Let's face it, movies like "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters" are nearly review-proof. "ATHFCMFT" exists as an extended viewing experience for the devoted audience of the animated series it is based on. If creators Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis can also entertain a few more curious people with strange senses of humor (such as myself), then it's a job well done.
The Aqua Teen Hunger Force consists of three talking fast foods: Master Shake (voice of Dana Snyder), Frylock (voice of Carey Means) and Meatwad (voice of Dave Willis). Despite living mundane lives in the suburbs of New Jersey, they enter an intergalactic fight for an extraordinary exercise machine, soon discovering how they came to be.
The "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" spawned from an episode concept for Cartoon Network show "Space Ghost Coast to Coast", and it has become the most popular Adult Swim original program since debuting in 2000.
Imagine a boring day, and then begin to throw in the most absurd circumstances your imagination can muster up. Characters die repeated deaths, and each supporting character is more insane than the last. They include neighbor Carl, mad scientist Doctor Weird, two Plutonians, Atari-reminiscent villains Ignignokt and Err, hip-hop spider DJ Pee Pants, Walter Melon (a scheming piece of fruit with a personal drummer), a time-traveling Abraham Lincoln, and the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past, a horny robot.
When a show-movie relies on an energetically surreal premise, a viewer either embraces the appeal of such random humor, or will know that it is not their cup of tea.
It should be noted that the movie is practically worth seeing just for the pre-show, featuring refreshments singing an unbelievably funny warning to the audience about what not to do while watching.
If the aforementioned descriptions have piqued your interest, then be happily on your way to the box office when the movie opens. If the idea of foul-mouthed snacks makes you scoff, then you probably stopped reading this review long ago.
Opens USA April 13. MPAA Rated “R”
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