Skidoo

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Wayne K Skidoo is a lightweight and mostly forgotten comedy that supposedly satirises the late 60s counterculture, but just feels like a poor attempt by the establishment to make fun of something they didn’t understand. The hippies in the films are as stereotypical and innocuous as you can get, and I especially love the scene where they’re all stood round in a massive campervan, smoking, singing and doing literally nothing of consequence. The film has a stacked cast, with the likes of Jackie Gleason, Groucho Marx, Mickey Rooney, Slim Pickens and Carol Channing appearing in roles of varying size and importance. Most of the film is pointless fluff, with zany comedy routines and extended pseudo music videos cutting into what’s already a fairly mundane story. Parts of it got a laugh out of me, and Alexandra Hay, an enigmatic figure in the world of cinema, gives a memorable performance, but I just don’t know what it was getting at. As much as I hate to use a comparison like this, it’s like a boomer trying to make a film mocking TikTok celebrities. There might be some interesting and amusing observations, but most of it is clueless and out of touch. The odd funny moment aside, the only thing I’ll really remember this film for is its unrelenting and exhausting ridiculousness. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/25/25 Full Review Nano N I must be tripping. This is a film of its day and has quite a different effect in 2018. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/11/25 Full Review Thom N If this movie is one of the most famously terrible and hated that was ever made, then why did I smile and laugh the whole time I watched it? A film which outwardly seems to be a comment on the drug and counterculture world by a famously tight suit (Preminger), featuring what feel like thousands of old down-on-their-luck Hollywood stars trying to freak us all out, this is a movie that, much like the psychedelic experience, I can't describe to you; you just have to buy the ticket and take the ride. Until it is destroyed by the capitalists and their running dogs, this film is available on Archive.org for free. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/19/24 Full Review Frank P This is one of those 'so bad that it's good' movies. This is right up there with Plan 9 From Outer Space. Amazingly awful. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/21/23 Full Review delysid d you know you've seen too many movies if you are watching this one Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/17/21 Full Review mark s I was hoping it was going to be a 'so bad it's good' movie, but it was more akin to root canal surgery gone awry, and no amount of anesthesia would've made the pain subside. . . Watching Carol Channing marching through the boat singing the title song hurt my soul. Really, really hurt it. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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