Jackass 2 2006

Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: If the judges stuck hooks in the American Idol contestants and used them for bait each week, even I would have to tune in occasionally. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: One of the more positive things I can say about JNT is that it serves the function of a crash diet: After seeing it, you will not want to eat again for a very, very long time. Read more

Jessica Reaves, Chicago Tribune: I don't know what to say about Jackass: Number Two. What is there to say, after all, about a 95-minute foray into feces, intestinal gas, horse semen and a beer funnel inserted into a body cavity that's quite obviously not someone's mouth? Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: You have to admire the fact that, for these guys, 'anything for a laugh' really means anything. And for all the moronic behavior, there are also some inspired dadaist moments. Read more

Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: I don't recall being in physical pain from laughing (which happened a couple of times during the first film), but the sequel still delivers what it promises. This is the Godfather II of tasteless prank films. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Just like the Lord of the Rings, I can't wait for the third part of this trilogy. Read more

Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Be forewarned, when you're not laughing out loud you could well be trying hard not to lose your lunch. Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: ...when seen with a rapt, rowdy audience, the film becomes...a joyful celebration of the depths of human degradation. Read more

Annemarie Moody, Arizona Republic: Yes, it contributes to the decline of Western civilization, but yes, it's funny. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: The double feat of Jackass is that it weds the obviously juvenile with the arrestingly profound. The boys of Delta Kappa Epsilon and their TAs can watch this movie in the same theater. Read more

Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly: Even if you can't stomach (or stand) what they're up to, you still have to admit that these goons execute their gags exceptionally well. Read more

John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: Just as outrageous as fans were hoping it would be. Read more

Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: As merry pranksters they have no match, and as they age (Knoxville is 35 now), they only grow in appeal. Read more

Gene Seymour, Newsday: One must admit, however grudgingly, that there's a kind of warped integrity in their compulsion to keep topping each wretched stunt -- sometimes within the same stunt. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: A solid hour-and-a-half, plus outtakes, of gratuitous violence and endless stupidity. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Only adolescent boys -- the movie's target audience, despite a well-earned R rating -- will appreciate the most extreme gross-out gags, none of which can be described in a family newspaper. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: The images burn into the retina like the spots you get from staring at the sun. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: I couldn't look away, and neither could anyone else in the audience I saw the movie with. We hooted and hollered at the screen, captured by a single involuntary impulse. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Whether you laugh, shriek or fight the urge to puke reveals as much about you as years of psychotherapy. Read more

Jake Coyle, Associated Press: True to its aim, Jackass 2 probably will leave fans more satisfied than the vast majority of films this year have left moviegoers. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The first half hour was hilarious. The second half hour got repetitious and tedious. Read more

David Jenkins, Time Out: [A] sporadically hilarious assortment of weapons-grade idiocy. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: To call the humor sophomoric would be to overstate its sophistication. Call it infantile, and you'll be much closer to the mark. But it's hard to deny that many of the more outrageous bits have an exhilaratingly potent, shock-you-into-guffawing impact. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Of course these capers do hurt and the frisson of real danger is always there. But the performers understand the simple integrity of a slapstick gag, and they're prepared to suffer for its entertainment value. Read more