Mr. Bones (2001) Reviews

• Good, clean fun

  klippies22005-12-04

  I thought the movie rock. What made it even better was to watch my kids aged 8 and 10 enjoy the film. Everything was kept simple and the good, clean humor, despite some crude jokes, was put in place in a way the whole family can enjoy. Well Done! This movie has got a place in my collection. I was disappointed in the overall rating but since some of the finer humor is hidden in cultural differences, it is understandable that some folks might not get the whole picture. And I have to say that it was masterly achieved.

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• Laughing Muscle Hazard if you understand cultural difference

  andriesvanTonder2002-07-18

  This is not a movie for the person wanting to see an "intelligent, science fiction, documentary, love story" or the like. It is pure entertainment. The author and actors and everybody involved is giving the most to entertain you, get you to laugh, wanting you to go out thinking, wanting to see it again... This type of film is also proof that South Africans is growing up, forgetting the past, the swear words of the "apartheid" era and the like. One of the worst swear words of that time was "kaffer" or "Caffer" referring to a person of the Negroid race. A child was referred to as a "kaffertjie" sounding very much similar to "Kavuki"! I did not hear of any riots or protests at any venue where this movie was showing. To summerize, WELL DONE.

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• Excellent

  eveningthought2006-02-17

  It's refreshing to see an Afrikaans film being better and funnier than it's American counter-parts. All Afrikaaners will be familiar with comedian Leon Schuster's work (particularly "You must be Joking") and he plays his character with his usual gusto and madness. The film is hilarious, proving that a juvenile sense of humor doesn't have to be bad thing (especially during the toilet scene). It's a fantastic movie with a great cast, inevitably overwhelmed by Schuster . Obviously not everyone will be able to get the South African humor, or indeed, some of the stronger accents, and some could accuse the movie of going for cheap laughs and being unoriginal. But with a that said it still manages to blow most comedies out of the water. And besides, what's wrong with recycling some jokes if you do them better than they ever were in the first play. Hopefully this will help gain the South African film industry some momentum, but if it doesn't, well then we still get a cool movie out of it!

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• Silly? Stupid? You bet, but a great film for the genre.

  erik_fuller2003-12-08

  One thing that appears to be a safe assumption is that this movie isn't made for Germans or Austrians, all others read on! As an American living in South Africa for the past two years, I probably have a bit more insight on the film than other foreigners, but I thought it was hilarious. I haven't laughed that hard at a movie since the slo-mo melon sequence in Ice Age. Anyone who likes Adam Sandler or any of the American Pie films would at least appreciate this movie, even if they don't get all the intricacies of the jokes (you know, like a 300lb pig flying through the air like a cruise missile). Aside from shamelessly juvenile jokes, the film has a surprisingly tight story, and doesn't pretend to be anything it's not. The performances do the job, and all in all the movie's a riot. I had avoided seeing it for two years but recently caught it on DVD and was completely surprised. Easily makes 8/10, and is the best comedy I've seen in a long, long time.

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• LMAO

  vikster632003-05-18

  This movie was one of the funniest and most clever films I've seen in quite a while. Even with some of the crude humor, it was done well, and the connections to golf and gambling, were just too good. Walked out?! I'm looking for the DVD.