Jackass: The Movie 2002

John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: I'm not sure which will take longer to heal: the welt on Johnny Knoxville's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: As much as I laughed throughout the movie, I cannot mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment, or even performance art, although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys' superhuman capacity to withstand pain. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Jackass: The Movie is a disgusting, repulsive, grotesque spectacle, but it's also hilarious and provocative. God help me, thumbs up. Read more

Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune: Maybe the best way to look at Jackass: The Movie is as a piece of conceptual art. How far and low will these guys go? What's the pinnacle of pointlessness? Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: Like a documentary version of Fight Club, shorn of social insight, intellectual pretension and cinematic interest. Read more

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: Can literally make one sick, so be prepared. Read more

Sheila Norman-Culp, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: While there is no scientific proof, chances are good your teenagers will leak brain cells by the thousands while watching Jackass. And you might even want to see it with them. Read more

Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times: Every bit as disreputable and often as embarrassingly funny as the MTV program, only longer. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: I'm not sure if I enjoyed myself, exactly, but I could hardly wait to see what I'd be appalled by next. Read more

Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail: Belongs in the too-hot-for-TV direct-to-video/DVD category, and this is why I have given it a one-star rating. Read more

Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News: Made by jackasses for jackasses. Read more

Paul Malcolm, L.A. Weekly: Best wear a helmet and have some fun. Read more

C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle: Witless, pointless, tasteless and idiotic. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: So what's all the fuss about? If people want to staple paper to their inner thighs, let them. The question is whether you're prepared to pay to watch them do it. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: It's plotless, shapeless -- and yet, it must be admitted, not entirely humorless. Indeed, the more outrageous bits achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost Dadaist proportions. Read more

Ed Halter, Village Voice: It's funny, as the old saying goes, because it's true. Read more