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John Pinette: Still Hungry (2011)
John Pinette is funny enough without the cursing..
My family and i have always LOVED watching John Pinette's comedy routines. One of the main reasons why I loved his routines is because he is very funny without using profanity. In his first comedy movie (I believe it is called I'm Starvin'), he probably cursed around two or three times. His skits about food, especially the Chinese Buffet, were hilarious. So when my parents bought this film for my sister for Christmas, we began to watch it. John Pinette's use of profanity went up significantly. I didn't mind it too much until he decided to use the f-word. Many of his jokes also implied the use of the f-word. I still found many of the jokes to be extremely funny, but I lost some respect for Pinette. You are funny enough, John Pinette, without the constant use of profanity, the crude jokes, and the f-word. I, personally, think it is a cop out. Some comedians can't be funny on their own, so they have to use profanity. John Pinette, you are not one of them. Stop using the cheaters way of being funny.
The first comedy routine you could watch as a family. This one, you definitely couldn't. Please go back, John Pinette, to using cleaner material.
Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
Kids were good.. but plot was unrealistic
This movie had the potential to be a really good film. The kids who played Phoebe, Jamie and Phoebe's sister were very good. The basic plot line was good. However, there was so much about this film that was unrealistic. First of all, In the film, (here is the spoiler) Phoebe is diagnosed with Tourettes and OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). However, Phoebe has halucinations, depression and even jumps off of an upper part of the stage to follow her imaginary friend. These all cannot be explained, and therefore fixed, by exclaiming that Phoebe has Tourettes. Also, the way the school was handled was unrealistic. What school leaves a group of 10 and 11 year old students alone in a play rehearsal as they go to fire the teacher? What teacher allows students to call another student a killer in the middle of their class? What school allows students (multiple students) to hang out on their roof? There was way too much that was so out-of-the-box unrealistic.