What Desolation Looks Like
The JuRK | Our Vast, Cultural Desert | 02/04/2008
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I couldn't even watch all of this. And I couldn't imagine what kind of sadistic white trash would enjoy this, let alone own it.
This is for the people who thought DELIVERANCE was a comedy. This is not anything like the Jesco White story.
Watching these cackling hillbillies utterly torment what was left of their "uncle" was like watching some depressing preview of what Dante's Inferno would look like--if it was in some holler in Kentucky instead of the infernal realm.
I wondered what kind of life this man must have had to end up like this. Was he ever a human being? Was there someone in his family who cared for him? According to a website, he's dead now. After watching his "family" mercilessly spraypaint his face, wrap his head in tape and pull it off, light him on fire several times and also brutally punch him in the genitals, he's obviously better off someplace else. I hope.
Maybe there was some explanation as to why he deserved such wretched treatment in the film but I couldn't finish it. I could barely stand watching what I saw.
To be trashed all the time, reduced to muttering curses and uselessly flailing at your tormentors, your brain dead and your soul gone: this is what damnation looks like.
Enjoy yourselves."
VERY Poor Quality & Boring
Whirled Peas | Pacific Northwest, WA | 12/11/2007
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I eagerly rented Uncle Goddamn after hearing all the hype. Sadly disappointing stuff. It's mildly amusing for about 10 minutes, but the quality is so poor it's sometimes hard to see or hear what's going on, and you can only watch stupid rednecks set this poor drunken guy's crotch on fire so many times before it becomes really boring. Buy it at your own risk, and be prepared to fast forward through huge chunks of the boring sections. If this is the kind of humor you're into, I'd recommend Jackass or even Tom Green. They're both funnier, the pranks are more diverse, and they're both of good audio & visual quality. ;-) Or better yet, go visit your drunken neighbors in the trailer park down the street and tape THEM. Probably more entertaining."