Whipped (2000)

Obnoxious, unpleasant, and painful to watch
I don't usually give one-star reviews...this is the first and probably only time I will do so. I saw this "film" when it came out, at the theater, and the anger and disgust I felt toward it at the time has not gone away (if anything, it's increased), and so I feel compelled to write this review, even though it's a number of years later, and vent some of my outrage.

Let me start by saying that most bad movies are bad because, for whatever reason, they just don't work, and they're either boring or simply not funny. Off the top of my head, I can think of several films made by ex-SNL cast members which fit in this category. Those type of films I can excuse. They are what they are, and they generally don't aim very high to begin with.

This, though, is something else entirely. This is a movie that aims to be more than a mere gross-out comedy, it aims for a kind of social commentary, and to say something meaningful about men, about women, about the way they relate to one another, etc etc. The only problem is, it doesn't know what to say, or how to say it, and so it fails miserably, both as social commentary and as entertainment.

The main male characters are repellant, obnoxious, truly hateful people, and I would not want to know, be around, or have anything to do with any of them. There's no reason why any one else, male or female, would either, despite what the filmmakers would want us to believe. The "dialogue" between them is crude, simplistic, and painfully unfunny, and it is downright unpleasant to hear the degrading way they talk. And yet, at the same time, it's implied that these are witty, urbane, intelligent adults, and that despite their smugness, crudeness, and narcissism, we're supposed to identify with and even like them. Nothing could be more preposterous...except maybe the so-called plot twist at the end.

I could go on, but I won't, except to say that this is a bad movie on every level, and without exaggeration, one of the worst I've ever seen.

So bad I couldn't finish it!
I rented this movie to give this a look and it was money badly spent at the rental place. It was a boring movie. I stopped watching it within the first 15 minutes. Those 15 minutes felt like 3 and a half hours to me. Brad and four eyes were both annoying and obnoxious. The other guy seemed cool but he couldn't save this movie. And the married dude who talks about his wife and the toaster got on my nerves big time. I don't think I saw that much of Amanda Peet during the time I watched this movie which sucks because she's the main character of this movie. I usually like to see how the main character impacts the movie but like I said before, this movie is so bad I couldn't finish it. Save your $4. It's not worth renting!

One of the Worst Movies Ever Made
If I ever make a list of the worst movies I've seen in my life, Whipped will certainly be in the top (bottom?) five. Amanda Peet must have been in desperate need of money to agree to participate in this annoying, idiotic and witless movie.

The only thing worse than the screenplay are the male actors. Granted, they are not given much to play with, since their characters are such stereotypes they might as well be cardboard cutouts (the geek, the player, the boring married guy) but still, I have rarely seen such terrible and unappealing performances on the screen.

As for writer-director Jonathan Abrahams, what can I say? If this guy managed studio executives to finance and distribute this movie, he could probably sell snow to Alaskans. Abrahams should be in sales, not in movies.