Unfrosted (Netflix) - Review
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- Опубліковано 2 тра 2024
- Jerry Seinfeld takes on the fake origins of the real Pop-Tarts in the latest 'product' movie. But is it a movie about nothing?
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It's almost like he shouldn't have hired the writers of Bee Movie.
Seriously one of the worst movies I've ever had the misfortune to watch. I had low expectations - and it turned out they were way too high!
Bee movie is a classic
I knew this wasn't gonna be good when the writer/director/star's press tour the week before the movie came out started with "films are dead" and ended with "comedy is dead"
...with blood caked hands and a thousand yard stare.
Aka I'm not funny anymore
@@Barnois52anymore implies that he was ever funny. He was the worst part of seinfeld. It should’ve been called “The George, Elaine & Kramer Show featuring Jerry Seinfeld”, because they outshined him in every scene. Not to mention the fact that Larry David wrote all the jokes.
@@BigOwl51 touché
Yeah that was a wild strategy for promoting a comedy movie 😂. And he proved himself right
It's nice that Jerry Seinfeld decided to spend his post Sitcom years proving that Larry David was driving creative force behind the show rather than himself.
@@tigerwarsaw99seinfeld is a prick for sure, but the post Larry David seasons were the best IMO. Much darker and had some of the best episodes.
the supporting cast and casting director always felt like the true magic behind that show
@@anish3183The last seasons were absolutely trash. Many didn't like them. The magic was simply gone, when David left. Jerry ain't a creative mind. His movies just proved it once more. Without David, Seinfeld wouldn't have been great at all.
@@gregorsamsa2271 Hard disagree, to me the last seasons were the best. People forget that it's not just Jerry and Larry who were writers, there was an actual writing staff that stayed the same who were comedy geniuses. Like Larry Charles.
@@anish3183 Yes, there was a whole creative team behind it. But Jerry himself was never good as a creative. Just see, what Davod did after Seinfeld (Curb). And compare it with Jerry (Bee movie, now this). There are levels between them, can't deny it. I love the sitcom show Seinfeld myself, but there's no secret that Jerry had the biggest luck to work with people, who all had way more talent than he himself. He was the worst part of his own show, as his costars always outshined him. It was the writing, that made his show so great. Jerry Seinfeld himself was never that funny, he was always a dull and mediocre comedian. But smart business wise.
Saying comedy is woke and screaming you've been cancelled is a sure fire way to get a big paycheck from netflix for a mediocre special. I think even the slower viewers are starting to realise that the milionaires saying they have no free speech into a camera and getting paid for it are maybe a little bit full of BS.
What’s funny is that those types of comedians end up not having anything radical to say. Meanwhile the ones that don’t draw attention to themselves and are just focused on the craft break the most ground. Trey Parker and Matt Stone say they don’t try to be offensive, just funny, and that has absolutely worked in their favour.
Yes yes yes. Ive been saying this fir a while. They are begging to be canceled and pretend to be cancelled just so they can make a Netflix special about being canceled
I'm guessing that Seinfeld's recent comment about the movie business being over must have been the result of him seeing the final cut of this movie.
Not that I want to downplay the issues going on within the industry at the moment, but it's petty rich to say that while promoting a movie that you yourself directed.
Seinfeld is just mad people keep bringing up that he dated a teenager when he was 38.
Is he really mad? Who keeps bringing it up? I've never heard anyone mention it.
Yeah. That always yucked me out.
Yup. That plus, lets be honest, he was only funny when Larry David wrote his lines. Otherwise he's kinda boring.
😮😮😂😂😂😂🎉😂
@@mpg3946amen
Seinfeld has become the old man who yells at cloud
What is the deal with you kids on my lawn?
Hardly.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that
I know People on the Far Left can sensitive, I remeber calling out those College kids from triumph the insult comic dog video. That being said the far right can be just as pc. lokk at what happen to Jim Carey and Greg Gutfeld from Fox News. Anyway I did like Jerry's other Film The Bee Movie.
Excuse me, that's "senior person" yelling at clouds. 😂
Seinfeld winging about comedy being ruined by "pc culture" whilst its always sunny is still going and then this film coming out to bad reviews is the biggest laugh of this film.
