I chose not to save this on for the June Swoon and include it in the Genre-ary.
I’m not sure how I feel about that decision.
Dicks: The Musical is raucous, dirty, profane, obscene, potentially blasphemous, and offensive, but there were some scenes that were surprisingly full of heart and that may have won me over from completely crushing this movie in this review and, instead, hemming and hawing about the picture.
Two identical (that term being used in a non-identical way) twins, separated at birth, find each other and make lots of dick and sex jokes and innuendo. Then they try to reunite their parents who had each taken one of the boys to raise.
Yeah, there is not much of a plot here.
If you like musicals and movies that are crude and profane, this is the film for you. I do like musicals, but, honestly, I have never been much of a fan of the real raucous and abrasive type of movies and this is one of the most brazen films of that type I have ever seen.
Honestly, I disliked the two main characters, Trevor (Aaron Jackson) and Craig (Josh Sharp). These characters are designed to be unlikeable, though. In that manner, they did a great job.
Their parents, Harris (Nathan Lane) and Evelyn (Megan Mullally), are definitely the best parts of the movie. Nathan Lane, in particular, really rises above the material and gives that standout performance that you expect from him. There is a joke with Megan Mullally’s character’s vagina that is borderline hilarious, yet amazingly offensive.
I did find the songs to be fun and catchy, albeit also obscene.
I really did hate this for awhile, but by the end, I would be lying if I said that I did not have sort of a smile on my face.
