Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres (2007)

48% of critics liked it
(84 reviews)
67% of users liked it
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Meatwad, Frylock, and Master Shake team up for their biggest adventure yet in this animated feature that finds the popular Adult Swim trio pursued by an immortal piece of exercise equipment that poses a severe threat to the balance of galactic peace. Despite their best efforts to elude the… More Meatwad, Frylock, and Master Shake team up for their biggest adventure yet in this animated feature that finds the popular Adult Swim trio pursued by an immortal piece of exercise equipment that poses a severe threat to the balance of galactic peace. Despite their best efforts to elude the malevolent body-shaper, the super-sized friends are soon horrified to discover that the Plutonians have joined forces with the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past to take control of the renegade device in a bid to rule the universe. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By: Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis
Written By: Dave Willis, Matt Maiellero
Genres: Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy

In Theaters: Apr 13, 2007 Wide
On DVD: Aug 14, 2007
Studio: First Look Pictures

Critic Reviews

Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
The brainchild of Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis isn't immune to the problem often faced by supersize cartoons -- namely, what might be effectively clever when doled out in episodic portions tends to get diluted over the course of an expanded format.
Dana Stevens, Slate
ATHF can seem brilliantly deconstructive one moment and stupefyingly boring the next -- or to provide a more accurate ratio, it can follow five brilliant seconds with five straight minutes of boredom.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters is difficult to recommend, without first knowing the sobriety of the viewer.
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger
It's one thing to catch Aqua Teen in 15-minute increments on TV, but sitting through a feature-length onslaught is an endurance test even for devoted viewers.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The big-screen version of the demented Cartoon Network hit is often hilarious and always surreal.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
So insane it approaches a sort of mad brilliance, this full-length Cartoon Network spinoff must have been made with chemical enhancement in mind. Enter with a clear head at your own risk.
Rob Humanick, Projection Booth
The most scathing deconstruction of Hollywood pap this side of Robert Altman's The Player.
Brian Holcomb, CinemaBlend.com
It's not too hard to imagine that the inspiration for this show came during a late night, cannabis fueled attack of the munchies. It's no masterpiece but that's the idea.
Jeff Bayer, The Scorecard Review
In the beginning, the film had me with an absolutely amazing intro song. I was dying laughing, but after that ran out, I was just dying.
Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media
Absurd, raunchy 'toon TV spin-off isn't for kids.
Anton Bitel, Eye for Film
At heart, it is a stoner comedy for college kids, but it strikes just the right balance between intelligence and infantilism to please almost any viewer who has ever enjoyed adolescence
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Its absurdist scenarios serve as little more than a ramshackle frame for bizarre non sequiturs, stoned pop-culture riffing, and some of the weirdest gags ever to make it into a studio-released film.
Mark Holcomb, Time Out New York
Its running time painfully accentuates the premise's thinness.
Laura Clifford, Reeling Reviews
Except for an intriguing opening segment that pits a traditional bunch of movie snacks singing a suggestive jingle pitted against an aggressive punk counterpart, the movie is a bore.
David N. Butterworth, rec.arts.movies.reviews
The brains behind Cartoon Network's Aqua Teen Hunger Force have stretched their 12-minute plus commercials 'Adult Swim' series entry into 86 rather uneven ones.
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
The film is very, very funny; and it is very, very exhausting.
Bill Gibron, PopMatters
Almost dadaesque in their view of entertainment, it is safe to say that the overall idea expressed by ..Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters for DVD is as close to post-modern art as talking foodstuffs can get.
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters for DVD likes your booty, even if you're not gay.
Sean Axmaker, MSN.com
It's either utterly brilliant, dementedly puerile, or a crassly commercial knockoff ... or possibly all three.
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
Ultimately, the movie will be remembered (if at all) for its guerilla marketing campaign, which the city of Boston took to be a terrorist threat and cost Turner Broadcasting $2 million, more than the cost of making the film.

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Directors C

I am a big fan of the show and found this film funny at times. But even its average length feels like watching Titanic 7 times as the plot is thin like a lot of episodes of the TV Show. If this was like a Looney Tunes short and just had those individual laugh out loud moments,… More
I am a big fan of the show and found this film funny at times. But even its average length feels like watching Titanic 7 times as the plot is thin like a lot of episodes of the TV Show. If this was like a Looney Tunes short and just had those individual laugh out loud moments, i'd call it a masterpiece. Unfortuantely it wasn't a hilarious ten minute episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It was a movie.
Arash X

Nonsensical absurdity & that's a good thing, it was really fun
_kelly .

Little more than a feature length version of an ATHF episode. It has got its funny parts, and I can't believe I've waited this long to remember to type a lil review. Definitely rent/buy the DVD as there are some cool features about making the movie, and Patti Smith does the… More
Little more than a feature length version of an ATHF episode. It has got its funny parts, and I can't believe I've waited this long to remember to type a lil review. Definitely rent/buy the DVD as there are some cool features about making the movie, and Patti Smith does the commentary along with her son, the guy who does Shake's voice, and some people from The Onion. It's pretty amazing to stretch ATHF's obscenely odd material into such a long piece, but the difficulty shows as I think this packs less laughs per minute than the 11 minute shows aired. Still ATHF fans HAVE to see this.
Daniel J D

It's pretty much exactly what you'd expect from the Aqua Teen people. Since I love ATHF, I thought it was hilarious Plus, 'twas great to hear Mastodon's wonderful little intro to the movie.
James A