Exactly. Seinfeld complaining that comedy is too woke today is a hollow criticism given that almost nothing he has said in his routines would get him "cancelled" in 2024. He has never been edgy and has made a career out of simply commenting on the mundane details of daily life. It was funny 30 years ago, but it's become stale.
Because “Always Sunny” is a well established, and still, profitable show. If you think a show like that could launch today you are dreaming.
*whining
I’m sure if this film gets bad reviews and also bombs he’ll blame the “radical left”.
When was Seinfeld ever edgy or "offensive"? I always thought that Jerry's type of comedy was kind of safe and vanilla, though not necessarily a bad thing.
I was a Seinfeld super fan in the 90’s. Saw him do standup live in the early 2000’s. It was amazing. My first sign something was wrong was when I saw him live again like 15 years later and it seemed like the same set. Except this time it played much more like “angry senior citizen shakes fist at clouds” appreciate how clearly Dan articulated this.
Seinfeld was never my favorite part of Seinfeld. He was lucky he had an amazing surrounding cast.
He was more of the straight man on that show, but still had a lot of funny moments
Jerry is absolutely going to blame the failure of this movie on wokeness or something equally as stupid.
Personally, I cringe and groan everytime someone says that. Because it sounds so unoriginal and regurgitated.
And I immediately don't take the person seriously.
Seinfeld should have given Larry David a call, it's pretty, pretty clear who the guy behind the success was.
I've been saying this for years.Larry does Curb Your Enthusiasm and its a smash. Seinfeld has made a bunch of specials that are okay and two films that no one really cares about.
It’s more a combined effort of the many writers/actors who worked on Seinfeld. Larry David even left the show by later seasons. He’s great btw. Regardless though even though this film sucks (and he’s a bit of a windbag nowadays) Jerry Seinfeld is a part of the show’s success.
It’s like Belichick and Brady
Watching now and came to the comments to say exactly this
For those still whining that you can't even tell jokes anymore, when could you? People say things like "Blazing Saddles couldn't get made today". It was barely able to be made back then. Many of us saw heavily edited versions, especially on TV. You couldn't make a lot of what you can now back then. Lucy and Desi couldn't be shown in bed together, and even hearing a toilet flush could get you canceled. Like the Smothers Bros actually were, or censored like Carlin, or LITERALLY ARRESTED like Lenny Bruce. Meanwhile, most of those "canceled" comedians are still out there selling out shows, and comedy still exists.
Certain types of media like to scare you into thinking the rest of the world is out to get you, don't let them.
How dare you try to use facts to highlight his comment is as stupid as every time an old, out of touch comedian says the same thing??
Current South Park wouldn’t be able to be made in the 90’s. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia wouldn’t be able to be made in the 90’s either.
@@blackswanstudios6632 lol, "intellectual fallacies" Thank you for highlighting how "intellectual" you are. If you are attempting to say "logic fallacies", then you would need to name which ones I was 'celebrating'. But save yourself the time of trying to now look up what those are and pretending that you know what you were talking about as you've highlighted where you get your opinions given to you that you then regurgitate online. Zero interest in your magat snowflake tears about how your pathetic kind are being cancelled.
the toilet flush = "All In The Family" (Archie Bunker & his wife Edith = a 1970's Norman Lear produced sitcom); feat. John Amos, Sherman Helmsley, Isabel Sanford, Sammy Davis Jr.
Excellent point
I didnt mind the movie, but I grew up on pop tarts and found a lot of it nostalgic. Understand it will not appeal to all.
I'll argue Movie 43 has a worse ratio of talent to laughs and I haven't even seen Unfrosted yet
Why is the voices crying the loudest about how they're being silenced also have some the biggest platforms? Whiners!
Well thats because you don’t hear the other voices that don’t have the platform. Seinfeld isn’t the only one saying this, way more smaller comedians have been saying wokeness is ruining comedy for years.
The movie is freaking funny
@@blackswanstudios6632 Well, that is because Jerry is full of sh*t. There is no "woke". Nobody is constricting "comedy". It is all nonsense.
Also, nobody is "hating on the right every single day".
