Gross, rude, crude and lewd, Your Highness almost takes the trophy from Borat, Bruno, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as the most vulgar film of the past decade. Every laugh attempt uses tongue in cheek comedy and that gets wierd after awhile. The special effect/CGI laden motion picture looked like a tribute to FX artists everywhere. The only group worthy of such foolishness, men who think macho is still ‘in’, will probably suck it up big time.
There is no real story; well ok it’s about Thadeous (Danny McBride) the son of a king who’s jealous of his brother Fabious (James Franco) because he does all the fun stuff like slaying the local Cyclops. When Fabious’s bride to be gets kidnapped by a wizard, the two join in a quest to get her back.
The ‘F’ word gets used so much, after awhile I became immune to the insult. Constant sexual suggestions, pseudo portrayals of sex, exposed genitalia and mammary make the film so infantile that even the target audience will probably say, “You got to be kidding me” “Yuck,” “Oh no not that” or “Tell me that’s not real”.
Now the film isn’t completely all that bad because it has some excellent special effects. I even have to admit I laughed very loudly during the scene where Thadious, Fabious and Courtney are held captive in a stadium and they have to fight an evil looking five-headed monster. Yeah, and also the stagecoach chase scene gets exciting, and the scene in the wizard’s castle where he tries to take Belladonna’s virginity, and the scene where Thadious has to kiss the Oracle, and … well maybe several other scenes, but not THAT many.
However, Your Highness is rated R for strong crude and sexual content, pervasive language, nudity, violence and some drug use. I’m sure they left out other stuff like a genital necklace and a record number of times they use the ‘F’ word.
FINAL ANALYSIS: Warning, do not take your girlfriend to see the film. Trust me on this one, it’s a guy thing. (B)
Writer, critic, film editor John Delia, Sr. has been on all sides of the movie business from publications to film making. He has worked as a film critic with ACED Magazine for more than 20 years and other publications for a total of 40 years. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Florida. John is a member of the Southeastern Film Critics Association and Critics Association of Central Florida Send John a message at jdelia@acedmagazine.com
