It's been awhile since I sat down and watched this movie yet, it's stuck in my head, torturing me. This film is the full length equivalent of "Simple Jack", a movie that Ben Stiller's character in Tropic Thunder starred in, to which Downey Jr.'s character says "never go full retard". The actor playing Babine takes "full retard" to a new level and it's played completely serious.
The evil priest hates Babine because he thinks Babine urinated in his milk. And that sort of kick-starts the story. Yes folks, not making that up.
Everyone in town loves Babine because he's mentally handicapped? Or something? He's presented as some sort of whimsical magical person, although he does nothing to make the audience believe this. We're supposed to automatically like a character because he's mentally handicapped and all the other characters seem to like him for no other reason than that?
It's hard to put into words. The production value is good but it's one of the most perplexingly bad movies I've ever seen. How did this get made?
I have never written a review on IMDb before but seeing that it seems to get some praise, I had to speak up.
The evil priest hates Babine because he thinks Babine urinated in his milk. And that sort of kick-starts the story. Yes folks, not making that up.
Everyone in town loves Babine because he's mentally handicapped? Or something? He's presented as some sort of whimsical magical person, although he does nothing to make the audience believe this. We're supposed to automatically like a character because he's mentally handicapped and all the other characters seem to like him for no other reason than that?
It's hard to put into words. The production value is good but it's one of the most perplexingly bad movies I've ever seen. How did this get made?
I have never written a review on IMDb before but seeing that it seems to get some praise, I had to speak up.