@@Doubleaspeaksthis is a lie.
@@pglanville Whats a lie? There are alot of comedians saying the exact same thing, for one example out of many, look up Nilesh Patel, who was thrown out of Columbia university for making a minority joke, while being a minority of the same community himself lamao.
He was very kind. It's garbage, don't waste a second on this
dang, I wanted this to be good :(
@@stealintomorrow you and me both
So bad it’s good?
@@imkris22 Best way I can explain it, is it's like if your dad made a movie he thought you'd like, It was embarrassing. I might try watching it again stoned, tha tmight help
I Honestly enjoyed it lmfao
Wait. This was a comedy??? You mean it wasn’t meant to be historically accurate?
Cutting edge???? Seinfeld has NEVER been on the cutting edge of comedy! He's a journeyman who got lucky.
the ratio of funny people to unfunny jokes was indeed awful, but Fool's Paradise pulled off the same feat just last year.
I skipped it after hearing the same thing
@@DanMurrellMovies I wish I had done the same
That's rather disheartening. I wanted to give it a watch purely on Charlie Day spearheading it.
Fool's Paradise was originally written to be a satire of white people failing their way to the top in Hollywood but got brutally rewritten and reshot after producers/financiers supposedly told Charlie Day he couldn't be the one to make that sort of movie post-2020 (according to an interview he gave dissecting the movie reception where he talked about his mixed feelings seeing reviews that said his satire wasn't biting enough), so it comes off as a confused mess of a new plot about friendship instead.
It's fascinating because it seemed like Charlie Day truly _tried_ and put his heart into the movie but it didn't work at all, unlike this movie by Jerry Seinfeld who never seems to try or care about anything.
I'm GenX, don't like Pop Tarts (I'm a Toaster Strudel girl) and I loved this movie. I thought it was absurdly funny. I love how the actors take everything so seriously in the middle of this absurd story.
It's fun. That's it. Just fun.
Well said.
I agree... I am typically a harsh critic with movies. This one, I surprisingly laughed most of the time.
Like A Christmas story, and elf, this will eventually rebound and become a classic.
@@tubeit365 I agree its got that feel of A Christmas Story.... you wonder about it and then you get it
I might check the movie out, but when it comes to Seinfeld promoting the film, he was talking about how the movie was going to be really edgy and from what I heard it's not at all.
Kinda like how he was complaining about people not laughing at his gay French king joke.
I still remember when Seinfeld went on Letterman and tried to absolve Michael Richards (Kramer) from the controversy over him repeatedly yelling the n-word at audience members at a stand-up show. Seinfeld had Michael video conference onto Letterman and it was so awkward and painful to watch, & it was made even worse by Seinfeld scolding Letterman’s confused and uncomfortable audience to stop their nervous laughter.
"It's not funny!"
It was like a teacher scolding a class while a problem student is forced to read an apology.
Yeah he should never have apologised. It was hilarious to watch and they shouldn’t have heckled
@@shariel9731 No, he lost his cool and started yelling racial slurs. There are better ways to deal with hecklers than sinking your own career.
@@snavs420 I don’t think yelling a slur should sink your career. It was hilarious. At a max I would say an apology to the person he was yelling at but no one else. If he wasn’t talking to you it doesn’t matter.
Seinfeld was never and will never be funny. The cast carried the show and everything he's done since has been hot garbage *cough*beemovie*cough*
You should listen to Trump, he is a clown and if you don't laugh at him, you don't have a sense of humor.
It’s light-hearted looney fun
I uh.. actually enjoyed it.
Left my expectations at the door and just had a fun silly time for a little bit.
Same here. I enjoyed it.
I missed silly movies from the 90s and 2000s with snl people. This had glimpses of it with the funeral scene, the depiction of sugar being coke and the milk men. It fell short of being an overall good movie but there are a couple good laughs i got
It's an ego project, to tell people that he got his favorite breakfast food made into a movie.
and the movie is freaking funny.
@@MarcyMarcy
When was it "funny?"
More like vanilla
Seinfeld is 70 so he has packed the movie with references to things from his childhood - he's 70 ! Im over 50 and even i had to look some of them up
I just need to see the poster to know the movie is shit
Me and my lady enjoyed this movie very much. Fun and funny the whole way through.
