Swearnet: The Movie (2014)

One of my all time favorites.

It is a performances centric movie

Good movie but grossly overrated

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Swearnet: The Movie (2014): Dir: Warren P. Sonoda / Cast: Rob Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, Pat Roach, Sarah Jurgens: From the creators of The Trailer Park Boys comes a followup that regards one's response to censorship. Rob Wells, John Paul Tremblay and Mike Smith play themselves struggling with possible life after Trailer Park Boys. Mike Smith conjures the idea of an Internet show called Swearnet where our boys say pretty much anything they desire. This catches on and soon they are raking in cash from those subscribing to their rants. Subplots includes Wells in a relationship with a woman who apparently gave Sebastian Bach of Skid Row a blow job. She places his belongings in the front yard when she learns of her reputation on Swearnet. Tremblay is a nascar racer whose father's ashes are stored in a doll. His lover is a female Russian body builder. Mike Smith is so not like Bubbles here. Very profane in his vocabulary and his combination of vulgar words. He is the originator of Swearnet but lands in trouble when some underground sponsors come to collect. Pat Roach is done up as mascot Swear Man and his scenes are perhaps the grossest, particularly when his genitals end up on live television during a hockey game. Sarah Jurgens plays Rob's sleazy clingy girlfriend whom Smith takes a very verbal disliking to. This is a film that contains something to offend everyone yet its attack on censorship and free speech is one for which many will agree upon. Amusing ending with a negotiation that is pretty much the funniest scene in the film, and that is something one can swear by. Score: 9 / 10

I ADORE the Trailer Park Boys i'll just pin that up before I go into anything. The characters are lovable, the narrative develops nicely and over offers a very interesting aspect and satire to Canadian life. So what happened with Swearnet: The Movie? I struggled with this film so much. Its hard to watch a bad movie but it's harder to watch a bad movie with actors/writers that you love and have seen produce some great work in the past. Swearnet:The Movie is the story of Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay and Mike Smith creation of their own internet network 'Swearnet' and thats the plot in a nutshell. The movie likes to make things very clear that this ISN'T Trailer Park Boys with constant reminders at the beginning and if that wasn't enough perhaps to poor writing and Mike Smiths character would remind you enough. The whole execution of the movie plays out like a 14 year old boys pubescent fantasy. The jokes fall flat, the characters a largely unlikable and development of said characters doesn't exist instead they just switch like a light 3 quarters the way through which again is subject to poor writing. If it isn't enough that their own characters are marginally irritating then they brought in Tom Green and Carrot Top to make things wholly annoying as well as add absolutely nothing to the film. Their really isn't much that can be said about this film than it exists. It is a prime example of how a swearword can loose it's impact after repeated use and just become annoying and after a record breaking 935 F#@k's this has been proved 10 times over. I wouldn't recommend this film to anybody. Even if you're a fan of the Trailer Park Boys I would find anything but this to watch as the only feeling I got after this film finished was embarrassment and general sadness inside, don't get me wrong though their is way worse than this. 3/10

I just watched this on netflix last night. I was interested to see if the boys were anything more than just the one hit wonders of "the trailer park boys". Going by Swearnet, the answer is no. It was terrible. One clue was that the only famous people they could get to do guest spots in the movie were Tom Green - a washed up has been, and Carrot Top, a washed up never was. The only aspect of this movie that is funny is the fantasy images of themselves they created. Hot dumb blonde girlfriends, big houses filled with video games, pinball machines and weight sets. This is what you would expect from a dim 13 year old boy, and this movie would probably appeal to a dim 13 year old boy. But if you expect more than swearing and fart jokes you will probably not be able to sit through the whole movie.

Even though this is NOT a Trailer Park Boys movie it IS a Trailer Park Boys movie. The 3 stars of the cult favourite TV series and many of the supporting cast members play "themselves" in this movie about setting up their own TV network so that they won't have to put up with any more censorship. Apparently they REALLY like swearing!The boys kind of play the same characters that they do in the TPB series but with some differences. For instance "Mike Smith" is a violent, drug and booze fuelled party monster. Pretty much the polar opposite to Bubbles. John Dunsworth shows absolutely nothing of Jim Lahey. Pat Roach is a real hoot as Swearman although "Dickman" might be a more accurate name. He has a pretty good sized role in this and does a good job. Tom Green and Carrot Top are kind of blah in their parts. Tom has an obsession with handing out key-chains and Carrot Top kind of reminds me of the late Joan Rivers in a Ronald McDonald wig. Insert bad plastic surgery joke here.Over all a darn good movie. It isn't going to win an Oscar but then have you actually watched some of the crap that HAS won an Oscar? If dick jokes, weed, booze and F-bombs turn you off then turn this off. Likewise if you hate the Trailer Park Boys you will hate this. If you like the TPBs then you will like this.I give it a solid 8 out of 10