When I read the synopsis to "Kickin' it old skool", I expected a funny, and maybe even witty homage to the 80's, the time of my childhood. This movie is anything but. Instead, it is a series of scenes making fun of mentally handicapped people, fat people, homeless people, Jewish people, black people, and of course the main character, a guy who fell into a coma as a kid twenty years ago, and now behaves like one stuck in the body of a 30 year old. All of that is hold together by a story that might have made sense, but is totally ruined by an implausible script with stereotype characters who are played by mostly mediocre actors (the only exception being Debra Jo Rupp who manages despite the script to give her character some credibility). IMHO, watching a homeless person peeing first himself and later others is not humorous; neither is seeing a guy who just woke up from a coma falling repeatedly flat on his face because his atrophic muscles can not support him. Judging by their giggling, the 6 year old girls sitting in the row behind me felt different and enjoyed these as well as the other equally crude jokes; they were the only ones in the theater. And even if you are a parent looking for a funny movie for your kids, this one is a bad choice because of the tons of crude sexual humor; unless you think that internet porn is an adequate learning tool about sexuality or want them watching for example a grown-up practicing how to make out with a girl by playing with the man-boobs of his overweight friend, while his other friends comment that you have to twist the nipples like a violin knob... So maybe at least the break-dancing scenes make it worth watching this movie? Not really, although some of the scenes are impressive, they sum up to maybe 2 minutes in this 108 minute disaster, and do not even remotely make up for the rest of the movie. Save yourself the money, the time and a painful experience and go see something else.
Review of Kickin' It Old Skool
