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JACKASS 3D Movie Reviews
Story: Documentary, and sequel to two previous films, featuring pranks and stunts performed by the members of the original MTV television show. Cast: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius Director: Jeff Tremaine Opened: October 15, 2010 On DVD: March 8, 2011 From: Paramount Rating: R Length: 1 hr. 34 min.
Out On DVD
MARCH 8, 2011
Jackass 3D, Moderate Reviews (Doc)
Updated: Sat, Mar 17 2012, 04:37pm
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Jackass 3D played to moderate reviews. • Peter Travers wrote in Rolling Stone, "Picture this: a fart-powered paper party whistle sticking out of a guy's bare ass and aimed straight at you." • Jason Anderson wrote in the Toronto Star, "...still smarter and funnier than they ought to be. They’re also weirder..." • And Stephen Whitty wrote in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, "It's disgusting, but it has its moments."  More Reviews Below...

Jackass 3D
Positive Reviews
(28 Reviews,  reviews below)
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55.8% 59.5% 47.6% 64.0% 35.2% 48.0% 45.2% 61.5% $117.2M
Averages: 51.8% 54.1% 52.3% 46.9% 45.8% 48.7% 49.9% 54.7%
Reviews & Quotes (28)

BROAD NATIONAL PRESS (5 Reviews)
Oliver Jones, People: MODERATE (cg)
"Things you'll learn from 'Jackass 3D': Never play a tuba in front of a ram. Also, Krazy Glue is a less than ideal way to remove tummy hair." (Read the full review...)
56 words, 10/14/10

Richard Corliss, Time: GOOD
"Knoxville and his team bring a defiant cheerfulness to their venture; the gang's idiocy is both self-aware and somehow innocent. Their gags have the anachronistic simplicity of pre-CGI stunts..." (Read the full review...)
811 words, 10/15/10

Christy Lemire, Associated Press: MODERATE (cg)
"...typical let's-see-what-happens silliness.... the pee-cam... the 'Poo Cocktail Supreme'... a giant hand on garage-door springs that whaps people to the floor as they're walking around a corner..." (Read the full review...)
743 words, 10/14/10

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: VERY GOOD (cg)
"...excellence comes when the cameraman vomits -- in one case, right onto the viewfinder that he can no longer bear to hold upright." (Read the full review...)
650 words, 10/16/10

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg)
"Picture this: a fart-powered paper party whistle sticking out of a guy's bare ass and aimed straight at you." (Read the full review...)
447 words, 10/15/10
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (10 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: WEAK
"If only there was more to laugh at and with in the movie..." (Read the full review...)
612 words, 10/15/10

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: MODERATE (cg)
"...while fans will find plenty of outrageous insanity, it's clearly time for Knoxville to head for greener pastures. Preferably filled, of course, with stampeding bulls." (Read the full review...)
232 words, 10/15/10

Michael Phillips, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: FAIR
"...some of the stunts were monitored by the American Humane Association. The bit where the pig eats the apple out of the guy's butt-crack was monitored, for example. Others were not." (Read the full review...)
322 words, 10/16/10

Kyle Smith, New York Post: POOR (cg)
" 'I'm Johnny Knoxville. I'm Johnny Knoxville. I'm Johnny Knoxville.' What kind of film has its main character keep introducing himself?" (Read the full review...)
571 words, 10/15/10

John Anderson, New York Newsday: MODERATE (cg)
"...excruciating, nauseating, hilarious and horrifying... will have the viewer confronting a question not ordinarily posed by a major motion picture: Can I laugh and throw up at the same time?" (Read the full review...)
364 words, 10/15/10

Jason Anderson, Toronto Star: VERY GOOD (cg)
"These egregious displays of deviancy are still smarter and funnier than they ought to be. They're also weirder..." (Read the full review...)
460 words, 10/16/10

Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD
"...at its best when all composition breaks down. Something like 'Beehive Tetherball' gets its considerable power from the stunt going spectacularly wrong..." (Read the full review...)
353 words, 10/13/10

Stephen Cole, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE (cg)
"...a guy thing. Knoxville's gang doesn't include women. These guys are all crowding 40.... All of which begs at the question: How long can these guys keep Jackassing around?" (Read the full review...)
479 words, 10/16/10
KEY CITIES (6 Reviews)
Dan Kois, Washington Post: VERY GOOD (cg)
"...a place where, when that fist -- or that football, or that buffalo -- finally lands squarely in your crotch, your friends will gather around your writhing body, ask (through helpless laughter) if you're okay, and help you to your feet." (Read the full review...)
580 words, 10/16/10

