I like the idea of a killer mime. I think given the right platform it could work. The warning that opens things up does not instill much hope. Warning: This is a very ridiculous, offensive, irreverent, funny film. If you’re easily offended, or are looking for a polished gem, look elsewhere, or don’t it’s a free country, just don’t say I didn’t warn you. Which I read as “we didn’t make a good movie but uh… we did it on purpose so you’re the asshole for not liking it.” It’s the same thing Troma has been doing for years and I fucking hate Troma. God, I hope I’m wrong. Also, whenever you have to call your own film “funny” it just sounds the alarm that it’s going to be a far stretch from anything considered comedy. God, I really hope I’m wrong. There’s a couple friends watching a film called The Day the Mime Cried, a movie that hasn’t been seen in thirty years. Which leads to some long opening credits and a half-assed song about the killer mime. Reporter Brock Peterson hosts a special report on a killer mime and the dark history of mimes in general tied up like a History Channel special on Bigfoot’s appearance at the last supper… it’s pretty damn funny. A missing child back in the 70s and a failed assassination attempt at the trial of the mime led to the mute maniac escaping. Years later, a car full of teenage stereotypes drive off into the woods and came across the mime doing his shtick on the side of the road. The dickhole of the group throws his hotdog at the mime and seals their fates. They make it to the dickhole’s father’s place in the woods and it appears that the mime is also his father and is more than likely the missing kid. The missing kid’s brother kidnaps a mime and tortures him in his garage and after he gets some information on his sibling, he melts him with makeup remover. Hijinks happen, audio awkwardly drops, Second Line Brewing gets some love, folks are actually slaughtered by mimed weapons (including crushed by that damn invisible box) and a bunch of friends have themselves some fun. I may not have given this one more leeway if I had paid for it but it was a free watch on Tubi so I’m not pissed or anything. Some of the jokes actually land and the “meta” stuff isn’t too annoying… it also never hits those levels of ass that Troma does thanks to how much the Troma Team seems to love toilet humor. I didn’t hate it and the folks making it seem to be having a blast but it still feels a little too long and it only runs an hour. It also gets its own title song as the end credits roll and I’m all for that.
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