Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Dotbankey A lot of fun.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

popcorninhell Remember when Norm MacDonald was funny? Okay, remember when people thought Norm MacDonald was funny? There was a time in the late- nineties/early-two-thousands he got the full post-SNL treatment: a few leads in a a bunch of little seen comedies, his own sitcom which lasted a few seasons and he even got a gig as Lucky the Dog in Doctor Dolittle (1998). Among his various appearances at that time was the 2000 flop Screwed co-starring Dave Chappelle, Danny DeVito and Elaine Stritch. In it Norm plays a mistreated chauffeur who kidnaps his boss's dog and holds it ransom. After a series of unfortunate events however, the dog winds up back home and the boss and authorities believe the chauffeur to be kidnapped.What sets Screwed apart from other SNL-themed dead-horse-beaters is its unpredictability. While the insanity never reaches an energetic crescendo, its never the fault of the winning script; written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. You may recall they are the same writing partners that made Ed Wood (1994), The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996) and Man on the Moon (1999). In Screwed their slumming not just as writers but as directors yet there's still a sly subtext of a desperate working class struggling against an uncaring bourgeoisie. It brings to mind Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) among other Commedia all'italiana only set to American tastes.All the supporting cast members including and especially Elaine Stritch and Dave Chappelle have brought their A-game. Norm MacDonald stands as the only discord in this goofy farce about crime and desperation. That and perhaps the sloppy, almost Kevin Smith-like direction and cinematography. Other than that however, the movie is worth a second look or at the very least worth more than a 7% on rottentomatoes. Even Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) got away with a 19%.

Sandcooler "Screwed" desperately tries to be a classic Shakespearean comedy, a style that really doesn't translate very well to modern cinema. It's full of comical misunderstandings, mistaken identities, suitcases ending up in the wrong hands, and somewhere in between the idea is that you laugh at something. I was hoping I had found a lost Norm MacDonald gem, but this movie doesn't play into any of his strenghts. He gets to do a lot of physical stuff, and absolutely no great deadpan one- liners: anyone who's familiar with his comedy knows that moving isn't his strong point. Danny De Vito and Dave Chappelle meet the same fate, they're stuck with a screenplay that gives them very little interesting to do. For what it's worth the movie is never flat-out boring, the story isn't bad but it just falls flat whenever they try to do a big comedy set piece. The movie is a lot more tolerable when it's not trying, but I'm not sure that's a great recommendation.There's one great scene in this though, the one where Norm gets interrogated by the hard-ass police detective. This is the kind of movie where whenever someone does a good line (i.e. not often), you think it's improvised. I guess that scene was entirely improvised.

brettmajors_karaokeking The people who knock this movie have no sense of what makes a movie funny. Screwed was indeed funny, much more so than for example, Anchorman. Actually, everyone I know was laughing constantly throughout this terrific comedy! I'm not going to give anything big away, but after Norm McDonald and Dave Chappelle realize they have failed to kidnap Mrs. Crock's dog, Chappelle let's out one of the funniest one-liners that I have ever heard. We are talking non-stop laughs throughout this move. The plot is absurd, but this seriously added to the film's overall hilarity. If you miss this movie due to negative comments made by various users, you have truly done yourself an injustice.

Idocamstuf What a dumb, unfunny movie. I got this film for a gift , I watched it and thought it was terrible. My question is, why would Danny DeVito ever agree to appear in such aterrible movie? I would not recommend this movie to anybody. 2 out of 10