Porn 'n Chicken

For Comedy Centrals first movie, it was compelling and sometimes amusing. I don't think it was meant to be a comedy as much as it was billed that way. I enjoyed the film primarily because they were able to film in recognizable locations at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary. The characters were well written. Any college student can probably relate to some of the people in this movie. This is kind of like reality TV meets the average teen movie. The acting was not wonderful, but it was decent. The plot was predictable and not very cutting edge. The best thing this movie has to offer is its portrayal of the college student in a real life story.

This television movie about an underground Princeton porn club had potential. It was better than I thought it would be. Yes, it didn't go beyond the Animal House level of complexity, but it actually tried to deal with the material using a small measure of intelligence.

Not enough though. I was disappointed that every time the movie introduced an interesting plot thread which would have made the movie about more than just "liberated students vs. stifling university dean" it was dropped by the next commercial because serious thought would have interfered with the party atmosphere the movie tried to foster.

I saw one of the many reruns. I thought it was good; it was a fresh idea, carried out as best we could have thought, even a little better. The pace was good, and the jokes where fresh and inventive. Yes, I think that if you find this on, you should watch it.

This was a really lame attempt by Comedy Central to make an American Pie like movie. It just doesn't work on TV. South Park or the Man Show seem really ranchy compared to this bore of a small screen film. Ok, it's based on a true story??? What on Earth would that chick be hanging out with those losers for??? Don't even bother on this stinker...

Those of us at the certain Ivy League university at which the story told in PNC (or a similar story with similar characters involved) actually took place see much of the humor in this movie that the rest of the country is sure to miss.

It's crass, badly acted and excessive (much like the porn the PNC club enjoyed/enjoys to this day), but it's fun, and PNC does actually have its funny moments. Dean Dick Widehead (Kurt Fuller) is a perfect bad guy (even if the real man - actually named Dean Dick Brodhead - is everyone's favorite administrator) for a TV movie, and Geoffrey Arend has some wonderfully campy scenes/lines. he's also arguably the best actor in the bunch - finding some depth in an admittedly shallow genre.

I enjoyed PNC, and i laughed often. The jury's still out on whether that was due to the script/acting or the fact that the ex-girlfriend of one of the real people involved in PNC was sitting next to me telling me the real story as the movie progressed... 5/10

Sapph.

(and for the record, the real Polly was gay)