A bit like Romy & Michelle meets Dumb & Dumber. I didn't mind it. They could have made more of it but it is what it is. It's more scratching your head laughing than laugh out loud funny. If you enjoyed Happy Endings you should love this. I did.
Ass Backwards
2013
Action / Adventure / Comedy
Ass Backwards
2013
Action / Adventure / Comedy
27% - Critics
17% - Audience
4.2Plot summary
"Ass Backwards" is an irreverent female buddy comedy about two childhood best friends who are pushing the age of 30 and not quite where they thought they'd be in life. When they run into their former beauty pageant nemesis, they decide to go on a road trip back home to recapture the pageant crown which eluded them as children. On the road, they face some hard truths about themselves and each other as they encounter spring breakers, strip clubs, a women's militant group and their favorite reality star. This heightened comedic awakening leads us into an unforgettable third act finale that is the girls' homecoming and final reckoning with their past, present and future.
Uploaded by: OTTO
Director
Top cast
Alicia Silverstone as Laurel
Bob Odenkirk as Pageant MC
Vincent D'Onofrio as Bruce
June Diane Raphael as Kate
Tech specs
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 696.88 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Movie Reviews
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It's funny
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Where did the fun go...?
I must admit that I had initially expected just a bit more from this movie than what it turned out to be. So I can't really claim to have been overly impressed with the end result.
The story is about Kate (played by June Diane Raphael) and Chloe (played by Casey Wilson) who were competing in beauty pageants as young girls - and lost. Having grown up together, living together and doing everything together, the two women are side by side through thick and thin. They receive an invitation for a 50th anniversary beauty pageant in the town of Neptune. Getting there proves to be some ordeal for the two women.
That was basically the storyline wrapped up in a few lines. For a comedy, then "Ass Backwards" was really tame and you have to look far for the laughs. I think I laughed but one time throughout the entire movie, and that was when they were driving in their van and singing along to a scratched CD with the "take on me" song by A-HA. That was the highlight of the entire movie.
The jokes were non-existent, and there was just an all-through complete lack of comedy throughout the entire movie.
That being said, then I will say that the people in the movie were doing good jobs with their given roles, they just had next to nothing script-wise to work with. And the two lead actresses June Diane Raphael and Casey Wilson really carried the movie well and had great on-screen chemistry.
Perhaps I wasn't particularly in the target audience, as I am 38 years old and male, but still, this movie came and went without leaving any lasting impression at all, aside from two great performances by the lead actresses.
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Good movie, I can watch again after some time pass
There are movies that I refuse to watch again after watching it, but this is one of the movies I can watch again.
The plot is OK, acting is good, and funny moments are really funny. Two girls who became friends through their childhood pageant is just so adorable. This is a story of a true blue friendship.
It is not a laugh out loud movie, but it is very humorous and I find myself shaking my head while smiling.
If you are like me who just want to enjoy a movie then you should give this movie a chance
The scenes are good and the ending is something I really enjoy, This is a movie that you I like from beginning to end.