I think it's clear by now who was the brains behind Seinfeld
Pretty, pretty, prettaaay clear, indeed.
Seinfeld and David
Because it sure as hell wasn’t Seinfeld.
I appreciate that Dan's opinions as a critic are unbiased. This movie isn't for everyone. But I genuinely found it be funny and entertaining. The writing was really intelligent, something I haven't seen in a comedy in quite some time. Also aside from some innuendo it was pretty family friendly with very little foul language. Even Amy Schumer who is normally insufferable was kept on a short leash you could tell, and it actually helped. It's a shame Jerry's statements about the truth of comedy currently had so many critics triggered and gave the film unfair negative reviews. It was refreshing to see a good comedy. The first in a long time.
Yep. Guarantee if Jerry didn't trigger the left, he would have hot way more positive reviews.
The only reason the show "Seinfeld" was successful was because of Larry David, not Jerry Seinfeld. Jerry is a semi decent comedian but he was never edgy. It was Larry who brought the edge and laughs to the show and you can see how much he contributed to it because when he left the show , the last two seasons afterwards does not compare to the quality of the rest of the series. Jerry is just upset that his brand of humor has not aged well and he's not packing in the crowds like he used to. Jerry has done nothing of merrit after the show ended and resorts to cost by on the millions he made other than grow as an artist and work on his craft. Now, he's become a lest annoying version of Bill Maher
By the way, great review Dan, you help me dodge a bullet this weekend
Any comedian complaining about PC crap ruining comedy is just big mad that their style of comedy no longer appeals to a mainstream audience. They refused to adapt and grow their material so now they're just professional podcasters and walking ad-reads.
I've seen interviews with Seinfeld claiming that he never bombed or ever really struggled in the comedy industry, so when this guy gets negative reviews, he's absolutely stunned and blames his lame shit on PC culture. He has probably been surrounded by yes men his entire career.
Seinfeld realise laugh tracks don't exist for his writing irl challenge
if you logic works then how are dave chapelle bill burr shane gillis ricky gervais selling out stadiums and they too complain about pc culture why does old family guy clips of compilations of offensive has millions of views
why are memes been made so edgy now even the comment sections
the audience wants edgy comedy its the studios or the people working in LA that don't agree with that and foorced thier talent to make inoffensive comedy
All comedians love blowing Seinfeld, but honestly he’s always come across as pretentious and borderline rude in interviews. Idk man. Besides the tv show 🤷🏻♂️
I’m sure Seinfeld thought this movie was great cus you know, he’s a comedian “genius”.
The work done on sets, props, wardrobe, photography, soundtrack is really good, you could see that was made with care. Other than that, it’s just a “see-it once goofy” type of movie, not memorable like many others.
Valuable review for someone like me, from the non-American part of the world where we don't even know who Chef Boyardee is, I think this is totally not for me.
If you were a kid in the sixties you will love this movie… if not-you won’t get it!
Two videos in a minute? Didn't see that coming 😅
Your description of this movie sounds like it would have been hilarious if it wasn't helmed by Seinfeld. I would be all about this if The Lonely Island had done it.
It is hilarious. A little slow start, but it got real funny. Hugh Grant as Tony the Tiger, Christian Slater as a Milk Man and Peter Dinklage as the god father of milkmen. If you like Christopher Guest type comedy, you will love it. It's not for everyone though. It's not Adam Sandler funny.
Seinfield pushing his movie by blaming "woke" culture is exactly him trying to hedge a movie he already knows is a stinker. It's like when your spouse starts a conversation with "Don't be mad but..."
It's Seinfeld**** not Seinfield.
I made it through about five minutes of it. You’ve described the movie well, it struck me as being too self-aware and expecting the funny to be driven by the fact that they were doing what they were doing.
Jerry Seinfeld hasn't done anything in 30 years? He's been doing standup. He went out and started over after Seinfeld. On purpose. He's also been doing his Comedians in Cars show.
Name another comedian who has done what he has done?
I'm looking forward to Seinfeld continuing to expand the Nobody Asked For This cinematic universe
Got up early this morning to watch it honestly and it was just OK sometimes good.
