Back in 2008 when Lucas Cruikshank launched his first video as his own fictionally created character FRED, who was to know that in just a year his persona would grant him one million subscribers (on an extra note, he was the most subscribed at the time)? Now with just over two million subscribers, it must have been the felt that the internet sensation's high popularity should be granted a film by the creators of this. The result of this? Garbage.
Fred has a crush on his next door neighbour Judy (Pixie Lott). He lives with barely any distance between them and his quest is to see her. The start of the film also introduces Kevin (Jake Weary) who is the neighbourhood bully and attempting to prevent Kevin every time from seeing her. At the point in the film where Fred has the opportunity to finally see the woman he desires, he presumes she has been kidnapped but then finds out that in fact she has moved to a new house. Continuing on the quest to seek Judy's new location, he encounters many different situations such as bumping into a talking deer and having a shower – via a car wash. He also bumps into a character called Derf who is also played by Cruikshank but has the complete opposite personality to Fred.
The characters in FRED are acted out incredibly badly with Fred having the over-the-top, over-exaggerating style that he normally has in his videos but in the film world you would have seen it in many horrendous films before such as the Tom Green character Gord Brody (from the crudely named film that was released several years ago and not to mention is one of the worst films ever, you know what I'm talking about). Pixie Lott was an exception by being the character that must have had the least E-numbers, and she was singing in quite a few of the times she appeared in the film which showcased her talent but not very much. However she was decent considering it was her first time acting. Jake Weary as Kevin was another same personality disgrace like Fred. Perhaps the worst had to be John Cena as Fred's dad. Incredibly over-the-top and uttered one of the worst lines I have heard in film in 2010 – "She's been kidnapped by kidnappers." – is what he says upon driving Fred to the other side of town when looking to locate Judy's new place of residence. On an extra note, the effects used in some scenes such as a thought by Fred of his head flying off are immensely bad and incredibly unrealistic. Plus the comedy was some of the worst I had seen in a while, not even a minor sign of being amused I showed when watching this pile o' rubbish.
Bad Santa star Billy Bob Thornton recently said that he thinks this is an awful period for film. FRED highly suggests this. It is an epitome of an appalling comedy. Hec, it's an epitome of an appalling film! Bad comedy, bad acting, bad everything else = nomination of a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture.
Oh and to some of you viewers who find Fred's voice irritating in his videos, it's been only slightly toned down here (due to his ageing from 6 to 15) and listening to it for just over 80 minutes could leave you very annoyed.
Fred has a crush on his next door neighbour Judy (Pixie Lott). He lives with barely any distance between them and his quest is to see her. The start of the film also introduces Kevin (Jake Weary) who is the neighbourhood bully and attempting to prevent Kevin every time from seeing her. At the point in the film where Fred has the opportunity to finally see the woman he desires, he presumes she has been kidnapped but then finds out that in fact she has moved to a new house. Continuing on the quest to seek Judy's new location, he encounters many different situations such as bumping into a talking deer and having a shower – via a car wash. He also bumps into a character called Derf who is also played by Cruikshank but has the complete opposite personality to Fred.
The characters in FRED are acted out incredibly badly with Fred having the over-the-top, over-exaggerating style that he normally has in his videos but in the film world you would have seen it in many horrendous films before such as the Tom Green character Gord Brody (from the crudely named film that was released several years ago and not to mention is one of the worst films ever, you know what I'm talking about). Pixie Lott was an exception by being the character that must have had the least E-numbers, and she was singing in quite a few of the times she appeared in the film which showcased her talent but not very much. However she was decent considering it was her first time acting. Jake Weary as Kevin was another same personality disgrace like Fred. Perhaps the worst had to be John Cena as Fred's dad. Incredibly over-the-top and uttered one of the worst lines I have heard in film in 2010 – "She's been kidnapped by kidnappers." – is what he says upon driving Fred to the other side of town when looking to locate Judy's new place of residence. On an extra note, the effects used in some scenes such as a thought by Fred of his head flying off are immensely bad and incredibly unrealistic. Plus the comedy was some of the worst I had seen in a while, not even a minor sign of being amused I showed when watching this pile o' rubbish.
Bad Santa star Billy Bob Thornton recently said that he thinks this is an awful period for film. FRED highly suggests this. It is an epitome of an appalling comedy. Hec, it's an epitome of an appalling film! Bad comedy, bad acting, bad everything else = nomination of a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture.
Oh and to some of you viewers who find Fred's voice irritating in his videos, it's been only slightly toned down here (due to his ageing from 6 to 15) and listening to it for just over 80 minutes could leave you very annoyed.