Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

Its running time painfully accentuates the premise's thinness.

The brainchild of Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis isn't immune to the problem often faced by supersize cartoons -- namely, what might be effectively clever when doled out in episodic portions tends to get diluted over the course of an expanded format.

Its absurdist scenarios serve as little more than a ramshackle frame for bizarre non sequiturs, stoned pop-culture riffing, and some of the weirdest gags ever to make it into a studio-released film.

There's ultimately something exhilarating -- and, dare I say, liberating? -- about the film's chaotic avant-garde energy.

If you're in the right frame of mind or if you've inhaled the right substance I guess you might find this stuff hilarious. I laughed, then I grew restless, then I grew sleepy, then I just wanted it to end.

ATHF can seem brilliantly deconstructive one moment and stupefyingly boring the next -- or to provide a more accurate ratio, it can follow five brilliant seconds with five straight minutes of boredom.

It’s like Time Warner just wanted something to put in theaters with a semi-recognizable IP, and they turned to Adult Swim and said, “just give us the best of what you’ve got.”

The Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie isn't going to be for most people, but those who were already converts will probably find it tasty enough to go back for seconds.

The most scathing deconstruction of Hollywood (and the culture at large) this side of Robert Altman's The Player.