Make no mistake: this was a slow and bad weekend at the box office, an example of the January doldrums at their absolute worst. However, this was probably the only environment where a film titled 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' could have flourished, so at least someone is happy.
You would think that a movie starring Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Emma Stone, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Banks, Jason Sudeikis, Seth MacFarlane, Richard Gere, Josh Duhamel, Chris Pratt and Anna Faris wouldn't have a hard time finding an audience. But things haven't been easy for 'Movie 43,' the sketch comedy movie that started filming back in 2010. Despite the all-star cast, the movie won't have any preview screenings before it opens in theaters on Friday. But to help convince you that this might be a funny movie, they've released on of the 'Movie 43' sketches online in full and you can watch it right now.
It might not be accurate to call the red-band trailer for 'Movie 43' "short and sweet", because while it is short, there's nothing sweet about it. It's only offers up about one minute of footage from the upcoming raunchy anthology, but it's enough to make you blush, gag or both.
Watch it after the break, knowing full well that it's NSFW.
We knew from the trailer that 'Movie 43' was going to be a filthy, offensive and completely and totally NSFW experience. A new featurette about the star-studded comedic anthology only doubles down on this: leave the kids at home when you come see this one.
Movies with many different segments are - by nature - hit and miss, but the star power alone in 'Movie 43' should make it a curio to be curious about. To whet appetites, they've released a red band clip which features (among other things) Jason Sudeikis checking out... well, see for yourself.
It looks like someone finally took up the mantle of films like 'Kentucky Fried Movie' and 'Amazon Women on the Moon,' because 'Movie 43' is a comedy omnibus that reminds of those scatter-shot but often hilarious sketch-based films. Actually, a lot of people took up that mantle. Like, half of Hollywood (47%) at least.
