Sometimes there is a place for the silly comedy.
Films like Dude, Where's My Car, Road Trip and even The Hangover fall into that category and, done right, can be very entertaining.
Your Highness is in this vein and I have to admit to having a pretty good laugh despite there being some very crude and inappropriate scenes, even for the type of film it is.
The always likeable James Franco plays Fabious, the celebrated Prince, who must lead a quest to rescue his bride to be Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel) from the evil Leezar (Justin Theroux) who is bent on creating a dragon through a union with the maiden (yep!) and taking over the kingdom.
There's also the younger brother, Prince Thadeous (Danny McBride) who is very much in the shadow of his brother and has never been on a quest to earn the respect of the people.
Thadeous is required to accompany his brother on the quest to rescue Belladonna and he does so reluctantly.
Along the way they encounter the beautiful Isabel (Natalie Portman) and they set out to defeat Leezar.
It's all very silly, there's ridiculous dialogue at times but it seems to fit well, Franco has a silly lisp, there's robotic bird sidekicks, three evil witches, an arena fight with a five fingered snake monster and an even sillier encounter with a minotaur (I'll leave that one alone).
I didn't expect an awful lot from Your Highness but I must admit to enjoying myself. Possibly not quite as much as, say, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, but it was fun.
I wouldn't necessarily say rush out and see this on the big screen but if you get a few of the guys around it's good for a laugh.
A 6 out of 10.
Films like Dude, Where's My Car, Road Trip and even The Hangover fall into that category and, done right, can be very entertaining.
Your Highness is in this vein and I have to admit to having a pretty good laugh despite there being some very crude and inappropriate scenes, even for the type of film it is.
The always likeable James Franco plays Fabious, the celebrated Prince, who must lead a quest to rescue his bride to be Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel) from the evil Leezar (Justin Theroux) who is bent on creating a dragon through a union with the maiden (yep!) and taking over the kingdom.
There's also the younger brother, Prince Thadeous (Danny McBride) who is very much in the shadow of his brother and has never been on a quest to earn the respect of the people.
Thadeous is required to accompany his brother on the quest to rescue Belladonna and he does so reluctantly.
Along the way they encounter the beautiful Isabel (Natalie Portman) and they set out to defeat Leezar.
It's all very silly, there's ridiculous dialogue at times but it seems to fit well, Franco has a silly lisp, there's robotic bird sidekicks, three evil witches, an arena fight with a five fingered snake monster and an even sillier encounter with a minotaur (I'll leave that one alone).
I didn't expect an awful lot from Your Highness but I must admit to enjoying myself. Possibly not quite as much as, say, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, but it was fun.
I wouldn't necessarily say rush out and see this on the big screen but if you get a few of the guys around it's good for a laugh.
A 6 out of 10.
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