Release Date: March 24, 2006
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, and for language
Directed by: Trent Cooper
Starring: Larry the Cable Guy, Iris Bahr, Bruce Bruce, Joanna Cassidy, Brooke Dillman, Tony Hale, David Koechner, Lisa Lampanelli, Megyn Price, Tom Wilson, Joe Pantoliano
Plot:
Larry is a big city health inspector who is happy with his usual beat of greasy spoon diners and low-rent ethnic restaurants. But his easygoing life is turned upside-down when he's saddled with a straight-arrow rookie partner and assigned the biggest case of his career: investigating an outbreak of mysterious food poisonings at the city's swankiest restaurants. Infuriating restaurateurs with his bad manners, Larry still manages to charm a sweet, shy waitress into a budding romance. But when his unorthodox methods cost him his job, Larry has to go undercover to bring the conspirators to justice and "Git-R-Done!"
Review:
For anyone that is not familiar with Larry The Cable Guy, he is a stand up comedian. He's beginning to get pretty well known too, especially since he is constantly being shown on comedy central. Well, for some reason, Larry gets his own film. Larry plays himself in this film as a health inspector. This is the complete opposite of what he really is because Larry is messy, disgusting, offensive and a slob.
So there you have it, a very believable film and I am being sarcastic. Health Inspectors are government jobs and someone that is more unsanitary than most restaurants is stretching the truth. Either way, the main focus for this film is to put the spotlight on Larry and to deliver humor. This film is occasionally funny, but when it is funny, its for all the wrong reasons. Does anyone remember fart jokes and poop jokes. Larry The Cable Guy is filled with plenty of toilet humor.
Obviously the humor here is far from original and when it is funny its because of Larrys southern accent. There is actually a story here and it follows Larry along with his partner Amy Butlin. They investigate mysterious food poisonings at restaurants in the city. All this is an attempt for the film to at least have a plot and it does, but its a weak one. The plot isn't on the frontline here because Larry meets a woman he is interested in at a mall.
Why would a conservative fancy woman ever want to date someone as rude, dirty and offensive as Larry, do opposites attract, does this turn her on, so many unanswered questions that actually has a simple answer. The answer is of course it doesn't matter because its just trying to be funny. Clearly thats the direction of this film and speaking about that, Larry The Cable Guy is directed by Trent Cooper who has nothing but a couple of short films under his belt before this.
Sometimes these pointless films can end up as a surprise and even as a guilty pleasure, with Larry The Cable Guy we just sit back and witness how bad it really is. This is a poorly made film with rookies behind the ideas. The execution of Larry The Cable Guy is not involving at all, Larry isn't even all that likeable here. If you find his toilet humor funny, thats fine, but that isn't what you call carefully thought out comedy.
Larry The Cable Guy isn't even a cable guy he is a health inspector, flaw number one. Alright well, this is a one hour and a half flawed mess and its not enjoyable. This film is truly only for die-hard Larry The Cable Guy fanatics, if there are any of those out there. Even those who like this guy can find most of his comedy on the internet or on television. Why make a motion picture that is lifeless, emotionless and just utterly stupid.
