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I was somewhat interested in watching this movie, especially after seeing a little "Behind the Music"-esque VH1 show about the PMRC and Senate Hearing. Unfortunately, that 30 minute blurb was more interesting than this movie.

Warning: Parental Advisory fails for several reasons. First, it starts off wasting a LOT of time explaining the Blank Tape Tax the Record Industry was so interested in. This has some importance to the story but could have been simply explained quickly. During this waste of time we also have a "love interest" introduced for no good reason. I tuned in to see a dramatization of the events leading to those annoying stickers, not a predictable "love story".

Another big problem was that since they managed to get Dee Snider himself to appear the movie seems to be written around him. We get to hear Dee's entire speech. The real travesty of the movie is that they butchered the best speech of the whole affair: Frank Zappa's! If interested you should do a Google search to find a copy of this. I guess maybe he copywrited it and they could only use an excerpt.

The scenes involving the creation of the PMRC were ok, and in general, the movie moved along at an ok pace. The senate hearing itself should have taken up a LOT more time. The most important part of the story was rushed.

I guess VH1 felt like getting into the "fighting censorship" action by letting Dee Snider actually say "motherf***er" with no "bleep" or "mute". Ewwww, controversial!

Not.

This movie left me completley suprised. I was waiting for a gamer movie to once suck again as usual. The special effects are incredible and the story line is fantastic. The screenplay could have been a little better but, you get passed it with all the gore. Not that much fighting in this one but, wait til' the sequel part two has the best battles in it I LOVED IT





8/of10

While some of the performances in this movie were ok (especially George Carlin) the movie wasn't very funny overall. The worst part, as someone mentioned, is the ridiculous 2nd half of the movie where there is way to much "action". I'm not sure why so many comedies follow this formula. Put some "funny" stuff in the beginning but wind up with an "exciting" thriller at the end. The comedy isn't anything to get excited about, unless all your favorite comedies fit the above formula. I can't stand seeing a movie where I see the joke coming from a mile away, and this was the case in this movie. There weren't any jokes you have to think about, movie/book references, or non-sequiters. Just stuff like Shelly Long being unable to say "penis", some cross-dressing, and other boring "fish out of water" jokes. The movie only shines with the dialogue between Midler and Long early in the movie. I'm sure there are a lot of people who like this sort of movie, but if you're a fan of Monty Python, the Simpsons, the Coen Brothers or any other real comedy I'd stay far away. 4/10.