But I think that’s the biggest problem with this. It’s so unmemorable either being good or bad that it doesn’t stand out in anyway.
In someways it’s playing it safe and just doing the same stuff over again other times it feels like it’s It’s time.
It’s just there and honestly, it’ll be forgotten in a week .
I’ve basically forgotten it already .
I liked it. As Dan said- if you are of a certain age and know alot of the things that existed in the 60s- then this is for you. I was born in 1963. Somethings even back then we did not understand why some things semmed so lame or camp so I thought there was a lot of sarcasm which I enjoyed. Solid 6.7 rating which is pretty good to me.
We watched it last night and we laughed our asses off. It is great! Hilarious.
My review: I watched this movie with my wife, who is a Kelloggs Canada sales executive, and we were both born in 1966. So, we had a vested bias going into it, and a generational attachment to the setting and the genre. There were a hundred or so small chuckles at all the Easter egg references to everything from NASA test piolot and Apolo missions, JFK's affairs and assassination, Andy Worhol's art, and many others I probably missed and would have to watch again to spot. It had laughs that this younger generation would never pick up on. In fact, if you are under forty, you'd probably be totally in the dark. We didn't pay $20 each to watch in a theater. We saw it on the comfort of our couch while eating Pop Tarts,,, excuse me "TRAT POPS". This wasn't meant to be a block buster or promote an agenda. If you're wondering what to watch tonight, are over 50, and can laugh at silly jokes, grab some Pop Tarts and give it a try. We enjoyed it.
This movie was acceptably enjoyable...better than I expected, anyway. Sure, it was a tame, safe for all audiences type of comedy. But it had some clever bits. Jerry's acting is still tepid on a good day. But the cameos were many, and it made funny analogies and parodies using 'cereal culture.' For free, I feel fine about it. If I had paid for it, I'd feel let down.
Honestly, you've actually sold me on it. I think I'm in the mood for same terrible puns and early 90s humour.
Comedians are so annoying when it comes to criticism. It’s always the audience or the crowd thats tough. Couldn’t be that the comedian didn’t know his audience, or a comedian recycling the same styles of jokes and audiences catching on. Comedians are legit like cops in how loyal they are to each other and the excuses they make for each other. Even people I generally respect like Bill Burr does this.
Those who exhibit a strong reactionary emotional response to what a comedian says on stage or in the public sphere are only playing into the hands of a comic. There are reactionaries on both sides of the political spectrum, and as far as I’m concerned, they all need a lesson in humility and taken down several notches, otherwise how will we ever learn to coexist?
With entertainment and life things change! Entertainment has not stayed the same ever! The movies I watched in the 80s arent the same as the 90s 2000s etc. I dont get how people are hung up on back in my day blah blah. Im 48 and realize ths. The same complaints parents had 25 yrs ago is the same complaints now except we have social media. Change is the only thing that is constant. You may not like it but no one cares cause you cant stop it. So as people we have to evolve and grow too.
It was good. Looking forward to the sequel, Unsqueezed: The story of Capri Sun.
"Don't worry I'll save you! The jack Lalanne way!" The simpsons
all I could think the whole time is "don't you have enough money jerry? this is what you say yes to?"
I am interested to see how this plays internationally as this is not a worldwide brand, it looks pretty bad from the trailers but I will wait to pass a full judgment until I have first hand experience with it myself.
EDIT: 4:47 it's gonna be like that huh... oh. 7:46 ...
Yeah…if you are not familiar with these food brands, US advertising culture and of a certain age, it won’t play well. It’s very Americana.
This movie has absolutely nothing on The Founder
Seinfeld: “Comedy is dead”
Also Seinfeld: Hires Amy Schumer
All these big comedians like Seinfeld, Rowan Atkinson; Kevin James, Adam Carolla the moment they leave to make movies it never works. Farrelly brothers cracked the code, Jerry should have pay them to teach him the craft.
Your intro and outro music always makes my 1 year old dance, so thank you for making content that all ages can enjoy!
I guess I’m the Cocomelon of movie UA-cam!
"You know what people want to watch?? A movie about pop tarts!"
