It certainly isn’t high art, but they’re reasonably entertaining grindhouse movies.

It may have been stronger as a short story. However, it still succeeds in this form, even if we can catch glimpses of what could have been had the filmmakers pushed the envelope more.

It is inconsistent as a strategy, which is not a tactic we run into very often. Yet it never justifies its existence with a purpose. It is an intriguing misfire.

This is mostly a breezy, silly, family-friendly comedy that will probably be more successful at home than it will be in multiplexes filled with much louder movies.

It is a wild, midnight movie kind of experience, meant to be seen with a raucous crowd in the mood for something weird.

Idiots is only about ¾ as nasty and stupid as it needed to be to be consistently funny.

It is funny, uses the classic characters well and contains lots of silly in-jokes for fans.

I enjoy Thorny, Mac, Farva, Foster and Rabbit as much as the next guy, but it’s probably time they went into retirement.

The fact that it mostly works is a testament to the writing, which never pushes the concept any further than the basic premise, and the chemistry between the two leads. It is just pleasant, with some genuinely funny moments.

It is an amusing story with some structural issues and an unsatisfying conclusion. But it is intriguing most of the way.