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“Omnibus films featuring big names can work as long as the product works well, but Movie 43 fails as it combines the series of shorts into one narrative. There are two versions of the film: One takes place in a producer’s conference and the other takes place at a teenager’s home before an apocalypse. Some segments have missing payoffs like the one where a grocery clerk Neil (Kiernan Culkin) falls in love with Veronica (Emma Stone) or Batman (Jason Sedakis) giving dating advice to Robin (Justin Long). Others, like the one where Beth (Kate Winslet) goes on a date with millionaire Davis (Hugh Jackman), the one where Amanda (Chloe Moretz) experiences her first menstrual cycle, and the one where a man (Chris Pratt) takes laxatives to show his love for his fiancée (Anna Faris) are just an ex” read more
"This is a movie that mistakes plain and simple vulgarity for humour. The result is an anthology of some of the most unfunny, repulsive sketches you'll ever see in your life, be it Anna Faris asking her boyfriend to "poop" on her like it's the equivalent of proposing engagement, or Hugh Jackman sporting a scrotum on his neck! So why isn't it higher on the list? Because, as hard to watch as it was, I was actually kind of bizarrely fascinated by it: like, "How did they come up with this shit?!" The"