Also, hand it to tom green for inventing the podcast, live streaming comedy, web talk shows, I mean if you look at what he did between the mid 90's and early 2000's, he basically laid the framework for almost everything we all enjoy today. He will be revered in time.

"THEY'RE JEWELS, BETTY! THEY'RE JEWELS!!!!"

"It has the bones of a cliche story" I feel like that's the main thing that makes it great for me. It feels keenly aware of what a normal Hollywood comedy is SUPPOSED to be, but it takes all those story beats you'd normally expect and turns them into something completely un-endearing. It feels like the ultimate send-up of, like, Adam Sandler movies. And there's some Adam Sandler movies I like, don't get me wrong, but with most of them, if you really examine the main character at face value, you SHOULDN'T root for him. Like, generally an Adam Sandler character is a pretty dumb, self-centered, crude guy who's actually kinda a dick to everyone, but you root for him because the movie tells you to, by making him feel like an underdog, surrounding him with asshole characters who you want to see him take down a peg, showing you that "he really has a heart of gold", etc. I feel like Freddy Got Fingered takes that formula and rips it to shreds by showing what one of those movies would be like if the character just had absolutely none of those usual redeeming qualities.

Rip Torn is amazing in this movie. Everything he says is hilarious. RIP Rip Torn.

Backwards man will never not be playing in my head

"Daddy would you like some sausage" is genuinely one of the most hilarious things ever put on screen.

You know what? You liking FGF really puts some puzzle pieces together

Thanks for validating a concept that i’ve believed in for years: that an audience’s and the artist’s interpretation of a work are equally valid! Sometimes i want to dive into a piece of art and pull out the intent of the artist, cause i think theres some profound aspects in there, and sometimes i just wanna sit with my own interpretation of something because i find it subjectively more valuable to me. There is no wrong way to interpret art. You can be wrong about what the artists intent was ofc, but how you feel about a movie is always valid.

Really happy to see you like this one. Me and a few friends watched it at uni a few years ago after hearing it was awful, it split the room in that half of us thought it was hilarious and genuinely a bit ahead of it's time and argued it would be received differently had it been released closer to present day. The other half thought it was an idiot with a camera. I think both are valid arguments, which is what makes it such a great film.

My friends used to sing, “daddy would you like some sausage” to each-other all the time.

Just wait until Joel finds out about Gremlins 2.

I was introduced to Tom Green's work and this movie by RedLetterMedia and I've been obsessed since! One of the most embarassing things to admit is that I actually related to the father-son dynamic. If you take away some of the genuinely insane shit, it's a story about a father with high expectations for his son to succeed in a traditional way but the son instead grows up to be a self-destructive burnout because was never encouraged to become an artist. The toxicity surrounding perception of success and masculinity becomes a huge theme of the story - imagine a comedy this sill having themes! I love how this movie found a way to touch this somewhat darker personal subject while making me tear up laughing. I love that it ends up with Gordy making his father PROUD by doing what he always desired to do. I love how his father accidentally becomes instrumental for his success. There is something wholesome to be found under all the layers of insanity here in the end. To me Tom Green is an underrated genius and you are right he might be way too ahead of his time. Also, I recently found Tom Green's channel and the videos showing how he lives now are so wholesome. I actually get a similar vibe from those as I do from watching you and Trent doing your thing. Bless you

Joel, you're my favorite content creator bar none. All your videos are goofy and funny and there's not a single one that my friends and I have watched where we weren't laughing our heads off. But then there are the videos where you're deep and insightful and it really shows how smart and caring of people you are. Keep up the amazing work. Always love to see it. Love you, Joel. I love movies. Bye bye.

look at my hooves, my hooves. klippity klop, klippity klop.

How can anyone see Rip Torn hurling Tom Green in a scuba suit out of a shower and Not laugh?

Same exact thoughts man, my friends had never seen this before recently and I showed them all, none of us could stop laughing

I'm the backwards man the backwards man, the backwards man the backwards man. I can walk backwards fast as you can. I can walk backwards fast as you can.

So cool of you to style your bedroom window to be the same color as the Weezer blue album! A true genius as always Joel!

So true that Tom Green was ahead of this time. He doesn’t get enough credit for this or a lot of other things. He started the whole prank genre through the Tom Green Show, and Joe Rogan has even credited him with the idea of his podcast, cause Tom was doing that before anyone

I never noticed it when I watched in highschool but my absolute favorite line in the whole movie is when Tom and his dad are causing a scene in a restaurant, and a waiter runs up and yells "This is a FANCY restaurant!!" It's something a real person would never say, but it just fits so well into everything that's happening because of course it's a fancy restaurant that he's destroying.

