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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres

By Leroy Douresseaux
November 16, 2007 - 09:35

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres (2007)
Starring:  Dana Snyder, Carey Means, Dave Willis, Andy Merrill, Mike Schatz, Matt Maiellaro, C. Martin Crocker, Fred Armisen, Bruce Campbell, George Lowe, MC Chris Ward, Chris Kattan, Neil Peart, Isaac Hayes III, and Tina Fey
WRITERS/DIRECTORS: Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis
PRODUCERS:  Jay Wade Edwards, Matt Maiellaro, and Dave Willis
GENRES:  Animation, Comedy, Sci-fi
RATING:  MPAA - R for crude and sexual humor, violent images, and language
DISTRIBUTOR:  Warner Bros. Pictures

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres is the feature animated film version of the long-running American animated television series, “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” that appears on the “Adult Swim” block on Cartoon Network.  When a seemingly immortal piece of exercise equipment threatens the world, it’s up to Aqua Teen Hunger Force (also known as “ATHF”) to stop it.

In the film, ATHF lead characters, Master Shake (Dana Snyder), Frylock (Carey Means), and Meatwad (Dave Willis) find and activate Insanoflex, an exercise apparatus that is apparently a threat to the future of humanity.  They join the Plutonians, Oglethorpe (Andy Merrill) and Emory (Mike Schatz), and the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas (Matt Maiellaro) to stop the evil body-shaper.  When the device captures ATHF’s neighbor Carl (Dave Willis), the wacky heroes discover that the Insanoflex can also breed.

Frylock, Master Shake, and Meatwad

The quest to stop the Insanoflex also reopens the mystery of the origins of Meatwad, Frylock and Master Shake, and takes the gang to the South Jersey Shore castle of Dr. Weird (C. Martin Croker) and his assistant, Steve (Crocker).

Filled with the same gross out, morbid, sarcastic, sexual, and surreal humor of its television predecessor, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres is every bit as fun as the small screen original.  The inspired lunacy, the lackadaisical attitude, the seeming indifference to everything, and the deadpan delivery give ATHF in both its incarnations an edgy charisma – It’s hard to ignore.  However, most anyone not familiar with the original cartoon series will find this movie not necessarily incomprehensible, but certainly difficult to tolerate.

B+

 

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