Your Highness bows out gracefully
Your Highness, directed by David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express), hit the silver screens this past Friday. This delightful yet dirty comedy is filled with obscene language and lewd jokes, as fantasy crosses over with comedy, a mix that usually does not come out successful. Danny McBride, James Franco, and Natalie Portman all do an excellent job in their adapted roles. McBride, who starred in hilarious comedies such as Tropic Thunder, Hot Rod, and Pineapple Express (alongside co-star James Franco), does a great job delivering humor and absurdity in this hysterical movie.
With a budget of $5 million, filming for Your Highness took take place in Northern Ireland, which allowed for a truly breathtaking setting for the movie. Green pastures and mountains dominated the screen at times, and divine waterfalls actually made Portman look more stunning than she already is.
Thadeous (McBride) and Fabious (Franco) are the sons of King Tallious (Charles Dance). Both brothers are warriors, however, they are completely opposite of each other. Fabious is the younger, more exuberant, and valiant warrior, whereas Thadeous is the juvenile and lethargic one who has never set foot on a quest.
The movie received an R-rating due to the fact that there was nudity and a lot of profanity. However, Your Highness's use of profanity added more flavor to the scenes making the film hilarious. There are plenty of scenes that will make the audience jump out of their seats in laughter, that is, if they can agree with the R-rated humor.
McBride adds great disdain and mockery throughout the entire movie, with very little seriousness, as is his character. During the course of the movie McBride is rude and vulgar, an aspect the audience loves to see in a comedian.
Franco is extremely likeable in his role and adapts well to comedy, his character in Pineapple Express was nothing short of hilarious and already proved that he gets the job done. Portman is always a pleasure to watch as she plays a tough yet tantalizing lone warrior. It's a joy to see the Academy Award winner perform in a different type of movie and role from her previous works. Then of course there's Justin Theroux as the evil wizard Leezar. He does a great job portraying the antagonist, adding humor to a role in which it is not always present.
One will enjoy this movie filled with a star-studded cast, only if they like crude and obscene humor, with a fairly predictable, nevertheless well thought out, plot.
Your Highness, directed by David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express), hit the silver screens this past Friday. This delightful yet dirty comedy is filled with obscene language and lewd jokes, as fantasy crosses over with comedy, a mix that usually does not come out successful.
Danny McBride, James Franco, and Natalie Portman all do an excellent job in their adapted roles. McBride, who starred in hilarious comedies such as Tropic Thunder, Hot Rod, and Pineapple Express (alongside co-star James Franco), does a great job delivering humor and absurdity in this hysterical movie.
With a budget of $5 million, filming for Your Highness took take place in Northern Ireland, which allowed for a truly breathtaking setting for the movie. Green pastures and mountains dominated the screen at times, and divine waterfalls actually made Portman look more stunning than she already is.
Thadeous (McBride) and Fabious (Franco) are the sons of King Tallious (Charles Dance). Both brothers are warriors, however, they are completely opposite of each other. Fabious is the younger, more exuberant, and valiant warrior, whereas Thadeous is the juvenile and lethargic one who has never set foot on a quest.
The movie received an R-rating due to the fact that there was nudity and a lot of profanity. However, Your Highness's use of profanity added more flavor to the scenes making the film hilarious. There are plenty of scenes that will make the audience jump out of their seats in laughter, that is, if they can agree with the R-rated humor.
McBride adds great disdain and mockery throughout the entire movie, with very little seriousness, as is his character. During the course of the movie McBride is rude and vulgar, an aspect the audience loves to see in a comedian.
Franco is extremely likeable in his role and adapts well to comedy, his character in Pineapple Express was nothing short of hilarious and already proved that he gets the job done. Portman is always a pleasure to watch as she plays a tough yet tantalizing lone warrior. It's a joy to see the Academy Award winner perform in a different type of movie and role from her previous works. Then of course there's Justin Theroux as the evil wizard Leezar. He does a great job portraying the antagonist, adding humor to a role in which it is not always present.
One will enjoy this movie filled with a star-studded cast, only if they like crude and obscene humor, with a fairly predictable, nevertheless well thought out, plot.