomaselli7958]

I guess I’m sad and sick because i find this movie to be endlessly hilarious.

[@blankeon6613]

Freddy Got Fingered is a comedic masterpiece

[@Bricktop2023]

You can eat that roast beef or you can go to bed.

[@AliceBowie]

Aww, little lord Fauntleroy's tummy hurts, because it's got too much roast beef in it.

[@bungalowfeuhler1541]

I had a million dollars and now it’s gone. Easy come, easy go.

[@Tubbins82]

Not a single mention of X-ray Cat?

[@darrenwestlow7809]

Or the job as a telephone repair guy....YOU GOT THE JOB, YOU GOT THE JOB BUDDY!

[@hunterwest3952]

@@darrenwestlow7809 AND THEN THE BEAVERS

[@doobhausen]

Seriously, he can see through wooden doors!

[@vincenthalfprice9930]

No mention of the Backwards Man, either.

[@eluberimabib4070]

@@hunterwest3952 YOU STUPID BEAVER

[@CR055FIRE]

Before Tom Green, pranks were boomer-tier "Candid Camera" NBC primetime jokes. After Tom Green, a prank could result in a poingant critique of modern society, culture and politics: The results of which, represented a dramatic expose of an individuals understanding of self and others. Additionally, prank results, now, could function as a litmus test for how the public perceives, and responds to - moral, existential and philosophical dilemmas. Tom Green is like the _boots on the ground_ version of Norm Macdonald. I'd say Tom Green and Norm Macdonald are to comedy as Nietzsche and Freud are to psychology.

[@olaoluwaafolayan6554]

Starting at 0:49, you could see the displeasure on Roeper’s face as he was introducing himself and setting up the description of the movie’s plot. You _knew_ he was eager to rip it to shreds lol.

[@stefanmovieflixtomasi]

I almost see it

[@81684hnxv]

I daresay this film is rather unsophisticated. Oh my!

[@hawkeyenextgen7117]

“Ground zero of bad comedy”. Couldn’t have said it better

[@phantomphotography7392]

This is perhaps one of rhe greatest comedies ever made.

[@tubes-lut]

I believe Disney own the movie now, having acquired the studio. So "Look im a farmer" is a disney line now

[@apollofell3925]

3:04 Hit the nail right on the head. Tom Green didn't want to make a movie, execs pushed him into it. So he made sure no one in hollywood would ever ask him to do one again.

[@tubes-lut]

But we do / did

[@apollofell3925]

@tubes-lut speak for yourself

[@eamonndillon9532]

The finest comedy of the 21st century

[@fromthehaven94]

No, that's This is the End, though it did fail to get an NC17 rating.

[@dannewnam2701]

Probably the Worst Movie Ever of 2001.

[@Elrond_Hubbard_1]

Still got 76 years left before you can say that. Unless you're a time traveller?

[@evanseesred]

It’s a masterpiece.

[@weston407]

I got a free VHS copy of this movie back when I was in high school working for The Orlando Sentinel as a "trend spotter" and as a music correspondent, meaning I wrote CD reviews, and I have loved it ever since

[@WeWereHereDVD]

even just having them describe scenes from this film I love so much made me laugh

[@vrfvfdcdvgtre2369]

The did not even see it.

[@Bigfrank88]

Ebert later said as much as he disliked the movie he mentioned he was still thinking about the movie a year later.

[@shrinermonkey1]

This movie becomes something great when you realize it is deliberate satire of the gross-out teen movie genre that was so popular at the time.

[@surfgoat1]

one of the best comedies of all time!

[@williamblake2962]

Roger said the R word... hahaha

[@matthewpaul6904]

Pulitzer winner everyone

[@williamblake2962]

@@matthewpaul6904 it's a "Your Moms House" podcast reference smart ass

[@opaljk4835]

William Blake it seems like he was talking about Roger Ebert being a Pulitzer winner, which seems like a pretty funny thing to point out

[@waltercfrosenbaum]

Did not age well

[@williamblake2962]

Glad everyone here isn't Tic-Tocked. Matthew was just trying to follow proto.

[@LazyPirate8]

If this movie came out today, it would've been considered a classic.

[@jacktravis8496]

This film would in no way shape or form, be made today.

