Your Highness

A fairytale crossed with a toker’s comedy with the bombastic background music by Jablonsky and the amazing, breathtaking, gorgeous and wonderful Natalie Portman that has the perfect pace (the story, not Natalie) and presents us things that you would have never imagined. Or maybe you could imagine it, but you wouldn’t believe that someone could have the balls to put things like that into a movie that only a dumb and irresponsible parent would take their seven-year-old to see. P.S.: Franco’s singing is awfully out of tune. (07/30/2011)

I mean it when I say I’d rather see Seth Rogen as Prince Thade, but whatever. This is an unbelievable torrent of the most vulgar, cheap, and lowest form of humor that can flow out of the Hollywood cesspit, and so turning up our noses at the oppressive preachers of morality who don't find this funny is certainly appropriate. I was roaring with laughter from the very beginning, only to realize a third of the way through that the film has a well-constructed regular fantasy story, which works mainly thanks to the great set design and Jablonsky’s perfect music. I don't care whether the film is really that perfect or I just happened to be in the right mood for it, and I give it a full score without any reservations. [PS: Natalie’s bath is exactly the moment when a guy’s brain inevitably bleeds out because his heart is pumping in a completely different direction. (01/04/2012)

I'm at a loss. I'll admit that I laughed at times and the film was properly awkward and cringeworthy, but for most of the running time it is pretty shaky and doesn't impress in any significant way. In fact, it's a little too serious for a farce in places, and too silly for a serious fantasy. It's to the point where I feel like David Gordon Green is simply a lost director, and not only does he not have a vision of what the film should be, but he doesn't even have key details or individual scenes that would blow the viewer away and make them go "yeah, that was nice”. And I'd rather not even mention how the boy has managed to screw up the entire Halloween franchise the last few years. I don't know about you David, but it's almost like you fuck up everything you touch. But I'll throw in a second star for the occasional fun... (04/07/2023)

Danny McBride wrote a script tailored to himself, invited some of his buddies from Pineapple Express along for the ride... and yet again, it for the most part didn't turn out well. Though I wasn't suffering too much this time, the humor aims solely at sexual innuendos, which can get boring relatively quickly on a hundred-minute running time. And that simplicity is a terrible shame, because the cinematography is actually well done, Steve Jablonsky nails it as usual, and Natalie Portman effortlessly steals every scene. A forgiving 50% and an unnecessary disappointment. (06/22/2011)

Although I prefer slightly more sophisticated humor, I do appreciate an occasional stoner comedy, too. I had high expectations of Danny McBride. He often makes me laugh out loud, only this time it just didn't work out. I guess I was too hyped up and I was expecting it to be even more hilarious. Despite not living up to my expectations, I did have fun, so a 3+. (08/10/2020)