Based on the popular Canadian TV series, Trailer Park Boys: The Movie is simply a longer, more tortuous episode of the show. The plot, and it's a stretch to call it that, is this: Julian (John Paul Tremblay) and Ricky (Robb Wells) are childhood friends who grew up and live in the Sunnyvale trailer park in Nova Scotia. They are also career criminals. Busted for breaking into an ATM, the boys get locked up for 18 months. When they get out, they reunite with their friend Bubbles (Mike Smith), a man who wears coke-bottle thick glasses and lives in a shack with 15 cats. Ricky wants to do the "big dirty," the typical and ultimate career-topping job every criminal dreams of doing, while Julian wants to change. And by that he means steal change because any robbery under $1000 can not result in jail time. You can see what the writers were trying to do. And I mean trying. The actors talk to the camera in a confessional manner meant to evoke a mockumentary, but the humor simply falls flat. Perhaps if you are an adolescent boy, you will enjoy the intoxicated and profanity-filled dialogue. But honestly, if you want to see a true comedic gem that takes place among trailer park trash, go home and watch My Name is Earl. At least it's free. Danielle Hughes
January 25, 2008

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