Yes, I admit it. I actually waited in line to buy a ticket to “Beavis and Butthead do America.”
Amazingly, I’m also willing to admit that I liked it.
I’m still not quite sure why I went, for I’m not exactly a fan (I’ve seen it once) of the MTV show, and I don’t really see myself laughing at someone named “Butthead.” And I definitely didn’t expect a ground breaking cinematic achievement that no movie reviewer should miss.
Somehow, though, “Beavis and Butthead” was exceptionally entertaining. It even did something that barely any television-to-movie transitions can manage to do - make use of the ninety minute format.
True, “Beavis and Butthead” is no Oscar nominee, but its plot holds together fairly well, and as far as I could tell, all the intended jokes were funny. Disgusting, but funny.
The story of this entire film is based around one thing: someone stole Beavis and Butthead’s TV. The pair, of course, are emotionally destroyed, so they go searching for their beloved television.
Eventually, their search takes them to a hotel room where a man mistakes them for two hit men that he is hiring to kill his wife. This is a source of great confusion, however, when he tells Beavis and Butthead that he’ll pay them $10,000 to “do” her.
This creates more than enough confusion to make the ensuing eighty minutes funny. Why exactly it is funny I may never understand.
Now, I don’t want to mislead any ardent Beavis and Butthead-haters. If you don’t like the TV show, you’ll be just as put off (if not considerably more) by the movie. The jokes are probably more vulgar, and just as stupid.
But if you like the TV show, you’ll probably leave the theater cheering. In my humble and uneducated opinion, it is well worth the six bucks.
Grade: A