Movie Review: "Furry Vengeance"
Franck Tabouring
Seen on: April 30, 2010
The players: Director: Roger Kumble, Writers: Michael Carnes, Josh Gilbert, Cast: Brendan Fraser, Brooke Shields, Matt Prokop, Ken Jeong.
Facts of interest: None whatsoever.
The plot: A real estate developer gets his ass kicked by pissed-off animals when he heads to the woods to build a giant housing community.
Our thoughts: Roger Kumble’s family comedy “Furry Vengeance” will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the new decade’s worst films. In other words, “Furry Vengeance” is a big pile of big-screen crap, and even though the movie tries to send out an environmental message, all it eventually does is ruin its viewers’ brains. So, yeah, don’t take your kids to see this embarrassing failure.
Brendan Fraser, who with this movie proves his acting career is coming to an end, plays Dan Sanders, a happy real estate developer who heads out to the woods to tear down some trees and build a brand-new housing community. His company bills itself as eco-friendly, but it really isn’t, and unfortunately for Dan, he realizes that a little too late. You know, he’s not the brightest of dudes.
Anyway, shortly after Dan arrives on site and the work on the new buildings in the middle of the forest is in progress, a bunch of animals living in danger decide to team up and seek revenge against Dan and his company before they have a shot at ruining this beautiful piece of nature. The animals are ready to attack, and Dan is their primary target. You can imagine what happens next…
Or maybe you can’t. Maybe you think what happens next is hilarious and incredibly innovative. I’m sorry to say this, but that’s not exactly the case. In fact, what follows is an incredibly lame attempt at telling people that ruining nature and disrespecting the feelings of animals is not nice. I have nothing against movies showing us that destroying nature is not the way to go, but this truly is a cinematic disgrace.
All you get to see here is Brendan Fraser act like a total moron while ultra-clever animals are ruining his peace and comfort. They steal his car, they steal his sleep, they have a party (with music) in his living room, and they fart in his face. There’s also a raccoon that first punches him in the face before pissing in his mouth. I mean… you get the picture. Would you want your kids to see stuff like this?
In all honesty, your kids would be better off watching a hardcore horror flick, and I am sure it would do them less harm. Anyway, the war between Dan and the animals gets boring pretty quickly, and every single attempt at humor fails in this film. The actors I’m sure were told to exaggerate their performances, but none of them are in any way funny to watch. The dialogue sucks, and so does everything else.
Freaky quote: "Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!" - Brendan Fraser
The final word: I feel I have said enough. If you do indeed get a laugh out of this, good for you. I simply don’t understand why any reasonable human with a brain would greenlight this dreck, but that’s how the world works. “Furry Vengeance” is a complete disaster, and you will do yourself a favor by skipping it. No one needs to see a raccoon punching someone in the face. Seriously…
Article by Franck Tabouring
Reader Comments (1)
LOL this movie got like 2.3 out of 10, you might as well call this furry crap the movie so you don't trick anyone into seeing this movie! Oh god i am never going to watch this