[@MrGojira95]

And it would be #1 on Netflix

[@Stinkydo0d]

The second the audience heard words like r*tard, f*ggot, and other gamer words, it would've gotten everyone black listed from Hollywood so fast...

[@squeakypuff]

No it wouldn’t. There’s this misconception in this comments section that “Freddy got Fingered” isn’t an obviously bad movie no matter what angle one takes.

[@aim6613]

This is a classic, it's what's referred to as "cult classic."

[@douglasclouatre165]

"We will always have Paris," and "Frankly my dear I don't give a damn," and "The Force be with you," are the most unforgettable movies lines in history. Now we add a fourth, "Get out of that toilet!" to movie history.

[@martinverner7390]

No lie I laughed out loud and repeated it awesome

[@thebadbandito]

These guys really know how to make a person want to watch a movie. I loved it by the way.

[@Tonys_Gabagool]

And now Ebert is dead. Score 1 for Tom

[@scottwilliam3470]

Thank you been looking for this review forever

[@commando6683]

“Who wants to see this guy?” You would be surprised

[@CrodolookslikeFrody]

You actually wouldn’t be because when people describe something as being sick and bad taste, it piques people’s interest.

[@dannewnam2701]

Said NO ONE! >=[

[@kylekondit9709]

People obviously can have differing opinions but they explain there opinions so thoroughly that its insane how disrespectful people are about it

[@jammo2000]

Greens humor is more modern and approachable now than Adam Sandler

[@100domathon]

I haven't gotten to watch their review of Freddy Got Fingered since 2010. Finally the video is back!

[@stefanmovieflixtomasi]

I’ve felt the same with certain reviews uploaded this year and last year, there should be more. I want the ones from 2004-2006

[@silverriffs]

3:01 I think this is literally exactly what Tom wanted people to say

[@unguelootay8589]

2001 was peak cinema magic

[@samlamme5924]

This movie is one of the best comedy movies of all time

[@fingersm]

Brings me back. My friend and I laughed at the insanity innthe theatre waat back!! "Daddy would you like some sausage"

[@buddyboy9810]

One of the funniest movies of all time .

[@kel2580]

I loved it. When I first saw the trailer I thought it looked angeringly stupid, but when I saw it I couldn't stop laughing.

[@lobsterwhisperer7932]

the scene in the half-pipe with the skateboard had me in stitches, was not expecting it.

[@matthewogden2747]

To be fair.... This is probably the reaction that Tom Green was after

[@GeneTickles]

I love that these snobby dorks got their panties in an uproar.

[@stopthetories]

"Ground zero of bad comedies" That should be on the cover.

[@facesk3158]

Fantastic movie

[@Jester_851]

The baby scene is legitimately my favourite in the whole movie, it's hysterical

[@SunshineSuperstar]

Agreed!

[@spenser9908]

Ebert seems to have a problem with heroes.

[@jbrooks9567]

I love this movie!

[@Storm88000]

We used to watch this back in the day and laugh hysterically at every scene, it’s bad, but it’s good too

[@macgumby40]

This movie is comedy gold

[@tomservo5007]

calling the movie *ground zero* in 2001 is too soon

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

This was just a few months before 9/11

[@tomservo5007]

@@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 too soon, man

[@scottmeixel4291]

I recently rewatched this on the Criterion Channel 😂

[@seanlaffey3633]

3:30 The best part of this review is that he’s talking about the funniest scene in the whole movie. The joke isn’t on the woman, it’s at the situation. You’re supposed to feel sad and sick in the lead-up to it. Every bit of you is supposed to say “No, Gorb, get the hell away from that woman, you monster!” Then he delivers the baby, and it doesn’t cry. You’re supposed to think it’s dead, and you’re supposed to think, “oh no, the movie went there. They actually went that low.” Then it gets absolutely insane. Gorb bites the umbilical cord with his bear teeth, swings it around by the umbilical cord like a rag doll, and it’s the most batshit thing you’ve ever witnessed, with the women in the opposite beds chanting and playing the tambourines as the room gets increasingly splattered with blood. The mother is screaming in pure terror as Tom Green is repeating a chant in a childlike voice of “I can wake it up! I can wake it up!” It’s so horrific, yet so absurd that you can’t help but laugh. It tickles the fear and comedy sides of your brain at the same time, and it’s so masterfully crafted. The cherry on top? The baby starts crying, it’s actually alive, and totally fine, and INSTANTLY, it’s this wholesome scene, the music is INSTANTLY sentimental, and he just hands the baby over and the mother is okay with it, smiling, and it’s the “beautiful” moment with the music and the smiles, and everyone ignoring the horrific absurdity that just occurred, blood on the walls and everything. It’s a brilliant scene in a movie that is meant to hold a mirror to Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey’s worst roles. That is the whole point. The nonsensical gross-out horse scene that was not set up to at all near the beginning and the fact that there’s an Easter egg where an extra can be seen flipping off the camera should have tipped Ebert off to what this movie is.

