Klown is a Danish comedy based on a popular TV show by the same title. It has often been referred to as the Danish Curb Your Enthusiasm, but based on the movie and the one show in the special features, I found it to be much funnier, much more original and completely more raunchy. So raunchy in fact, that my initial thought when the credits were rolling was "did the guy from The Hangover completely rip these guys off?" It turns out that this movie was made a year later, but the idea, stemming from the TV show, leads me to believe he's seen it before. Then I find out, he's bought the rights to remake it. No coincidence there I assume.
I can't even explain the story, but it involves two guys in different ridiculous stages of relationships and one's attempt to prove to his wife he can take care of a child. He tries to do so by basically kidnapping the child and bringing him on a canoe trip. A canoe trip which involves stopping to smoke weed, enter a brothel and a few other less than appropriate events. The humor is over the top and some might find it offensive. There is one character who sees women only for one thing, but as we see, there's a twist. The other is so desperate for his girl's attention is persuaded to do some pretty stupid things. Finally their is the child, who is the unsung hero of the film, despite saying but a few words.
I will warn some of the more easily offended. There is a lot of misogynistic humor and events, some simulated sex, some full frontal nudity, both male and female and one scene where it's implied there is a child naked and having his penis touched. I immediately knew it was fake and in the extras, it is explained that this was not a real person. There is even a debaucherous filled photo montage, a la The Hangover at the end, that is about ten times "worse" than the American counterpart. This movie, in my mind, is truly what The Hangover wishes it would have been.
I can't even explain the story, but it involves two guys in different ridiculous stages of relationships and one's attempt to prove to his wife he can take care of a child. He tries to do so by basically kidnapping the child and bringing him on a canoe trip. A canoe trip which involves stopping to smoke weed, enter a brothel and a few other less than appropriate events. The humor is over the top and some might find it offensive. There is one character who sees women only for one thing, but as we see, there's a twist. The other is so desperate for his girl's attention is persuaded to do some pretty stupid things. Finally their is the child, who is the unsung hero of the film, despite saying but a few words.
I will warn some of the more easily offended. There is a lot of misogynistic humor and events, some simulated sex, some full frontal nudity, both male and female and one scene where it's implied there is a child naked and having his penis touched. I immediately knew it was fake and in the extras, it is explained that this was not a real person. There is even a debaucherous filled photo montage, a la The Hangover at the end, that is about ten times "worse" than the American counterpart. This movie, in my mind, is truly what The Hangover wishes it would have been.
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