The Farrelly Brothers tackle R-rated comedy after 13 years and it's a welcome return to form. Three childhood friends invent an alibi called "Ricky Stanicky," who they use as a lifelong excuse to get out of trouble and family obligations. When they are finally caught in the lie 20 years later, they hire a struggling adult entertainer (who sings dirty song parodies) in order to inhabit the role. John Cena always kills it when he goes straight for the comedy and leaves his ego at the door, and William H. Macy always remains a highlight for me. The three friends were mostly forgettable though, and I didn't really care what happened to them, even though that was the very crux of the movie. Ricky Stanicky was too damn likeable and all they kept doing was trying to get rid of him the entire time. Let's face it, we could all use a Ricky Stanicky in our lives.
At the end of the day though, all I'm going to remember are those dirty song parodies. Seriously, that shit made me laugh so hard because I thought I was the only one who turned every lyric into something perverted. "Weird Al Wankovic" was right there the whole time.
3 air-dickers out of 5
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