Freddy Got Fingered is one of my favorite most iconic movies from the 90s that forever burned into my brain and spoiled my innocent youth. Tom Green is legend, I appreciate his humor, as well as yours Joel! 📽🍄👈

I always refer to FGF to this day, saw it first when it came out in the 90s. Tom Green was a pioneer. Loved his comedy skits on MTV.

FGF has become a 'feel good' film to me in a weird way. So many hilarious lines.

this movie came out when i was about 12, and by that time i was already hopelessly obsessed with Tom Green. i had a big poster of him in my room that was just a close-up of his face wearing little plastic devil horns on his head and some small text below that said "my bum is on fire" lol my mom actually let me take a day off of school so i could see this movie in theaters. more than that being automatic "extremely cool mom" status in my mind, she was just one of the only adults in my life that wasn't weirdly judgmental about my interests at the time. now as an adult myself, i still feel comfortable approaching unusual stuff with wonder and curiosity instead of hostility. that has added a lot of enrichment to my life. thank you for the reminder of a treasured memory with my mom, Joel! : ]

Love the videos man on both channels. You are such a humble and great artist.

Dude I love Freddy got fingered! My friend absolutely hated me for making him watch it. He really couldn’t see the intent behind it… or maybe he did and just still thought it was awful

Can't believe it got snubbed again at the Oscars this year

Crossed? Crossed. Crossed? Crooossed.

Fully fully agree, it's in my top 5 all-time movies.

your fired, joel!

Petition to send Joel a similar check to make a movie and create it how he wants #INSANEOSTYLE

tom green is one of the few people who give me any sliver of pride for being canadian

This is finally a good review about the movie ❤

I'm glad absurdism is 'in' now adays.

It's so great to see people honor this soap-on-a-rope of a film.

FGF is one of my favorite movies i've never actually seen

I feel like Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie kinda falls into the same category. Would be interested what your thoughts are on that one too, and just generally movies that most people didn't/don't like but you see as having redeeming value that makes them worth watching. Thanks Joel!

Today I’m hanging out with my friend Rachel, and one of the first things that let me know they were a badass nearly a decade ago was that their favorite movie was Freddy Got Fingered. So this post is for Rachel.

And now he is a chill vlogger on KZfaq. 💙

I haven't watched Freddy Got Fingered since I was a child... It still lives on inside me though. Ha. Maybe I should see it again. I should take inspiration from Tom Green and be more silly with my films. I've been working on that, but I don't know if it'll work for me or if I'll like it. We'll see. Thank you, Joel. ❤️

Joel, you're da best

This explains so much about you and I respect you all the more for it. Proud.

Nice haircut Joel, looking sharp brother

That's what I'm saying man. I watched it for the first time about a year ago, and man I haven't laughed that hard in such a long time. It's absurdism GOLD. If you haven't seen McGruber, by Will Forte, it's very much along the same lines so I recommend you check that out too.

Thanks Joel for talking about movies!

Freddy Got Fingered is such a quotable movie too!

Fantastic Joel, it's refreshing to hear this take. I still quote or reference the "Daddy would you like some sausage" scene to this day

Hey Joel, my favourite movie of all time is 'Its such a beautiful day'. Its a big inspiration to me and in some ways its shaped the way I live my life and see the world. I would compare its scrappy, soulfull atmosphere to my favourites out of your films. I would love to hear you talk about it. It would mean allot to me. I love movies too. Keep being awesome.

so happy you enjoy this one as much as my friends and I do. it is so much more than just "one of the worst movies ever made", and perhaps we look too deep into Green's jokes but they hold so much more underneath its face-value presentation. Cheers, Joel! (p.s. what are your thoughts on god-complex directors ala Breen, Wiseau?)

Def a fav movie of mine as well. It helped shaped my sense of humor lol

my favorite joel haver short is Doctor Pharts, Fart Doctor

Love this movie. Absolutely hilarious. My brother and I share a love of Freddy Got Fingered that nobody else we know shares, so it's really refreshing hearing this take from you.

PROUD.

Another good head scratcher B2B with "Freddy Got Fingered" is Andy Dick's "Danny Roane".

hair looking good:)

i've never seen more than 25 minutes of it, but it was one of the most painful things i've ever experienced. glad you liked it though!

Joel, your attributing The Fountain to R. Mutt is wonderfully endearing

100% agree, I LOVE that movie, I remember watching it for the first time and laughing so hard at how crazy it was. I also love to hear that you love it so much as I love everything you make.

Finally, someone giving this movie the love it deserves. The backwards man should be quoted for eternity.

I'm glad you made this video. I always felt like an idiot for liking this movie. I haven't watched it in a long time but I remember finding it funny and bold for its time. Glad I'm not alone.

Honestly Freddy Got Fingered is one of my favourite movies as well

One of the best movies ever 💯

Joel loves movies and I love this channel

I DIDNT EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN!

This movie is a masterpiece and I learn something new every single time I watch it.

