Tripping the Rift: The Movie
by Bernie Denk
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Actor: Gayle Garfinkle, Jenny McCarthy, Maurice LaMarche, Rick Jones, Stephen RootDirector: Bernie Denk
Brand: TRIPPING THE RIFT - THE MOVIE (DVD MOVIE)
Composer: Mario Sevigny
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: ANCHOR BAY
Movie Reviews of Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Movie Review: Surprisingly uninteresting and not particularly shocking...
Summary: 2 Stars
...this DVD caught my eye in my local shop. It touts itself as a trash-talkin', dirty-minded sci-fi parody, shot in shimmery computer animation. Well, the last part is true! The animation is really cool -- fluid, shiny, viscous, and richly detailed.
I should probably say that I am unfamiliar with the TV show...but I do think these kind of spin-off films, if successful, should be able to stand on their own. The Futurama movie could, the Simpsons movie could...but this one really falls flat. As many have commented, it feels like 2-3 episodes stuck together (a space princess mission, a Desperate Housewives parody, and a Terminator knockoff, which provides the thread that links everything). It's disjointed and a bit stilted.
Futurama, to me, seems an apt comparison: a crew of mismatched alien creatures trawl the galaxy in a junky ship looking for adventure and opportunity. While Futurama excels at multi-level, existential plotlines rich with both witty, sophisticated humor and more simple-minded gaffaws, Tripping the Rift feels forced and cynical. Frankly, it's not dirty enough to be titillating or exciting, but it's not savvy enough to be provocative or enlightening...it just feels like a bunch of weird characters swearing at another, yelling, humping, and narrowly avoiding catastrophe.
Bottom line is, there is much better trashy fun stuff than this...I would be curious to check out the series, as folks here imply that it is much better than this.
One the plus side, the voice talent is great. Maurice Lamarche is always fantastic, as is Stephen Root, and Jenny McCarthy is a lot of fun. So that's somethin'!
Summary of Tripping the Rift: The Movie
What begins for Chode and crew as a routine mission to protect a pissed-off princess will soon become a filth- splattered saga of dismembered royalty indestructible clown assassins and desperately horny housewives. What vile act has Chode committed to bring down the ultimate wrath of Bobo? Can Gus Six T nuk Whip and Bob stop a time-traveling killing machine from ruining a booze-soaked birthday party? How much does a lap- dance cost at the Grope-A-Cabana on Omicron 9? The voices of Stephen Root Maurice LaMarche Jenny McCarthy John Melendez Gayle Garfinkle and Rick Jones star in this all-new feature length movie packed with plenty of sex violence and &^%!#* too extreme for broadcast TV!System Requirements:Running Time: 75 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 013131516890 Manufacturer No: DV15168They're rude, crude, and thoroughly unrespectable. And now, the crew of the Jupiter 42 is uncensored in Tripping the Rift: The Movie, the first feature-length adventure from the popular Canadian animated series. By "uncensored," the producers mean that the gloves are off in regard to language and sexual innuendo, though nudity remains off the table (a disappointment, one might assume, for admirers of Rift's voluptuous android, Six of Nine, who's voiced by Jenny McCarthy). And the added level of raunch does boost the level of laughs in this occasionally lightweight story, which has Captain Chode (Stephen Root) and his crew serving as bodyguards for a hideous princess while avoiding a clown-faced robot assassin. The series' penchant for knocking (or paying tribute to) pop-culture touchstones gets a workout here, with nods to Young Frankenstein (the black-and-white animation looks terrific), The Terminator, and even Desperate Housewives. The endless riffing and sophomoric humor wears thin after a while, but series fans should find it all to their liking. The DVD includes a brief featurette offering interviews with Root, McCarthy, and voice talent Maurice LaMarche and John Melendez, as well as previews for other Anchor Bay titles. --Paul Gaita
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