Trailer Park Boys: The Movie

Very funny.

Unlikely to reap success on these shores.

Co-writer/director Mike Clattenburg is right on target with his trio of inept trailer-park criminals.

Boys functions swimmingly as both a bigscreen inflation of smallscreen icons and a fairly hilarious stand-alone.

Canada may have a better health care system than ours, but the popularity of the TV show Trailer Park Boys proves that when it comes to low-brow entertainment, they can go lower than Jerry Springer.

Trailer Park Boys: The Movie is like a feature-length version of the television sitcom My Name Is Earl, only Canadian -- and not funny.

Unfortunately even the most loveable rogues can outstay their welcome; this is a television idea that doesn't go the distance.

The film retains the TV program's balance between its natural warmth and a wonderfully crass sense of fun.

You can understand why this television series struck such a chord with Canadian audiences and why the film shot to number one in that country.

The three central characters are an acquired taste, probably by the same fanclub that digs loser/doper comedies like Dumb and Dumber or the terrible Aussie equivalent, You and Your Stupid Mate