Thunderpants DVD with Ned Beatty, Stephen Fry, Bronagh Gallagher (PG) +Movie Reviews

It's a gas!

P. Burgess | San Francisco Bay Area | 07/26/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The ultimate frat party or cult film - "Thunderpants" is quickly gaining steam as the new "Airplane!" or "Rocky Horror Picture Show." I was blown away by the production values and cast considering the puerile subject matter, while repeat viewings reveal the humor to be much more nuanced than just some cheap fart jokes. And although he only has a supporting role, Rupert Grint absolutely deserves top billing. His delivery is so over-the-top it's like the rest of the cast is speaking in monotone. He doesn't just deserve an Oscar, but a Nobel Prize. Best performance ever!

Note that the domestic U.S. release shows a shorter running time than the previous Canadian import, but the film is in fact complete (the import simply counted the supplemental material in the run time). This is a delightfully cheesy film, and it would be unfortunate to cut one, let alone nine, minutes from it."

Thunderpants

eaglestail | 08/31/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Finnaly, a movie that all boys can and will relate to! My entire family laughed hysterically while at the same time learning to look at diversity in a whole new light. This film should be required curriculum for all 5th, 6th and 7th grade boys. Lets hope that filmakers agree and produce more great films for our guys!"

Equal Measures Of Cabbage, Opera, And Apollo

Robert I. Hedges | 08/05/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This is the only film I am familiar with that dwells on the subject of a boy with two stomachs and a rather unseemly capability that allows him to not only travel the world as an opera "singer," (please don't ask) but also allows him the ability to fly into space atop the world's first self-propelled rocket.

Right off the bat, I think I should advise that this film was purchased as a gift (it is probably most suited to pre-adolescent boys), but given the oddity of the subject matter, I decided to preview it (to make sure it was a suitable gift for the age range I was buying for, and admittedly out of somewhat morbid curiosity.) As others have mentioned, this is absolutely a one-joke movie, and it wears thin after a short while, yet the pre-teen market will love it. Some of the cast members are very interesting, particularly Stephen Fry as a prosecutor, Simon Callow as an underhanded opera singer, and Ned Beatty as the General in charge of the space program.

The DVD features some extras including two promotional trailers, a very brief "making of" short, and one of the worst music videos I have ever seen.

Kids will love this odorous comedy, while adults will more likely roll their eyes and leave the room. The movie is no masterwork, but taken for what it is it succeeds as harmless entertainment.

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May the Farts Be With You

Spudman | Pasadena, MD United States | 07/30/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Thunderpants is juvenile, contrived, hokey, crude, and silly. In short it's the kind of movie I can sink my teeth into, a movie dear to the heart of any and all tooters. With a cut rate price on the sticker, the Thunderpants DVD on sale at a local bargain store was irresistible. I can only imagine how many times the director yelled CUT in the making of this movie.

Yes, many of the characters are wooden stereotypes, and Ned Beatty is over the top, but they all play well and have fun with their parts. I enjoyed the uplifting storyline of bullied boy becomes hero, the cutthroat rivalry between the two opera singers, and the ingenious and riotous use of repetitive tags throughout the film.

After many travails, little Mr. Smash wearing the same striped shirt all through the film, finally attains his goal of becoming a gastronaut and a hero to boot. This uplifting story ends on a high note and with the fart propulsion employed by the main character gives new meaning to the term "air force.""

Seems like it was made on a dare

Yosuta | arrowfeather, usa | 09/25/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This film features Harry Potter's Rupert Grint in a supporting role as Alan A. Allen, a young inventor who helps bullied outcast classmate Patrick Smash (Bruce Cook) put his flatulance problem to good use by using it to power a hovercraft. This starts Patrick on a strange path to realizing his new dream of using his gas to become an astronaut. There are several amusing detours along the way, like when he is recruited by an opera singer to fart the high notes, before Alan and Patrick team up to create a gas powered rocket to save a marooned spacecraft from the (fictionalized) U.S. space program. What makes this film so entertaining are the strong performances (including straight-faced turns from Paul Giamatti and Ned Beatty) and high production values that display an odd, endearing respect for such silly material."

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	Thunderpants Actors: Ned Beatty, Stephen Fry, Bronagh Gallagher, Paul Giamatti, Robert Hardy Director: Peter Hewitt Genres: Indie & Art House, Comedy, Kids & Family PG 2007 1hr 27min An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him to fame as he fulfills his ambition of becoming an astronaut.
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