TV's Dumbnamic Duo make the jump to the Big Screen as they travel the country in their endless (and fruitless) efforts to 'score'. Spurred on by an offer from a drunken tough guy to "do" his wife for $10,000, they head to Vegas, then are sent back across the country when they run into her and she offers them even more money to take care of some business back in Washington, DC. This, in essence, is the plot, not that it matters much, since the point is simply an excuse to have the boys travel across the country via plane, bus and car (trunk) doing outrageous gags, wreaking havoc, and, in general, acting like the complete idiots they are.
Anyone who's watched the TV show knows the basic concept here, and the movie sticks to it faithfully. Beavis and Butthead are the ultimate caricatures of the MTV generation, a pair of oversexed, undereducated underachieving losers with absolutely zero redeeming qualities. It's not much of a stretch to call this movie a cartoon version of "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas" inasmuch as it's about two utter buffoons who wreck everything in sight and make utter asses of themselves, all for the audience's amusement. It even includes a scene in which Beavis starts hallucinating after eating some Psychedelic plants, at first he freaks out, then he starts grinning when he realizes it's just like watching a rock video. This last was actually pretty gutsy, given Hollywood's fears of being perceived as glamorizing drug use, and especially so since it involved a high school kid.
In the end, this is really just an extended version of the hit TV show. With the exception of the drug scene, the creators didn't push the envelope the way the "South Park" movie did, at least in terms of swearing. The only part that true fans will miss is that, since the whole movie is kicked off when the boys realize their precious TV has been stolen, we never get to see them doing their trademark ripping on bad rock videos. Aside from that, all the rest of the stuff we loved from the show is there, the irreverence, the crudity, and best of all, the stupidity that is so stupid it often rises`to the level of genius!
7/10
Anyone who's watched the TV show knows the basic concept here, and the movie sticks to it faithfully. Beavis and Butthead are the ultimate caricatures of the MTV generation, a pair of oversexed, undereducated underachieving losers with absolutely zero redeeming qualities. It's not much of a stretch to call this movie a cartoon version of "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas" inasmuch as it's about two utter buffoons who wreck everything in sight and make utter asses of themselves, all for the audience's amusement. It even includes a scene in which Beavis starts hallucinating after eating some Psychedelic plants, at first he freaks out, then he starts grinning when he realizes it's just like watching a rock video. This last was actually pretty gutsy, given Hollywood's fears of being perceived as glamorizing drug use, and especially so since it involved a high school kid.
In the end, this is really just an extended version of the hit TV show. With the exception of the drug scene, the creators didn't push the envelope the way the "South Park" movie did, at least in terms of swearing. The only part that true fans will miss is that, since the whole movie is kicked off when the boys realize their precious TV has been stolen, we never get to see them doing their trademark ripping on bad rock videos. Aside from that, all the rest of the stuff we loved from the show is there, the irreverence, the crudity, and best of all, the stupidity that is so stupid it often rises`to the level of genius!
7/10