Whipped (2000)

Quite possibly the most insultingly stupid movie you will ever see. That's saying a lot, but Whipped earns this title through sheer, jaw-dropping narcissism. Writer/director/producer Peter M. Cohen aspires to make a witty and insightful comedy about the battle of the sexes and instead wallows in soggy clichés. Three friends meet every Sunday morning at a diner to discuss the weekend's "exploits." Two fancy themselves to be master scam artists, the other is a compulsive masturbator. All three meet and fall in love with the same woman, Mia (Amanda Peet, The Whole Nine Yards). The truth is swiftly discovered, but none of them want to give her up, so she dates them all while their friendship crumbles. The plot occasionally stops so that one of the characters can talk to the camera and espouse supposed scamster philosophies, and there are "hilarious" slapstick episodes, like when one of them drops Mia's vibrator down the toilet and spatters himself with urine trying to retrieve it. The dialogue is idiotic, the actors are charmless, the situations are labored beyond belief--and the filmmaker adores all of it, dwelling lovingly on every inane moment. Ghastly. For rabid fans of Amanda Peet only. --Bret Fetzer Amazon.com

AMAZINGLY FUNNY

I haven't seen this movie in so long.
I don't usually post reviews, but I saw all of the recent negative comments and HAD TO. If you're in doubt of the movies comic gold, check the average user review score.

This is one of the funniest comedies I have ever seen.

It is an independent film that somehow made it to theatres nationwide about 8 years ago. That's saying a lot. That being said, about 90% of the actors in this film you will never find again in another movie.

This is a true gem, and a great find. ENJOY THIS FILM.

If you're a man, you will like this movie.

If you are a female, you will enjoy the last 10 minutes. August 15, 2008

Obnoxious, unpleasant, and painful to watch

I don't usually give one-star reviews...this is the first and probably only time I will do so. I saw this "film" when it came out, at the theater, and the anger and disgust I felt toward it at the time has not gone away (if anything, it's only increased), and so I feel compelled to write this review, even though it's a number of years later, and vent some of my outrage.

Let me start by saying that most bad movies are bad because, for whatever reason, they just don't work, and they're either boring or simply not funny. Off the top of my head, I can think of several films made by ex-SNL cast members which fit in this category. Those type of films I can excuse. They are what they are, and they generally don't aim very high to begin with.

This, though, is something else entirely. This is a movie that aims to be more than a mere gross-out comedy. It aims for a kind of social commentary, and to say something meaningful about men, about women, about the way they relate to one another, etc etc. The only problem is, it doesn't know what to say, or how to say it, and so it fails miserably, both as social commentary and as entertainment.

The main male characters are repellant, obnoxious, truly hateful people, and I would not want to know, be around, or have anything to do with any of them. There's no reason why any one else with any class or intelligence, male or female, would either, despite what the filmmakers would want us to believe. The "dialogue" is crude, simplistic, and painfully unfunny, and it is downright unpleasant to hear. And yet, at the same time, it's implied that these are witty, urbane, intelligent adults, and that despite their smugness, crudeness, and narcissism, we're supposed to identify with and even like them. Ha! Nothing could be more preposterous...except maybe the so-called plot twist at the end.

I could go on, but I won't, except to say that this is a bad movie on every level, and without exaggeration, one of the worst I've ever seen. February 24, 2008

So bad I couldn't finish it!

I rented this movie to give this a look and it was money badly spent at the rental place. It was a boring movie. I stopped watching it within the first 15 minutes. Those 15 minutes felt like 3 and a half hours to me. Brad and four eyes were both annoying and obnoxious. The other guy seemed cool but he couldn't save this movie. And the married dude who talks about his wife and the toaster got on my nerves big time. I don't think I saw that much of Amanda Peet during the time I watched this movie which sucks because she's the main character of this movie. I usually like to see how the main character impacts the movie but like I said before, this movie is so bad I couldn't finish it. Save your $4. It's not worth renting! August 18, 2007

One of the Worst Movies Ever Made

If I ever make a list of the worst movies I've seen in my life, Whipped will certainly be in the top (bottom?) five. Amanda Peet must have been in desperate need of money to agree to participate in this annoying, idiotic and witless movie.

The only thing worse than the screenplay are the male actors. Granted, they are not given much to play with, since their characters are such stereotypes they might as well be cardboard cutouts (the geek, the player, the boring married guy) but still, I have rarely seen such terrible and unappealing performances on the screen.

As for writer-director Jonathan Abrahams, what can I say? If this guy managed studio executives to finance and distribute this movie, he could probably sell snow to Alaskans. Abrahams should be in sales, not in movies. November 13, 2006

UNWATCHABLE !

Save your money. I gave up halfway through and shredded the DVD. Amanda Peet was great in "Saving Silverman", but she should be mortified by this movie. "Whipped" was probably written by two fifteen-year-olds on their junior high lunch break. Absolutely abysmal! October 19, 2005

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