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: WEAK (cg)
"...infantile, puerile, and gag-inducing. Cast members and a cameraman lose their lunch in this one, not exactly comic pay dirt." (Read the full review...)
528 words, 10/16/10

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: OUTSTANDING (cg)
"The closer it can bring us to secretions, high-impact mishaps, ornery farm animals, and flaccid penises the better. What's astonishing is that the movie is not a half-baked production." (Read the full review...)
555 words, 10/16/10

Stephen Whitty, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: MODERATE (cg)
"It's disgusting, but it has its moments." (Read the full review...)
489 words, 10/16/10

Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE (cg)
"You get the feeling that some of the better stunts didn't turn out quite as well as the cast had hoped. The result is a lot more crap thrown on the screen." (Read the full review...)
639 words, 10/18/10

Adam Graham, Detroit News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg)
"Why else would you spend time with someone who was constantly trying to urinate on you unless you genuinely enjoyed their company?" (Read the full review...)
748 words, 10/16/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (6 Reviews)
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD
"...at its best when all composition breaks down. Something like 'Beehive Tetherball' gets its considerable power from the stunt going spectacularly wrong..." (Read the full review...)
353 words, 10/13/10

Josh Tyler, Cinema Blend: WEAK (cg)
"The element of half-crazed, death defying danger that was present in all previous 'Jackass' endeavors has faded..." (Read the full review...)
730 words, 10/15/10

Chris Faraone, Boston Phoenix: VERY GOOD (cg)
"...it's sweet to see the Wild Boys in full force for this sado-masochistic marathon reunion of crotch shots, random assaults, and 'beehive tetherball'.... the shit show of the year." (Read the full review...)
259 words, 10/21/10

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: VERY GOOD (cg)
"...easily the most painful comedy of the year; in the sadomasochistic world of Knoxville and friends, that isn't criticism so much as high praise." (Read the full review...)
371 words, 10/15/10

Nick Schager, Slant: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg)
"...the biggest laughs ultimately come from the (pun alert!) smallest places -- namely, a midget bar brawl so perfectly ridiculous, it deserves a place in the pantheon of absurdist comedy." (Read the full review...)
476 words, 10/15/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: WEAK
"If only there was more to laugh at and with in the movie..." (Read the full review...)
612 words, 10/15/10

Michael Phillips, Los Angeles Times: FAIR
"...some of the stunts were monitored by the American Humane Association. The bit where the pig eats the apple out of the guy's butt-crack was monitored, for example. Others were not." (Read the full review...)
322 words, 10/16/10

Dana Stevens, Slate: WEAK
"Whatever these crazy white people are up to, I don't want any part of it." (Read the full review...)
862 words, 10/15/10
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: VERY GOOD
"...as infectious as ever... a joyous, liberated approach to comedy, a genuine sense of the grotesque and pacing so relentless that even the less-than-uproarious bits don't overstay their welcome." (Read the full review...)
903 words, 10/14/10

Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter: FAIR
"...doesn't approach that sublime, laugh-until-it-hurts level of gross-out nirvana that made the first two installments so darned irresistible.... this time around the bits miss a lot more than they hit." (Read the full review...)
531 words, 10/14/10

Michael Phillips, Los Angeles Times: FAIR
"...some of the stunts were monitored by the American Humane Association. The bit where the pig eats the apple out of the guy's butt-crack was monitored, for example. Others were not." (Read the full review...)
322 words, 10/16/10

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: WEAK
"If only there was more to laugh at and with in the movie..." (Read the full review...)
612 words, 10/15/10
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Review Mixture
19.7 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews
(Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)

Jackass 3D's reviews are separated by an average 19.7 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.

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Coverage, Volume & Length

Coverage: Jackass 3D's reviews cover 66.1% of potential readers (average is 68.2%). Volume: The film's reviews total 14,505 words in volume (average is 19,979 words). Length: The film's reviews average 518 words in length (the norm is 512 words).

Jackass 3D
Coverage, Volume & Length
(28 Reviews,  reviews below)
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66.1%
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6,960
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2,542
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1,796
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2,368
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80.1%
4,127
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40.3%
3,539
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$117.2M
Averages: 68.2%
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3,178
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80.2%
10,677
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3,310
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3,407
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83.7%
5,861
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73.0%
2,885
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Opening Day Reviews
Reviews Broke 0.0 Hours After Release (Norm is 0.2 Release)

Jackass 3D's reviews on average broke 0.0 hours after opening. Norm for this measure is 0.2 hours after. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Jackass 3D's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.

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