Hey guys, remember back when Tom Green was actually relevant? Or have you, like so many among us, made a concerted effort to block those dark days from your memory? The word "nadir", like it's opposite number "pinnacle", is thrown around so frequently that it loses a lot of its meaning. That said, we truly believe that Freddy Got Fingered represents the nadir of human achievement. If we could, we would copy and paste Roger Ebert's entire review of this film, gleefully malevolent as it is, but instead we'll just have to share with you the best bits. Fairly early on in his critique, he makes it clear how he feels about the film. "This movie doesn't scrape the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn't the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn't below the bottom of the barrel. This movie doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as barrels." And that really says it all, doesn't it? Other critics were similarly unkind, and Freddy Got Fingered currently possesses a dismal 11% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Audrey Fox is an ex-film student, which means that she prefers to spend her days in the dark, watching movies and pondering the director's use of diegetic sound. She currently works as an entertainment writer, joyfully rambling about all things film and television related. Add her on Twitter at @audonamission and check out her film blog at 1001moviesandbeyond.com.
