Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

namikazedante This movie does not deserve the hate it apparently has gotten is my first line. We all have had or still do have that friend who is so blind to see that he is a puppet under an over controlling and abusing girlfriend. And this movie hits those notes perfectly.It is an perfect comedy with that theme. And yes it's a hilarious movie, anyone who tries telling you anything else is either lying or has a heart of ice and stone. Or simply doesn't have any humor. So do yourself a very big service and watch this movie about love, friendship and just some crazy jokes and actors.

stacyswolf This is one of my favorite movies. I can watch it over and over again. Being a Neil Diamond fan just puts the icing on the cake for me. Clever, funny, slapstick comedy at it's best. It reminded me of the old Laverne and Shirley episodes with lots of physical comedy and witty one liners. My daughter's and I quote this movie over and over again. Definitely worth the watch if you're in a the mood to laugh. The casting is excellent and all actors did a great job. I'm normally not a big Jack Black fan but he was excellent in this. There are many lines you will be quoting again and again. If you like Joe Dirt or Harold and Kumar, you will like this movie.

Steve Pulaski I've been known to like some pretty bad movies. Bio-Dome and Black Sheep to name a few. I actually think I like Bio-Dome a lot more since I've seen it countless times. But it really doesn't deserve the rating of a good movie. It's completely idiotic, and just because I like it because I like slapstick features, I can't recommend it to a movie-goer who wants to go see a good film. Same thing goes with Saving Silverman. I laughed a lot and about five times out loud. But I like this kind of humor. To recommend it wouldn't be the right thing to do. What I find humorous and what you find humorous are two completely different levels of humor.When released in theaters, the MPAA gave Saving Silverman a PG-13 rating. When released on DVD, two separate ones were issued; one with the PG-13 rating (the theatrical cut) and one with the R rating (the director's cut). This is a review of the R rated print a friend gave to me a few months ago. I remember catching the PG-13 cut of the film on Comedy Central around 2004. I watched some scenes, laughed, but never desired to watch the full feature length film with the PG-13 rating.Say you go to a bakery and find twenty chocolate brownies for ten dollars. Then there are twenty double stuffed chocolate brownies for the same price right next to the twenty regular brownies. Anyone would buy the double stuffed. Especially for the same price as the regular brand. Same goes with a DVD. If there's the R rated version next to Unrated version, and they are the same price, nine times out of ten, the consumer will buy the Unrated version to get the "extra" material. Basically; I wanted to see what the R rated version was and I waited out to fulfill my dream.I've done the research and realized that the R rated version of the film is six minutes longer than the PG-13 one. Not seeing the full PG-13 cut, or really remembering the scenes I saw when I was younger, I can't really say what's different. Probably a few scenes added in with nudity and some more pervasive language. That's all we need.The movie focuses on three lifelong friends who constantly look out for each other. The three are J.D. (Black), Wayne (Zahn), and Darren (Biggs). All three are in a band, and enjoy doing, you know, guy things like watching football and hanging out. Their band breaks up when Darren meets Judith (Peet), a selfish and demanding girl who changes the person Darren is by preventing him to hang out with his friends and goes on to dictate his proper behavior. Darren, blinded by Judith's beauty, will do anything for her even if he is getting nothing in return.I'm sure this has happened to some friendships when one man becomes married, but J.D. and Wayne devise a kidnapping plan and decide to keep Judith held up in the garage. When they ask their old football coach (Ermey) what they should do he replies simply and simplistically "kill her." Maybe because the crew didn't want to think of anything more elaborate or maybe the direction of this movie is supposed to be dark, but for whatever reason the film somehow thinks it's funny to see these idiots who can barely take care of themselves try to conduct a murder.The humor is hit or miss. Some jokes are funny, some jokes can be tiresome. One of my favorite scenes is when Wayne reties Judith up and she replies by kicking him. Wayne is at a loss for words and points his finger at her and says "DON'T!" like he's talking to his dog. I don't why, but I found that scene very funny. I didn't get too many laughs out of the goofy and Chris Farley wannabe performance Jack Black was putting on, but Jason Biggs was the biggest highlight of the film.I found the ending to be awkward and a little unexpected, but I think sometimes comedies are supposed to catch us off guard. I liked some of the scenes more than others, but buy the hour mark I grew restless and I grew a little fatigued. It isn't a bad comedy, but it certainly needed a few more laughs to get a bigger recommendation.Starring: Jason Biggs, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, and Amanda Peet. Directed by: Dennis Dugan.

btm1 Sometimes a silly movie is really funny. This is one of those.Jack Black is perfect as J.D., a well-meaning but moronic slob. Steve Zahn is great as his slightly brighter buddy, Wayne. Darren Silverman (Jason Biggs), the title character and the third member of the trio of losers who've had a bond and a band (Neil Diamond tribute band) since grade school.Although the title character, and the man who the plot spins about, Silverman is seldom in the thick of the fun. That is provided by the antics of his two buddies in trying to save him from Judith (Amanda Peet), a successful educated women who finds Silverman convenient to have around after feigning interest in him to fend off a magician clumsily trying to hit on her. Their relationship is that of female domination of a willingly submissive male, although overt use of that terminology would ruin the movie. The domination includes Judith denying Darren sexual favors but demanding it from him.Darren's true "one and only" love is Sandy (Amanda Detmer), who left town with her family while in grade school, but moves back shortly after Darren gets besotted by Judith. Sandy is a novitiate who is to take her vows in a week.