5.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
As a child, Frank McKlusky (Sheridan) watched his daredevil father "Madman" McKlusky become comatose in an ill-fated motorcycle stunt. Now as a risk-avoiding adult, he lives with his parents, always wears protective gear and works by the Claims Investigator Handbook.
Starring: Dave Sheridan, Cameron Richardson, Randy Quaid, Dolly Parton, Enrico ColantoniComedy | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
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Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 0.5 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 0.5 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
In 2002, Jim Carrey wasn’t entirely interested in being the Jim Carrey audiences wanted him to be. By this time, he was branching out with dramas like “The Truman Show” and “Man on the Moon,” beginning to leave behind a career in broad comedies, requiring Hollywood to scramble like mad and find a new guy to make a proper big screen mess. The suits at Disney settled on Dave Sheridan, an unknown actor who generated some interest with turns in “Bubble Boy” and “Ghost World.” Sheridan wasn’t Carrey, but that wasn’t going to stop the Mouse House from trying to pull off a successful makeover, fitting Sheridan for a wacky character in “Frank McKlusky, C.I.” Carrey certainly made his share of duds, but he’s never been involved in something this atrocious, finding Sheridan lost at sea trying to make a DOA script (by Mark Perez) and clueless direction from Arlene Sanford resemble something functional. While there are plenty of curious additions to the movie (which offers a supporting cast that includes Dolly Parton and Chyna), there’s not nearly enough oddity to aid digestion of this cruelly unfunny disaster. It’s one thing to mimic a Carrey comedy, it’s another to completely misunderstand why people loved the star in the first place.
The AVC encoded image (1.85:1 aspect ratio) is another offering from the Disney vault, arriving on Blu-ray with an older scan. The results aren't punishment (just the movie is), but age is apparent throughout the viewing experience. Colors do fine, benefiting from the feature's bright palette, which favors a cartoon look with explosive blues and reds, while literal circus hues enter the film during the climax. Clothing is also loud, delivering more extreme looks at McKlusky's costumes. Greenery is satisfactory and skintones are natural. Detail isn't strong, fighting some baked-in filtering, but the particulars of outfits are available, and close-ups bring out basic skin textures. Distances are acceptable, preserving bigness to a few of the slapstick encounters. Delineation is adequate. Grain becomes blockiness at times. Source is in fine shape, without major stretches of damage.
The 2.0 DTS-HD MA sound mix offers a basic emphasis on dialogue exchanges, giving the silliness clarity, picking up on performance choices and thespian interest. Scoring supports satisfactorily, with decent instrumentation and volume. Sound effects are defined, giving the listening event proper emphasis. Atmospherics are basic, but crowd scenes carry expanse.
"Frank McKlusky" doesn't have a brain in its head or a spring in its step. Sheridan isn't a match for Carrey, and he doesn't fight hard enough to do something unique with the part, content to follow the comedy guide rails laid down in front of him. The performance is abysmal, as is the film, which tries hard to be boisterous fun without thinking scenes through. Sanford doesn't know what she's doing here, but to be fair, nobody does, with the production throwing a Hail Mary pass with Dave Sheridan stardom, trying to be the movie that takes a nobody and turns him into a box office giant. It didn't work out that way, and there are 77 minutes worth of reasons why offered here, making for a most painful sit.
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