Run Ronnie Run DVD with David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Bruce Taylor (R) +Movie Reviews

Y'all got fake poo?

Brian M. Benway | Madison, WI | 09/22/2003

(2 out of 5 stars)

"As a voracious Mr. Show fan, I had expected that Bob & David's feature film debut (as a team) would be as clever and as funny as Mr. Show, the vehicle that propelled them to cult favorite status. However, operating under a studio that re-edited and reworked their movie, Bob & David lost their creative control over their project. The result is a movie not worthy of the Mr. Show moniker. Significantly dumbed-down, and played out like a one-note joke, Run Ronnie Run is less like the fresh inventiveness of Mr. Show, and more like one of those tired SNL movies which features a once-brilliant character just going through the motions.In the end, it's easy to see why Bob & David wanted to discard this film, a mangled version of their concept. Shame on New Line Cinema for tainting the genius of Bob & David, and then shame on them for refusing to issue this film a theatrical release, only to offer the film on DVD for a quick buck.Still, for Bob & David DVD completists, this is a must-have companion to Mr. Show."

Not as bad as you'd think

Jesse A. Farmer | Olympia, WA United States | 08/20/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Despite Bob and David's own scathing reviews and the at times slow pace of the film, Run Ronnie Run still stands as one of the best comedies in recent years.
Keeping in mind that Bob and David originally wanted to do an entirely different film but were pressured into making a Ronnie Dobbs movie.
Keeping in mind that Bob and David were eventually snaked by Troy Miller when they were barred from partaking in the editing process.
Keeping in mind that the story is thin and the pace fluctuates between raging Mr. Show hyper-irony and dull Hollywood shlock.
It's really not that bad of a movie.
The Thrilling Miracles segment was pure twisted genius.
The 3 Times 1 Minus 1 video was perhaps the most pointed take on...RnB love songs yet.
And the Ass Kicking Fat Kid scene was the best hurried plot resolution device I've ever seen.
Even if the plot was trite, characters thin and the pace slow, the calibre of comedy in this film is still unmatched by any movies of late and more than made up for its flaws."

A fun Romp with Ronnie

Sick Daddy | Oregon USA | 03/21/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"In a day when it's hard to find a comedy that you can actually laugh aloud, Run Ronnie Run is just that. The characters are off-beat, and David Cross is at his funniest in this silly comedy. I highly recommend this movie to anyone that wants or needs a good laugh."

I can think of another pair I'd like to grab

Matt | NJ | 01/17/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you liked "Mr. Show" on HBO, you'll enjoy this movie. I understand that it takes a certain type of sense of humor to appreciate this kind of seemingly senseless humor. David Cross and Bob Odenkirk are an amazing comic pairing and they've produced some great comedy together over the years.

I thought this movie was funny. The characters played by Cross and Odenkirk are based on a skit they did on "Mr. Show". They've developed them and stretched them to ridiculous lengths to create an entire film based on the simplistic personality of Ronnie Dobbs - the mullet-wearing hick rebel who can't keep himself from getting into trouble and being arrested.

I would say the highlight of the film would have to be the R&B montage they created for Ronnie's love scene with Nikki Cox's character. It's hilarious. Plenty of star cameos in this movie help it along. It has its moments, but I don't believe it's the best movie Cross and Odenkirk have in them.

DVD includes a few deleted scenes and not much else.

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Reality Bites

Edward M. Erdelac | Valley Village, CA | 09/23/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The long-awaited Mr. Show movie, brought to you by those two funny monkeys, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. Despite huge cuts and delays (this was supposed to be theatrically released like three years ago, but everybody associated with it balked come distribution time), and the modest panning of it by Bob and David themselves, I'm happy to say Run Ronnie Run is pretty good. Not great, but how many comedies based on sketch show characters really soar?This one is about Ronnie Dobbs (played by Cross), a white trash bumpkin who repeatedly finds himself being arrested on a popular reality television show which in deference to Michael Moore, shall remain unamed (`Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do...'). This gets the attention of an effeminate British Tv producer (played by Odenkirk) who has the brainy idea to create a reality show based solely around Ronnie getting arrested. The show is a hit, and Ronnie must deal with that cursed, cursed demon called mega-popularity and wealth. Ronnie's character is toned down a little from the Tv series, showing a genuine love for his down-home wife (three times divorced) and basically setting the plot, which is `get back to basics and regain lost love.' Also, much of Ronnie's gags we've already seen on the show (just about all of them actually, except for a laugh-out loud scene where a drunken Ronnie, `resplendent' in a Sammy Hagar t-shirt, drives a hijacked school bus through a high school dance's giant tiki head and then tips it over on the football field, pinning his buddy underneath). Bob merges two of his characters from the show (the psychotic British infomercial host and the effete Tv producer) But that's all incidental. The new gags here are hilarious.Particular standouts are:
-The piece of glass from the exploding food processor flying into the chick's chest being looped on the editing machine (it sounds sick, but really, you gotta see it)
- The Three Times One Minus One video: 3x1-1 are Bob and David's brilliant R+B alter-egoes, who do a sickeningly funny send up of the played out `I wanna sex u up' set. The lyrics are amazing...
- Jack Black's chimney sweep musical number on the London rooftops
-The guy sitting in the bathtub during the first Ronnie chase...oh man.
- The fat kid martial arts sequence (particularly for the song being played in the background)
- Mandy Patinkin singing the Ronnie Dobbs theme wearing nothing but a straw hat (and with the same starry eyed passion as if it were Somewhere Over The Rainbow).This isn't the best structured film you've ever seen, and it doesn't hit every time. If your idea of a good comedy is Airplane or Hexed, you'll love this. Its a pretty good sendup of the garbage being pumped into our living rooms by reality-programming-happy Tv suits every night, with enough poop jokes to keep the kids laughing. There's also a slew of cameos; Jeff Goldstein (I mean Goldbloom), Ben Stiller, R. Lee Ermey (Sir! Yes sir!), Dave Foley, Scott McCullough, Andy Richter, as well as most of the original Mr. Show cast, all very funny. As a matter of fact, I don't see why Bob and David aren't at least marginally proud of this. Its not the masterpiece Mr. Show was, but its not a total loss. Maybe all this false humility is just to catch us Mr. Show fans with our pants down...make us lower our guard and be more forgiving of their first film foray. It'd be just like those creeps...Well anyway, when its funny, its very funny indeed."

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