If The Animal -- co-written by Schneider and Tom Brady -- never quite gets fired up, at least it chugs along efficiently on its mildly inspired ridiculousness.
50
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Mild gross-out comedy integrates a non sequitur -- a running joke made by a sidekick -- into the plot, providing some payoff.
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Isn't quite up to the comic standard of Rob Schneider's 1999 hit "Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo."
50
SlateDavid Edelstein
SlateDavid Edelstein
A perfectly decent second-banana, Rob Schneider, has been over-optimistically elevated to the top of the bunch.
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The movie's selling point is Schneider acting goofy, chewing on worms, making goo-goo eyes at a she-goat and licking his private parts.
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Has amusing bits of social satire, but they're crowded out of the stable by lots of bathroom and barnyard humor.