I got to see him in person at a comedy show. He is as genuine as you think he is. Just like in the movie, just a goofball, but talking with fans afterwards, he knows it's supposed to be a riot. Luv ya Joel

Always loved this film. Remember renting it on VHS when it first came out. Told my friends about it, and they didn't believe it existed haha

I will assume you've seen this Joel, but RedLetterMedia did a re:View on this movie like 4 years ago? worth a watch, if you haven't seen it!

It's amazing

Nice haircut joel

I watched it a months ago almost and then showed it to a bunch of my friends. They all walked out by the baby scene. I really like this movie and I’m glad to see I’m not alone.

crazy that this just came out yesterday seeing as how I JUST became obsessed with this movie last night. After years of knowing it exists but never really thinking about it I thought to myself "hey wait wtf is up with freddy got fingered" and have been watching clips from it all day.

nice! I mentioned Tom Green on the previous vid

I remember watching this movie pretty young and absolutely hated it (my dad loved it). However, there was a Red Letter Media video where their analysis of the movie is in line with your thinking, and has me curious to check the movie out again and see if I see it through a similar lens. Anyways, I appreciate your willingness to express an unpopular opinion and I enjoy your channels.

That makes you and me as a 19 year old kid ... anyone else?

Just mentioned in an EmpLemon video

I am tickled pink that you enjoyed this movie as much as I did. Also, the "torturing his dad" bit in the movie parallels... well, it actually parallels Tom Green's life. Before he blew up he actually did torture his parents on TV in Canada and again later on the Tom Green Show on MTV. He was kinda crazy when he was younger and it's been interesting watching him mellow out over the years.

I can walk backwards fast as you can

Totally agree with you, the movie makes me laugh out loud more than most other movies. It's a shame it gets misunderstood by audiences and thrown under the bus as if it's just a straight up awful movie with no self-awareness of what it's doing. I'm glad it's developed a cult following over the years and being more widely appreciated as the great comedy it is. It's a shame Tom wasn't able to make more of these kinds of movies, but at least we have this one! 🌭

I love that movie!

YOU HEAR THAT DAD?! *YOU’RE GONNA PAAAAAAYYY!!!*

Cool analysis man

Hey Joel, I remember your letterbox review of this and was mildly surprised that you liked this movie. I appreciate that you thought this movie was intentionally horrible for the sake of proving terrible ideas from execs don't deserve simple passes. Tom Green when he isn't doing his antics in the 90's was a pretty thoughtful individual. Look at his "The Tom Green Show" online you see someone who wanted to breakdown conversations about comedy and his beliefs about being successful in Hollywood. I think people genuinely thought he was incredibly deranged and antagonistic. Looking back I would say it was 50/50. I think the genuine critique of Hollywood and his self awareness started with this film as he approached comedy now. Plus just hearing him talk about comedy, life, personal struggles is insightful.

Freddy Got Fingered is one of the great American comedies!

I watched this movie way too young to understand a majority of what was going on. Sounds like I am going to have to revisit this film.

I like the skateboard in the mall scene. It’s such a funny skewering of 90s teen culture and media. The first time I watched it, I thought it was trying to be cool :)

The way you talk about Freddy Got Fingered is how I feel about Cabin Boy. Absurdist comedy was too risky in that era. These artists were decades ahead of their time.

I SAY HELSINKI, YOU SAY GANEVA!

People look at me like I'm crazy when I say that this movie is brilliant.

I like Joe's Apartment

Hey, this is my favourite movie too (:

Daddy would you like sausage? Daddy would you like some sausages?

the scene were freddy is telling someone how much he has spend the money, easy come easy go., i think that scene is a hint that, the film is a big joke at the studios

All you need to know about this movie is that there is a part where his dad gets covered in elephant semen and is humiliated into telling Tom that he's proud of him for making a million dollars for his cartoon.

Daddy would you like some sausage? Daddy would you like some Saus-age-es?

A major point your a missing is that Tom is a creative genius, and the movie is about being a creative person. Non-creative people make it seem like artistic pursuits are worthless and that we should be doing something "useful", but artists are more capable than anyone, and there really isn't anything worth doing anyways. If you can draw a cartoon you can probably grow a carrot or build a wall, but there are people fighting wars and dying for their nations while we celebrate great works of art and the artists that create them, because we know that they are just better people.

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The Ace Ventura comparison is interesting, I've never thought of that. It feels weird to say, but Freddie Got Fingered has definitely aged a whole lot better that movie.

The title being "Freddy got fingered" is hilarious because of all the gross out humor there is - the titular Freddy character doesn't even get fingered! But yes, I love your take here as well. Everyone consumes the world and by proxy, art differently and all those views are valid :)

Daddy would you like some sausage? Daddy would you like some sausage? Daddy would you like some sausage? Daddy would you like some sausage?