Christmas Movie #10
(Click the link to read my review of The Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to LiquorDay).
Synopsis: Canada’s
most incompetent criminals frustrate failed authority figure’s desire for a couple
of Christmastime drinky-poos.
Blurb From the DVD
Jacket: “in this prequel to the hit series Trailer Park Boys, it’s 1997 and
Sunnyvale Trailer Park is getting ready for the holiday season. Julian’s got a
great idea to make money this Christmas, Ricky gets confused between God and
Santa, and Bubbles tries to get the Boys together for an annual Christmas
bonfire.”
What Did I Learn?:
1) Jail is awesome; 2) Santa Claus isn’t God; 3) Christmas is for getting drunk
and stoned with the ones you love.
You Might Like This
Movie If: You enjoy clever and witty repartee worthy of the Algonquin Roundtable.
Really?: The
Trailer Park Boys isn’t meant to be taken all that seriously, so I guess I can
overlook the big jailhouse party, the priest who admits that he’s high during
Midnight Mass, or the fact that Randy doesn’t wear shirts, even in the winter,
but why are the characters interviewed, documentary-style? I thought the
filmmakers started following Julian and Ricky at the beginning of Season One,
which takes place several years in the future.
Rating: Made in
2004, The Trailer Park Boys Christmas Special
dates back to a time when the show was still funny (don’t get me started on the
later seasons...) As usual, Ricky (Robb Wells) is a hoot, especially when he matches
wits with Lahey, or as he gradually destroys his 1975 Chrysler New Yorker with
one accident after another. While I’m not a fan of “very special episodes”, the
Bubbles sub-plot is actually quite touching. 8/10 stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439856/
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