[@bobbyokeefe4285]

That was a time,where a film like that could exist,now it's over,don't even think about laughing about stuff like that,and just for that the film has merit,now you can't even say "retarded" on TV,this film was bizarrely ahead of it's time.

[@xreediculousx]

This movie aged well. They didn't...

[@ListenToManicAntenna]

💯

[@heerkojohanneskooistra6708]

Was this before 9/11 ?

[@stefanmovieflixtomasi]

Yes this came out 5 months before 9/11. It also came out the same month and year as Blow with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz

[@JacaboBlanco]

3:00 the fact he said he should be flipping burgers rather than "making cheese sandwiches" tells me all I need to know about this goof

[@vrfvfdcdvgtre2369]

The goof is mocking an honest job, "flipping burgers" is a tired phrase for a critic.

[@rawkguy4896]

@@vrfvfdcdvgtre2369 You have a point. Fast food is grueling, tiring and soul crushing work. Definitely a more honest profession than watching movies for a living and then talking about them like these two.

[@dreamquesttv]

​@@rawkguy4896 If Roeper flipped burgers, he'd have been fired midway through his 1st shift.

[@vicko1978]

The movie has so much screaming...it's hilarious

[@adrianlatalladi8909]

Cheese sandwich factory

[@eluberimabib4070]

DING DONG!!! DING DONG!!!

[@getschwifty9531]

​@@eluberimabib4070I'M A SEXY BOY!

[@Mersault26]

From Ebert's written review of Freddy got Fingered "The day may come when "Freddy Got Fingered" is seen as a milestone of neo-surrealism. The day may never come when it is seen as funny."

[@truffelsnuffler]

“The most critically reviled movie in the history of cinema - But you cheer...you cheer when I say “daddy would you like some sausage”...that makes a lot of sense, right?” ~Tom Green

[@RustyNickels]

Roger Ebert also said _Home Alone 3_ is, "Better than the first two!"

[@superfurryfox1]

I agree with every critism he has for this movie... And yet I still love this movie

[@Stubby1085]

With Tom green making David spade look like Jim Carrey and Jim Carrey look like Laurence Olivier😂

[@cubeincubes]

daddy would you like some sausage? daddy would you like some sausages?!?!?

[@Jordannadroj20]

Not the worst thing to happen in '01

[@CrodolookslikeFrody]

3:02 makes me laugh so hard because as bad as this movie is, it kinda predicted modern meme culture and gross out humor. When I saw it, yeah I was shocked by they’re describing it like it’s A Serbian Film 😂 what a bunch of pansies.

[@snapsnappist4529]

Much as I respected Ebert as a critic, I think he completely misunderstood the movie, and in may ways the joke was on him. I'm 99% certain the Freddie Got Fingered was a multi-million dollar Andy Kaufman-style art prank at the expense of the studio that thought it would get some kind of America Pie/Road Trip knock-off to cash in on the then-current resurgence of the gross-out teen movie. It's filled with cliched movie tropes which are taken to absurd extremes and the movie has a load of sly meta-commentary moments, which suggest to me that Green knew exactly what he was doing.

[@photomukund]

By today's movie/web series standards it is an avant garde classic.

[@kingsley878-y8c]

This movie was an indictment of middle of the road Hollywood movies. Green takes any number of Hollywood cliches and leans so deeply into them that their shallowness and absurdity is revealled for what it is. It's like watching a Matthew McConoughy romcom with the glasses from They Live on. He's a genius, and a good man. God bless you Tom.