Just as hilarious and random as the show.
Luke B

Ridiculous and outrageously stupid. A super weak plot and not the greatest animation in the world. It's damn good then, that this is absolutely hilarious. It's certainly one of those films you will get straight away and love or just be left scratching your head. Does a good… More
Ridiculous and outrageously stupid. A super weak plot and not the greatest animation in the world. It's damn good then, that this is absolutely hilarious. It's certainly one of those films you will get straight away and love or just be left scratching your head. Does a good job at extending the TV formula, especially considering not even The Simpsons could quite make the stretch. An amazing intro had me in tears and unfortunately the film does begin to sink towards the end.
Curtis L

This movie wasn't that good. I guess they forgot they were making a movie, not a bad episode.
Tim S

I expected less, but I thought it was very funny and entertaining. Long live the Aqua Teens!!
Justin Y

Let me get one thing straight here. Only watch this if you have seen the Aqua Teen Hunger Force TV series, or at least know what it is about. Before watching this I had doubts that an 80 minute movie would be a little too much Aqua Teen to handle at a time, but I… More
Let me get one thing straight here. Only watch this if you have seen the Aqua Teen Hunger Force TV series, or at least know what it is about. Before watching this I had doubts that an 80 minute movie would be a little too much Aqua Teen to handle at a time, but I was mistaken.The story is complete rubbish and so ridiculous. Things are happening for no reason and it seems like whatever came to the writers heads was put directly into this. The opening credits don't even appear to the 10 minute mark of this film. Talk about weird. You also have a shake, a meatball, and a carton of fries leading this film. But, it is the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, so it is a-okay.The animation is so lame compared to more popular animes and cartoon series nowadays. It seems like this cheap looking crap was done by people with no artistic talent whatsoever. But, it is the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, so it is a-okay.The voices are pretty ridiculous and annoying at the same time. There is even a robot whose voice is so robotic that its really hard to make out what is being said most of the time. But, it is the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, so it is a-okay.All I have to say here is that this movie is WEIRD. But, it is the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, so it is a-okay.
A.D. V

Just a long episode so don't bother unless you already like the show. I was surprised that since they had the freedom of an R rating there wasn't more swearing than there was; but trust me when I say that they make up for it with other things.
Tim S

Towards the end it just gets fucking too weird.
Mister C

For one,I was never a huge fan of the TV Show. But watching the film version of this psychedelic Adult Swim cartoon is like having a conservation with either a drunken friend or some heroin junkie for the back alleyway for about a few minutes. This is if you can understand this piece… More
For one,I was never a huge fan of the TV Show. But watching the film version of this psychedelic Adult Swim cartoon is like having a conservation with either a drunken friend or some heroin junkie for the back alleyway for about a few minutes. This is if you can understand this piece of shit which the running time is under 90 minutes(actually 72 minutes) and confusing from beginning to end and if you get the TV show from where this came from,you can get the movie version which is incredibly stupid. You got to have the mind of a 13 year old to understand this film and you must be high on drugs to comprehend it. It doesn't make sense. The plot(what plot in this shit of a movie has?) consists of talking fast food products Master Shake,Flylock and Meatwad(WTF???)dealing with some kind of villain out to destroy the world. And to make matters even worse for anybody who would sit in a theatre to see this is really stoned out of their mind thinking that this movie is destined to become a cult classic. Gimme a fucking break. Fritz The Cat was way better than this.
Rico Z

This movie was freaking hilarious. But I imagine it would've been much funnier if I watched the show or were a stoner (I've done neither.) Still, the randomness and obscene nature of the movie are what make it so vulgarly outlandish and genuinely humorous. Of course, this… More
This movie was freaking hilarious. But I imagine it would've been much funnier if I watched the show or were a stoner (I've done neither.) Still, the randomness and obscene nature of the movie are what make it so vulgarly outlandish and genuinely humorous. Of course, this won't be everybody's cup-of-tea. But if you're familiar with Adult Swim's line-up or this show in particular, you'll like it. If you're not familiar at all with the show, watch it anyway and give it a shot. Chances are you'll at least giggle a bit here and there (and that's more than you can say you do at MOST comedies these days!) The animation is poorly executed and the quality of the writing could be better. But like I alluded to before-- this is college-age, stoner humor and you will probably have to be buzzed to get the full effect. Our screening tonight was put on by the pedantic peddlers of shallowness at MySpace. Our screening had a co-creator and Dana Snyder (an voice actor from the film) as special guests. I got a goody-bag with a t-shirt and some Meatwad socks! That was the icing on the cake and guaranteed that I'd give the movie at least 3 stars! But I give it half-a-star more because I actually think it deserves better than average.
William G

An ultra-extended episode, for better and worse.
Sean S

It's pure stream of conscious nonsense but I found it funny and really in a comedy that's all that matters.
t h o m !

Ehh...
Christopher B

Here's a great adaptation of a television cartoon from the small screen to the big screen. One of the things I liked most about it was, unlike a recent cartoon adaptation, it was really inventive. Granted, it never strays too far from the formula that made it popular, but still… More
Here's a great adaptation of a television cartoon from the small screen to the big screen. One of the things I liked most about it was, unlike a recent cartoon adaptation, it was really inventive. Granted, it never strays too far from the formula that made it popular, but still it's inventive enough to merit being a film as opposed to a longer episode (a lot longer). Great, hilarious stuff.
Patrick D

There were parts of this film that were really terribly hilarious, but all in all it's better as a 10min cartoon. Still I would suggest watching this is you are a fan.
FanGirl B

If you're not already a fan of the show skip the movie, it's just a less funny, really long episode. But Bruce Campbell did do the voice of Chicken Bittel, so they do get points for that.
Sarah P

Hilarious opening, it was funny overall, but definately a little long and drawn out. You MUST be a fan of the show to appreciate this movie.