Reno 911: Miami Unrated Cut – SO Much Better!
Who helped create your sense of humor? If you ever got famous for having a sense of humor in any way, who would you say had a hand in creating it? Surely your parents, some family members perhaps, but there’s also, undoubtedly, shows, comedians, movies, cartoons, and maybe even songs that inspired you to think about the world (comedically) the way you do. For me, aside from a few others, the guys from the MTV show The State played a huge part in creating mine. Their sense of humor catered amazingly to what I wanted growing up. Their humor is exactly what I’d always wanted someone to have. It is irreverent, random, subversive and almost uncharacteristically intelligent and even some of my favorite media right now reflects the seeds they’ve sown in my mind of what I want humor to be in what I consume.
Reno 911!: Miami was received very dismissively by my circle of friends, much to my disappointment. The theatrical cut of this movie disappointed some of the most hardcore fans of this sketch comedy group. People who forced themselves to sit through David Wain’s The Ten even came out with a “yeah, I guess it was pretty funny” feeling after seeing this installment of Reno 911!.
Well I can safely say that this version, with all its nuances, allows for a larger amount of irreverence, home-made feel, and honesty that comes with the brand of comedy you are used to from the Reno 911! show and the people that brought you The State. We even get a cameo from every single member of the original cast of The State (We get David Wain, Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black, Joe Marino, Joe Lo Truglio, and others). It’s amazing how much a movie like this can just feel like it fits.
Reviewing a movie that came out over a year ago won’t do anyone much good, but talking about the appropriate tone of this film, the fit that it has, and the feeling that this is the version director Robert Ben Garant probably wanted to put out in the first place makes you regain faith in some of the best comedic minds out there right now.
From masturbating, crashing into the inside of a dead whale, laughing at a topless woman in turmoil, getting a homeless man’s face tattoo’d on your breasts, to taking a weed whacker to a man’s face, this movie’s pace speaks like a faster version of the show that just begs to be watched. Tag on the entire other version of the film that is contained on the DVD, and all the hilarious outtakes and extras, and this Unrated cut is one of the better buys or rentals you could spend your night with.
Reno 911!: Miami Unrated Cut is now out on DVD