Who the FUCK thought that was a good idea??? 🤣 Jerry Seinfeld, I guess
Happy Friday Dan! No, I don’t plan on seeing this film. I thought the premise was promising. Actually surprised no one has thought doing something like this. Interested to see how it performs on Netflix. Also, looking forward to your review of “The Idea of You”.
It was a fun movie, definitely some things wrong with it, but just an enjoyable family movie. The cast was absolutely stacked too.
@ 3:52 "Unfrosted" can never be called stale since it was never fresh to begin with.
I’m curious. What is a good movie comedy released this year?
If this movie is the type of comedy that the “extreme left and PC crap” won’t let us make anymore, then I’m glad to see them go away lol.
I LOVED seeing him on the Curb finale so it’s a shame this didn’t work out
Saw this yesterday: "[Jerry Seinfeld] said that great TV comedies don’t exist anymore as “the result of the extreme left and P.C. crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people.” This coupled with Larry David literally trying to strangle Elmo (a puppet) on live TV a while back--are we sure the show Seinfeld was actually good, or were we just laughing at assholes? And I'm sorry, the most milquetoast, white bread of all white comedians has no business talking about the extreme left when he doesn't understand what the extreme left actually is (in global terms, liberals, especially neo-liberals, are considered center to center-right but are falsely labeled the far-left/extreme left as a pejorative by conservatives here in America; the actual "extreme" leftists aren't worried about P.C. language, they're (sometimes literally) fighting against both capitalism and government (anarchy in its original sense, not as chaos but as "no ruler"); in the most extreme examples, they've burned down churches, staged coups, assassinated leaders).
Yes, the regular characterisation of the centre left as extreme radical communists by American media and the right is just completely bizarre when viewed by people like me who have never been to the U.S.
Well said. But you’re too intelligent for most comedians. They want to tell their lame jokes and blame you for not laughing.
The Seinfeld show was good because we were laughing at assholes, that made it funny, not laughing with them, but at them. I agree that Seinfeld is just out of touch, and comedians lecturing the woke culture is laziness, but your assertion that an obvious gag, a back-handed gag if that, of Larry David with a fucking puppet as an indication of anything regarding his character is such an insane take. What was wrong about it?
Are you having a bad day?
As time goes on, it becomes more and more apparent that Jerry isn’t funny and Larry David hard carried Seinfield.
Dan, thank you for trying to keep the TV show characters return a secret. I wish Netflix's social media had the same tact as you. I was scrolling through my feed yesterday and they've already posted the clip.
Comparing Jerry's post Seinfeld work to Larry David's really proves who was the true comedic genius.
To be fair, a toasted Pop-Tart for breakfast is pretty, pretty, pretty good!
Jim Gaffigan is one of my all time favorite comedians how could a movie possibly make him unfunny
Thanks Dan. Always like your reviews.
Some jokes land flat but (fortunately) a serious amount of them made me laugh out loud and a few were downright genius. We live in a troubled and frightening era and Jerry decided to treat the audience (and himself) with a thick slice of fructose nostalgia. Can’t blame him honestly. It’s a fun movie, give him a break.
Larry David, showed for 12 seasons of "Curb..." that you can still do edgy comedy that breaks standards and crosses boundries. You just need good writing and willingness to look critically not only at others but also at yourself.
I think his friend, Jerry Seinfeld, is unable to do it anymore. He has become too cynical, untouched and, sorry to say that, simply grumpy old.
Dan will you be reviewing Boy Kills World?
I saw this movie in preview at least a year ago and enjoyed it well enough; idk if it was just more fun to watch in a theater? Only part i remember thinking was dumb was the ravioli coming to life.
00:33 - 00:45 well, that explains the quality right there.
I'm a Huge fan of Seinfeld the show. I've come to like Jerry less and less the more I hear from him.
One of the worst movies I've ever watched. It tried so hard to be clever and failed... failed every single time. It was physically painful for me to watch this.
I might give this a check out.
I liked the surreal exaggerated origin cartoony story idea for poptarts. like you said it reminds me of one of those movies i would've seen in the 90s and I think I kind of miss that kind of goofiness a little. maybe your tolerance for that kind of stuff is a little different from mine.
