By Matt Brunson
YOUR HIGHNESS
*
DIRECTED BY David Gordon Green
STARS Danny McBride, James Franco
As screen couplings go, the less charitable might gaze upon the union of Danny McBride and Natalie Portman and be reminded of Princess Leia forced to sit half-naked and chained next to Jabba the Hutt. But this unlikely match is the least of the problems plaguing Your Highness. God almighty, this is one awful movie, a real feat considering that even the most juvenile of comedies can score at least a couple of guffaws off a steady stream of pot and dick jokes. But this stinkbomb manages the unpardonable sin of being boring for long stretches of time as well as unfunny all the time.
As a dim prince, McBride’s stoner act can’t touch that of either Cheech or Chong; as his heroic brother, James Franco seems as out of it as he was hosting the Oscars; as a warrior woman, Portman somehow maintains her dignity while wasting her talents; and as a damsel in distress, Zooey Deschanel is unpardonably ill-utilized. Meanwhile, a minotaur tries to engage in butt-fucking before getting his appendage lopped off, McBride and Franco are forced to give a hand job to a lecherous Yoda rip-off, and a traitor (Toby Jones) turns out to be as junk-free as a Ken doll. For comparable entertainment value, you might as well watch a Renaissance Festival employee take a leak behind the costume and pottery booths.
This article appears in Apr 12-18, 2011.
Totally agree, this was the biggest waste of 2 hours ever in my life. I kept hoping that it was going to improve but it never did. The only four letter word good enough to describe it is DIRE! At least we went on Orange Wednesday
In three words…THIS ‘movie’ SUCKED. Actually, there aren’t sufficiently eloquent words to describe how abysmally putrid this ‘movie’ was. I feel cheated and I only spent five bucks.