This is nothing like Nicaragua
"Shockingly good" might be the best way to summarize my reaction to MacGruber. That, of course, is a matter of low expectations, but I only mention it because I don't want to sell the movie too high or too low. It's an imperfect beast that was just right for me late this afternoon.
MacGruber hits many of my weak spots. It is, in many ways, right up my alley. I love a good running gag, and there are plenty here. I also love the original skit (something I can't say about most SNL recurring characters), and while the film is nothing like those sketches, it put my butt in the seat.
But what really works in the most general sense -- and why I'll recommend it to all of you, although you probably won't have a good chance of seeing it until DVD -- is the really dirty edge that the film walks. There are just some really cool jokes here that you wouldn't expect from a comedy based on an SNL character, and Forte makes them work. He's always exploited a pretty face to say some pretty incredible, dark things in his career. MacGruber works at both 3 minutes and 90 minutes for this very reason. The character may have been thin, but Forte has the chops to broaden him.
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