Freddy Got Fingered
Freddy Got Fingered
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Unemployed cartoonist Gord Brody moves back in with his parents Jim and Julie and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he retaliates by spreading rumors that Jim is sexually abusing Freddy.
markmental666 reviewedApril 29, 2025
A lot of people love to call Freddy Got Fingered one of the worst movies ever made, but if you actually look at it from the right perspective, it’s clear that Tom Green had a very specific goal: to create the most ridiculously absurd scenes he could possibly imagine, and in doing so, mock the traditional father-and-son relationship dynamic.
The movie isn’t meant to be taken literally or seriously. Instead, it’s a string of over-the-top, chaotic moments, almost like a live-action cartoon, where the goal seems to be pushing every scene to such an extreme that it becomes surreal. Underneath all the insanity, there’s a clear satire of the typical "coming of age" or "family reconciliation" storylines Hollywood usually pushes — except here, the father and son don't really grow or learn in any traditional sense. They just escalate each other’s madness.
If you go into this expecting a traditional comedy, you’ll probably hate it. But if you understand it as Tom Green deliberately trying to make the most bizarre and uncomfortable film he could — while mocking ideas like parental authority, personal validation, and Hollywood sentimentality — you might find that it’s actually way smarter (and funnier) than it first appears.