BALLS OF FURY

An immature comedy with little to offer.

Balls of Fury is one of those movies that I couldn’t tell what it would be like. Part of me said it would be funny and the other said it looked stupid. Well I was in the mood to laugh, so I gave it a chance. Oops. From start to finish I had myself a good laugh twice. That’s not even once every thirty minutes. Between this and the gross smell of ketchup in the theatre I had a less than killer time.

It was the fact that Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon were at the helm that gave me hope. They were responsible for Reno 911!, which I enjoyed. With Balls of Fury however, they seemed to bring the humor down to a much more childish level. I haven’t seen that much ‘getting kicked in the crotch’ humor since I last watched America’s Funniest Home Videos. The jokes were sub-par and the acting over the top. Christopher Walken was pretty good, but the writing was so bad that even he couldn’t pull it off. Patton Oswalt’s character was pretty funny, but his appearance was too brief to save anything.

Balls of Fury was one of my least favorite movies of the summer. If you are a Ben Garant fan I suggest sticking to Reno 911!. The poor writing and immature humor made Balls of Fury almost tough to watch.

GRADE: C-

TRAILER: http://www.apple.com/trailers/rogue_pictures/ballsoffury/trailer1/