2. FUBAR (2002)
When it comes to lovable losers, Canada's hard to beat. I've already mentioned Trailer Park Boys and Bob and Doug McKenzie. Your grandparents might remember Wayne and Shuster, who were like the Smothers Brothers. Super Dave Osborne first rose to fame here in Canada. More recently, we were introduced by director Michael Dowse to another mockumentary about the lives of shotgunning BFF's Terry and Dean (David Lawrence and Paul Spence), two heavy metal wannabes who really want nothing more in life than to party, get drunk and party some more - while waxing nostalgic for their since-domesticated former party leader Tron. The movie dips into surrealism as the guys continually show off for the camera and strangers in character. In one pre-Borat scene they befriend some locals at a small town pub. The locals then proceed to have a real fist-fight for the benefit of the documentary crew. So when that guy is looking for his punched out tooth, he's really looking for his punched out tooth. A hard knock to the balls brings the movie back into reality and forces the character arcs to curve as tough decisions have to be made. These choices and the boys' interactions with the documentary crew and its director, Farrel (Colin Skiling) make this movie more than just a comedy. The reception it received justified the making of FUBAR 2, which again hits the same notes of real-life and satire as the first installment, as the boys head up to the Promised Land, Oil Country Alberta, to make some of that great coin that is legendary throughout Canada.