75th Worst Movie: Out Cold

“Out Cold” Starring Jason London, Lee Majors and Zach Galifianakis
Directed by Brendan Malloy and Emmett Malloy

Outdone
By Michele Dillon

This move was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I was expecting some stupid stoner movie about snowboarding much like the same comedy of Grandma’s Boy, which I know most people love that movie but I do not. It WAS a stoner movie about snowboarding BUT it was much less annoying than I expected. The storyline wasn’t too bad. These guys work on a ski mountain and they are obsessed with snow boarding. This new hot shot guy comes in and wants to buy the mountain and he slowly transforms it into everything the mountain never was and never should be. So all the previous workers try to claim the mountain back and along the way they have fun doing all sorts of weird stuff.
One of my favorite parts of the movie was when Zach Galifianakis’ character was passed out drunk and his buddies picked him up and put him in a car in the driver seat. Then they all got in the passenger seats and had people outside the car spin the vehicle around in a circle (since this movie was based in Alaska, there is always snow on the ground) to make it seem like Zach’s character had fallen asleep drunk at the wheel and they were crashing. He wakes up and starts freaking out and tries to straighten out the wheel because he really thinks it is happening. I thought it was pretty hilarious and I would have had a lot of fun trying to pull that prank on someone I know.
I don’t think I would ever voluntarily watch this movie again, however because of the very basic script and mediocre acting. I am not really one to watch these types of comedies since I think most stoner movies can only be understood by stoners themselves. I will say, however, that Grandma’s Boy was “outdone” by this movie as far as quality goes.