THE PEST
A film review by Walter Frith
Copyright 1997 Walter Frith
Since Jim Carrey started earning twenty million dollars per film, there has been a fever running through Hollywood to try and do the same. For most comedians, the more you try, the more you will fail because Carrey is a unique if somewhat unoriginal comedian. John Leguizamo falls flat on his face with an unfunny farce of a totally unbelievable nature called 'The Pest'.
Leguizamo parades his way through this movie invoking almost every cultural stereotype and while the film intends to be humourous, it ends up as a racist and unacceptably lame movie. A Miami con man (Leguizamo) who is in debt fifty thousand dollars to the 'Scottish' mob, acepts an invitation to an exotic island by a German businessman (Jeffrey Jones). He is told there is an opportunity for a special scholarship but in reality he's the target for Jones who is a hunter and enjoys collecting the heads of every race of people on Earth.
Get this. Leguizamo picks his nose, farts, barfs and is barfed on (IN THE FACE!) This movie is an insult to anyone above the age of twelve and for any adult who shells out money for this, you will come away angry, insulted, offended and seeing red.
Leguizamo has emerged in recent years as an up and coming bright actor but has taken a sharp turn towards ending his career with 'The Pest'.
Hollywood certainly lacks fresh and original ideas these days but its comedies have become pathetic insults on many levels and they have become self defeating in serving a purpose which is to make people laugh. This one will make you sick. That's all. I'm too angry to write about this movie anymore.
OUT OF 5> zero
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