For those of you who thought "The House Bunny" was lowbrow, infantile humor at its very worst (for the record, I thought the adorable Anna Faris made the film somewhat tolerable), you're well advised to steer clear of "Miss March", a ridiculously unfunny comedy that also happens to be one of the most clumsily executed films in recent memory.
In "Miss March", Zach Cregger plays Eugene a young man who awakens from a four year coma to discover that his virginal girlfriend is now a Playboy playmate. With the aid of his loopy (and relentlessly clueless) best friend Tucker (played by Trevor Moore), this fearless twosome head out on the open road hoping to make it out west to the Playboy Mansion so that Eugene might be reunited with his lady fair. Of course, they run into a few crazy situations along the way.
Most of the jokes in "Miss March" are of the gross out variety. We get poop and genitalia gags a plenty, and I'd be lying if I said I was shocked into instantaneous laughter at least once or twice (there's an epilepsy bit that really took me off guard). Overall though, "Miss March" never really amounts to anything. The Farrelly Brothers are far more adept with over the top gross out sight gags whereas Judd Apatow and his crew of comical heavyweights (i.e. Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, etc.) do a far superior job of balancing crude humor and heart. Furthermore, there's simply no rhythm to this chaotic mess of a movie. Eugene and Tucker are horribly drawn caricatures and their run of the mill "Dumb and Dumber" schtick wears thin really quick.
Even "Miss March's" target audience-- frat boys, sex crazed high school students, and pre pubescent boys (who, ironically, wont even be able to buy a ticket without the aid of a legal guardian)--are likely to find the film relentlessly dumb.
Stars Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore (who also wrote and directed the film), have gained a sizable level of recognition for their hilarious Fuse sketch series "Whitest Kids U' Know", and if they prove anything with their first feature length outing, it's that a little of them goes a very long way.
While I had no problem with "Miss March's" non-PC angle, I had a big problem with it's severe lack of laughs. A shame too, because Cregger and Moore do some hilariously raucous stuff on "Whitest Kids U' Know". Log on to youtube.com and check out an obscene but righteously funny bit called "Slow Jerk". As a two minute sketch, it's funnier than anything in the forgettable "Miss March".
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