The Foot Fist Way has a chance at real cult comedy status. But I would also say that it isn't as incredibly unique as I would have hoped. But as I found myself laughing at the absurdity and the story, I realized I was really engaged by McBride...

| Apr 10, 2020

Milks the character and his foibles for all the laughs he's worth--which prove to be plenty.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 4, 2012

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 24, 2011

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Being a filmmaker myself, I have an affection for directors who gather all the money they can and just go for it. But the humor is not consistent enough for me to fully recommend this.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 24, 2008

Has an irresistible charm and infectious energy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2008

| Original Score: C+ | Oct 18, 2008

Watching the movie, even when it's not working -- which is a lot of the time -- one doesn't tire of McBride.

Full Review | Oct 18, 2008

Watchable mockumentary with strong performances, but it's not as funny as it should have been and is ultimately both depressing and uncomfortable to sit through.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2008

It's almost funny, or theoretically funny. It's just not actually funny.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 18, 2008

| Original Score: C | Oct 18, 2008

The blatant, inarticulate idiocy of McBride's Simmons is, in a certain way, endearing.

| Oct 18, 2008

But the annoying McBride often resorts to foul-mouthed tirades and so lacks Ricky Gervais's warmth.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 26, 2008

When it works, The Foot Fist Way is among the most painfully funny comedies of the year. Alas, there's just as much here that doesn't quite hit home, making for a lot of dead air between the gags.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 26, 2008

Cut from the same cringe-inducing cloth as The Office and Napoleon Dynamite, this low-budget comedy about a clueless Tae Kwan Do tutor punches, chops and karate-kicks above its weight.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 26, 2008

This could have been The Karate Kid done as The Office, but in the end drops to its knees as The Flat-Foot Ham-Fisted Way.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 26, 2008

From a bunch of minor Judd Apatow protégés, a dispiriting low-budget series of witless, misogynistic sketches masquerading as comedy.

| Sep 26, 2008

Shot on video, more vérité than mockumentary in style, Foot Fist shames bigger-budgeted fare with its gags-to-bucks ratio.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 26, 2008

The comedy is of the kind that makes you wince rather than laugh; the camerawork is defiantly ugly and the performances are unpolished.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 26, 2008