This is the kind of movie they call a "shaggy dog". Since Harmony Korine has been re-born as Martin Scorsese Jr. He's started to make some pretty good movies. Someone broke it down: a movie with three good scenes is a success with audiences (although they may be puzzled as to why they actually liked the experience). This movie is set up as three encounters for the Moondog, Isla and Snoop, Zack Efron and Martin Lawrence. Along the way there is a hilariously obscene tirade in front of judge (no one else noticed Ginger Lynn as the court stenographer?) and a pretty standard denouement. But it's funny if you can roll with it and accept Moondog's philosophy of the world.
Review of The Beach Bum
