Midgets vs. Mascots

The film's website describes it as a kind of Borat-meets-Jackass. Sounded interesting, so I attended one of the Tribeca showings. The description turned out to be right on -- lots of wild stunts, plenty of offensive material, and (believe it or not) a really good performance by Gary Coleman, though it's hard to tell if he was acting. The good news is that it was better than many of the raunchy (and not-so-raunchy) comedies that have come out over the last 4-5 years. And despite all of the nastiness, the film delivers a pretty decent message at the end as the little people pull together and the mascots give them some respect. Overall, it's worth seeing. Just don't take your grandmother.

This is a pretty witless mockumentary. It's a Jackass style film with many gross events. I once watched an episode of Jackass. I hated it.

The jokes are sometimes mildly amusing but usually tiresome. The novelty of the central idea pretty much evaporates after a few seconds, and we are then left with 90 minutes or so of general lameness to put up with. The movie tries desperately hard to be outrageous and sometimes it succeeds but only in the sense of showing something disgusting. Like puking. I don't want to watch people puking up. Be it midgets or mascots or anyone. It's not good. Showing something vile is a very easy way to get a reaction. It doesn't make it worth watching though.

The only person I recognized was the late Gary Coleman. It may just have been good acting but to me it looked like he was having a miserable time. It seemed that he had sadly resigned himself to the fact that Diff'rent Strokes was a lifetime away and had accepted that Midgets vs. Mascots indicated a pretty bleak future for the pint-sized actor. His untimely death at least saved him from any more of this demeaning rubbish.

I was lucky enough to see this movie a couple of weeks ago and it was absolutely hilarious! I honestly could not stop laughing the entire time! The entire theme of the movie is down right hysterical. Gary Coleman's overall attitude and sarcasm throughout the film had me laughing so hard my stomach hurt! The concept is that a deceased littler person sets up a contest where a team of midgets and a team of mascot compete against each other for a prize of $ 10 million. My favorite movies are pineapple express and Jackass, and after seeing MVM I have to admit that it is definitely up there! I would not recommend taking your mother or grandmother to this movie because some of the jokes are a bit crude but if you enjoy that kind of humor, like I do, you will absolutely love this film!

Saw this movie at the Tribeca Film Festival and it lived up to all the buzz about it. Dubbed as a cross between Borat and Jackass, I'd definitely agree. MVM is hilariously gross, shocking, and offensive, but all in a good way. On top of it all throw in angry Gary Coleman and this movie is really really funny.

The premise is that a deceased little person, former-mascot, porn-mogul sets up a contest in his will between a team of mascots and little people each led by his d-bag son and gold digger 3rd wife. The contest pits the little people and mascots in crazy contests like alligator wrestling, "how may insults does it take to get punched", and drinking games.

While the absurdity of all of the contests is great, it's really the characters themselves that make the film. All of the characters have great one-liners at some point throughout and i can't wait to see it again to pick up on the ones i missed.

I really hope it goes to a wide release so I can bring my friends.

If you have a sense of humor and aren't easily offended, this shockumentary is something you'll enjoy. Hesitant at first, the witty banter, shock value and character interaction easily won me over.

In an attempt to showcase his two favorite groups of people, Big Red sends five mascots and five midgets on a 30-day challenge to compete for this inheritance money, leading to hospitalizations, arrests and great entertainment. Participants competed in outrageous and hilarious stunts ranging from field races and drinking competitions to gator wrestling and fight clubs, doing whatever it took to win the $1 million.

From the sharts, fights, nudity and absurdity, this movie will not disappoint.