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List Price: $26.98 | | Label: ANCHOR BAY
Salesrank: 19425
Released: March 25, 2008 |
| Our Price: $9.95 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
What begins for Chode and crew as a routine mission to protect a pi$$ed-off princess will soon become a filth- splattered saga of dismembered royalty, indestructible clown assassins and desperately horny housewives. What vile act has Chode committed to bring down the ultimate wrath of Bobo? Can Gus, Six, T'nuk, Whip and Bob stop a time-traveling killing machine from ruining a booze-soaked birthday party? How much does a lap- dance cost at the Grope-A-Cabana on Omicron 9? The voices of Stephen Root, Maurice LaMarche, Jenny McCarthy, John Melendez, Gayle Garfinkle and Rick Jones star in this all-new feature length movie packed with plenty of sex, violence and &^%!#* too extreme for broadcast TV!
Description of Tripping the Rift: The Movie:
They're rude, crude, and thoroughly unrespectable. And now, the crew of the Jupiter 42 is uncensored in Tripping the Rift: The Movie, the first feature-length adventure from the popular Canadian animated series. By "uncensored," the producers mean that the gloves are off in regard to language and sexual innuendo, though nudity remains off the table (a disappointment, one might assume, for admirers of Rift's voluptuous android, Six of Nine, who's voiced by Jenny McCarthy). And the added level of raunch does boost the level of laughs in this occasionally lightweight story, which has Captain Chode (Stephen Root) and his crew serving as bodyguards for a hideous princess while avoiding a clown-faced robot assassin. The series' penchant for knocking (or paying tribute to) pop-culture touchstones gets a workout here, with nods to Young Frankenstein (the black-and-white animation looks terrific), The Terminator, and even Desperate Housewives. The endless riffing and sophomoric humor wears thin after a while, but series fans should find it all to their liking. The DVD includes a brief featurette offering interviews with Root, McCarthy, and voice talent Maurice LaMarche and John Melendez, as well as previews for other Anchor Bay titles. --Paul Gaita
Tripping the Rift: The Movie Reviews:
"I Love Slovenia In The Summer When It Sizzles!" 
2009-06-27 - "Tripping the Rift: The Movie" is as unpleasant an animated viewing experience as can be imagined. I like science fiction, parody, and comedy, all of which this movie purport to be. Unfortunately the film is nothing but a boring 75 minute exhibition of toilet humor with no coherent plot, and characters that were universally loathsome. It's rare that five minutes into a film I am wishing the entire cast to be annihilated in a cataclysmic event, but such was the case here. Although it is only 75 minutes long, it took me five sittings to get through this steaming pile.
The film has excellent animation. That is where my praise ends. The film features a pointless blend of color and black and white, and attempts to parody numerous earlier works and includes elements reminiscent of "Star Trek", "Star Wars", "Alien", "Saturday Night Fever", "Frankenstein" (obviously), and every Tim Burton movie ever made, but on balance reminded me mostly of a cross between "Weekend at Bernie's" and "Killer Klowns From Outer Space." The film consists of numerous subplots (clown pregnancy, Slovenian Princess reanimation, and even less tasteful delvings into suicide and flatus), none of which go anywhere. Just when the plot seems to be becoming coherent it veers wildly in a new direction. Perhaps that could have something to do with the origin of the film as multiple episodes of a Canadian television show sliced and diced together. Sound good? It's not.
When I bought the film I thought it could be a creative and funny satire. Instead it's a great glob of preadolescent non-humor that makes little sense, utterly fails to entertain, and provokes outright hostility to the characters. Evil extraterrestrial clowns are a great choice for science fiction parody, but save yourself the torture of watching this and get "Killer Klowns From Outer Space" instead if you are determined to explore the genre.
The show was much better 
2009-05-19 - I loved the show Tripping the Rift, it was always funny and I very rarely missed an episode. When I watched this movie however I was completely disapointed. The whole first half of the movie had nothing to do with the second half, it was 2 entirely different story lines and the jokes throughout the whole movie were stupid a obvious.
Oh and for anyone wondering if there is any nudity (from Six)... NO
Around the 25 minute mark I regretted buying this movie and was just hoping it would end soon so I could watch something better.
Don't bother...
2009-04-18 - The Movie is basically several shows from the third season hacked together. You're better off just buying the 3rd season and skip this one.
Unrated but not UNCENSERED !
2009-03-28 - This is just rehashed eposodes and is a waste of money . On the back of the box , it reads "Gratuitous Nudity" and it's a "Real #@!&% movie" , and it's none of these things . THERE IS NO NUDITY and as I said before , it's just a rehash of old episodes .
This DVD is lame !
Funny 
2009-01-22 - It's rude, often humorous, and sometimes laugh out loud. What more do you want from animation?