I'll give it a watch and see how it is.
thank you for the review, glad to know what i'm getting into and a roundabout idea of what to expect. 👍
I have long suspected that the real talent behind Seinfeld was Larry David. This movie was dreadfully unfunny. It felt like a screwball comedy from the 60s that would have starred Peter Sellers. It was just odd. I chuckled a few times, but with this packed cast, I thought this movie would be hilarious.
Also, I am glad you said what you said about the state of comedy, Dan. I remember when Eddie Murphy's Raw was both a huge commercial success, but it was also a bit of an unwelcome surprise to some folks who had only seen Eddie Murphy in movies, and they were surprised how "adult" his standup routine was. Def Comedy Jam was highly controversial when I was young. Or heck, You Can't Do That on Television infuriated some parents back in the day because it pushed boundaries for kid's programming. Married with Children was highly controversial. Andrew Dice Clay received A LOT of backlash (including death threats) during the height of his career, and that was one reason he took a hiatus. The idea that we all used to laugh at the same jokes, is absurd. That was never true. We have always had our own sensibilities and tastes.
I'm a huge Seinfeld fan and thought the trailers were funny. I'm looking forward to checking it out. Even if I have to suffer through a few scenes with Amy Schumer. Ugh.
Great review - spot on. Just watched Unfrosted and was Unamused.
Not sure if I’ll watch it any time soon but when Bill Burr popped up as Kennedy I chuckled
Sounds like the problem here is that Seinfeld is just no longer funny. He hasn’t been in over 20yrs. He never evolved with the times and his style was never time less
What?! How did Dan just mention hot rod, I'm literally watching it today!
I'm watching this only to see Bill Burr play JFK
@SkeltonStrangeNewWorldsno. 1 fan
That was the best part of the movie!
"Seinfeld" and "Friends" on the NBC tv network; "Living Single" and "Martin" on the FOX tv network.. Great shows from the 90's (that wasn't neither on the WB, UPN or the CW).
Of this review Jerry would say, “That’s a shame” which translates to: “I don’t care.”
its like watching a stand-up bit about pop-tarts and the early 60s, just acted out. So no surprise that its not a good movie...but lots of jokes that are funny if youre of a certain age. But wasnt Paula Poundstone the first comic to do the whole pop-tart bit thing and she isnt in the movie? The best thing of this movie is Bill Burr as JFK.
I agree about the best part being Burr. The worst part was the Jan 6 parody. Tasteless and shockingly unfunny.
Jerry Seinfeld complained about Cancel Culture over one his jokes that just wasn't funny at all.
So if anyone doesn't know, it was a few years back he was on Seth Meyers he talked about how comedy is dead and you can't make edgy jokes anymore.
He talks about this one joke he's told several times about people on their phones scrolling through them like a gay French king. He said people didn't laugh at the joke because it had a gay person in it. The thing is he only assumed it didn't get laughs because of the gay part when in reality it just wasn't funny.
He acts like he's some edgy comedian lol
This flick was so much fun. I'm so happy right now. Just finished it. This was wonderful and Jerry outdid himself. It was so funny, the references were everything! Ugh I loved loved loved it. Perfect casting. I laughed alot. So good.
Some elements were expendable, but overall, I enjoyed the movie.
Dan is the down-to-earth critic we desperately need since Chris Stuckmann's decline
I think Seinfeld is stuck in the past: his comment about wokeism and the like was more aimed at network television which, as a whole, barely exists anymore. You can do pretty much whatever as a Netflix, Max, Peacock, etc. original. Look no further than Netflix animation or Bupkis on Peacock.
Also, fans were upset at the group's lack of empathy for George's fiance dying, as stated in many interviews with the actors and creatives. It was just a gag ahead of its time.
I watched "Unfrosted" today. I guess my expectations were too high, but it was not as funny as I had expected... I bet they thought it was funny as they were playing it themselves, but for audience, it's a different story.
There's going to be a huge audience that is for this movie. This reason: it is hilarious! Comedy does not have to push social boundaries. It just has to make you laugh.
This was not bad. Not as funny as I thought but I will watch anything with Melissa McCarthy and Amy Schumer.