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Delta Farce (2007)

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Reviews Counted:41

Fresh:1

Rotten:40

Average Rating:2.6/10

Consensus: Too afraid to be a real satire of the Iraq War, Delta Farce instead devolves into a reprehensible, unfunny mix of slapstick, gay panic, and flatulence jokes.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual humor

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:2007

Box Office: $8,074,933

Synopsis: Blue Collar Comedy Tour veterans Larry the Cable Guy and Bill Engvall team up in DELTA FARCE, a military-spoof comedy featuring their southern red-neck stand-up schtick. Bill and Larry, along with... Blue Collar Comedy Tour veterans Larry the Cable Guy and Bill Engvall team up in DELTA FARCE, a military-spoof comedy featuring their southern red-neck stand-up schtick. Bill and Larry, along with their scrawny friend Everett (played by DJ Qualls), are weekend warriors in the Army reserves. Not only have they not trained, but they see the weekend as a getaway from the pressures of their daily lives. But with the military's forces depleted by the no-end-in-sight Iraq War, they turn to their reservists. Bill, Larry, and Everett are thrown into whirlwind boot-camp sessions, led by the commanding powerhouse Sgt. Kilgore (Keith David), to prepare for their upcoming deployment to Iraq. On their overnight flight to the Middle East, a thunderstorm threatens the cargo carrier, and equipment fitted with parachutes is dumped to lighten the load. Unfortunately, this includes the three bumbling friends, who sought refuge in an all-terrain vehicle to catch up on some sleep. They wake up in the desert, confused and disoriented, and assume they've reached the mission destination. But it turns out they aren't anywhere near Iraq--they've landed in Mexico, where they stumble upon a small village that has been overrun and terrorized by gun-wielding gangsters. DELTA FARCE is one of the few war films to be released as the Iraq War is in full swing, and it takes a daringly comedic approach. The starring cast members never abandon the style they've become famous for, providing an abundance of silliness and the usual slapstick antics throughout. [More]

Starring: Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, DJ Qualls, Marisol Nichols

Starring: Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, DJ Qualls, Marisol Nichols, Danny Trejo, Keith David

Director: CB Harding

Director: CB Harding
Screenwriter: Bear Aderhold, Tom Sullivan
Producer: Alan C. Blomquist, J.P. Williams
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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What it really boils down to is whether you’re a fan of Larry the Cable Guy. If so, you’ll (I would hope) realize you’re watching a pretty stupid comedy but will laugh in the appropriate parts.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
11/20/08
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

Whatever your pet sensitivity -- the military, rednecks, gays, Mexicans -- this movie is an equal-opportunity denigrator.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

War in Iraq isn't funny -- neither is this movie.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
11/01/07
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

The only farcical aspect of it is that it was greenlit in the first place.

Full Review Source: DVD Review | comment Comment
09/13/07
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
DVD Review

It's OK to write comedies about morons%u2026as long as you don't insult the intelligence of the audience in the script.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
06/10/07
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Is it funny? Not really. All of its subversive potential is wasted on [director] Harding, and even the straight-ahead farce is joyless.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
05/22/07
Marrit Ingman
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle

...a surefire reassurance that war is indeed hell...another prime example of ingenuity involving a box of crayons and someone's desperate idea for quick-witted lunacy.

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
05/20/07
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

If ribbing the U.S. armed forces was considered unpatriotic after 9/11, then Delta Farce proves that discussion of the Iraq War has now officially jumped the shark.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
05/19/07
Stephen Garrett
Stephen Garrett
Time Out New York

A romantic flicker between the dumpy Larry and a pretty local senorita defies all logic -- even in a movie this illogical.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
05/19/07
Gary Goldstein
Gary Goldstein
Reel.com

Here's a sobering thought: If every war gets the comedy it deserves, could Delta Farce, a strenuously unfunny Three Amigos knockoff, be our M*A*S*H?

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
05/16/07
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Entertainment Weekly
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I can honestly say that I didn’t laugh once

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05/16/07
Sean McBride
Sean McBride
Sean the Movie Guy

Perhaps best enjoyed by persons who have been lobotomized. After the first 30 minutes (I'm being generous), you may well feel like you have been.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
05/16/07
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

As morale boosters go, Larry the Cable Guy is no Bob Hope, and it's hard to reconcile the contradiction of an overtly tasteless movie that doesn't want to offend the troops.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
05/15/07
Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Premiere Magazine

Like Paths Of Glory, Apocalypse Now, and Platoon, Delta Farce is a difficult, harrowing work offering little relief or humor. Unlike those movies, though, Delta Farce is supposed to be funny.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
05/15/07
Steven Hyden
Steven Hyden
AV Club

Lord, I apologize, but Larry the Cable Guy just can't seem to get 'er done in a feature film.

Full Review Source: San Antonio Express-News | comment Comment
05/15/07
Larry Ratliff
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News

Larry the Cable Guy makes the men and women of the armed forces wait until the tail-end of his Iraq war comedy, Delta Farce, to learn that the movie is dedicated to them. Haven't they been through enough?

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
05/14/07
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

A mindless comedy where the blatant racial stereotypes are outnumbered only by the flatulence jokes.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
05/14/07
Peter Hartlaub
Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle
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With Delta Farce, his second movie vehicle, the Southern-fried comedian Larry the Cable Guy takes ever greater risks to advance his career.

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05/14/07
Andy Webster
Andy Webster
New York Times
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There are henpecked-husband jokes, gay jokes, turd humor, mispronounced Iraq war terms, guys asking "Who farted?" and lots more Crackel Barrel comedy.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
05/14/07
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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This is a movie where the villains are the comic relief for the comedians, and where the outtakes at the end are better than the film.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
05/14/07
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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