Truly the worst movie I've ever seen in a theater

Good concept, poorly executed.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Open slather can only be described as embarrassing. None of the skits are even slightly funny and I'm surprised some of the comedians agreed to take part in it. Axe this show before you ruin the careers of some of our best acts.. The writers , if there are any , should look for different jobs because they certainly aren't professional comedy writers.. Also why is there a 10 line text minimum to submit this stupid review? Some of us don't need to dribble on forever to get a point across..Open slather is terrible ,awful , embarrassing , not funny , amateur , d grade comedy at best.

I had to write this review out of pure disdain. I have endured three episodes of this show now and felt so compelled to voice my grievances. There is literally no redeeming factor to this program, to say I haven't cracked a smile is an understatement, my face actually turns into a grimace watching this show. We are presented with sketch comedy, some recurring sketches litter this mess. The humour is base, juvenile, even plain pathetic, completely lacking in any sort of faculty of funny that I start to question who legitimately puts money into this being made or whether I should perform a home lobotomy. The recurring sketches, such as RacK, the priests in the church, the medieval war-rousing, True Detective parodies or even the Gina Rinehart parts are just cringe worthy. Really? That whole 'mine' thing is funny? Sweet Lord don't let me live.The media campaign around this show has been nothing short of intrusive, something anyone involved in this show should think twice about doing again because you're all inviting people to see exactly what it is you 'do', and it's bad. How these 'comedians' who write this can actually sit through make-up, costume and get to various suitable locations to film their skits without once questioning the utter disgrace they are about to commit to screen is beyond me. Some of the comedians are seasoned faces I know and recognise, well, I say that but they're all washed up, clearly, as I haven't seen a lot of them for years save on those 'comedy relief' type fundraisers where people turn a blind eye to the quality in the name of a good cause. As for the new faces, I'm afraid. Afraid you might release something again, plague my screen with filth, debase my brain further and drive me to an early, tragic grave. For the love of all that is humorous, please stop this madness, please. The only funny thing about this show is that I watched three episodes of it. The utterly depressing factor is that this show is slated for 20 episodes. Wow.

I've been an avid sketch comedy fan since watching Full Frontal when I was 8. This show is somewhat a mixed bag for me - some good sketches but also some real clunkers and downright excruciatingly unfunny ones that drag on too long. Loved Real Housewives of the World (especially Magda's impressions of Angela Merkel and Gina Rinehart) and Family Feud (Jane Turner as the irritable blow-hard Grant Denyer). I must admit my only complaint was a scarcity of screen time from the more established names (Stephen Curry, Shane Jacobsen and Magda Szubanski namely) which may scare away some viewers. The lack of laugh track will take some getting used to but the show could be a powerhouse once it finds it's feet.

You know the scenario and the risk associated with it-you know, when a friend recommends to you a movie or a book and your take on it will then translate to the opinion you have from that point on of the friend themselves?I am really glad that none of my friends have recommended this tripe or it would be a deal breaker.I understand comedy is hard, and there is a unique knack required. I also want to start off with a positive-Gina Riley still makes me smirk and still has comedy presence.that's where it starts and ends folks.I was actually sitting there in shock watching some of these skits and how bad they were from the first episode.What were Foxtel thinking? The writers, including B grade comedian Paul Calleja, has failed before.There should be an inquest on who wrote, directed, then gave the final nod for the skit on the man and woman farting after a first date. This wouldn't have been funny from a Year 8 drama class.Marg Downey was outright annoying, Magda looked tired and Shane Jacobson has done extremely well in ensuring his endearing and huggable Kenny is now all but forgotten, replaced by an enigma that is about as funny as an indoor plant.Jane Turner was funny, once, on Full Frontal, but I'm pretty sure in the 1980s I laughed at Daryl Somers once too.A newbie by the name of George Xanthis, whom was 50% responsible for the farting skit from hell, is definitely a good actor, he acted as if he could not translate from drama roles to comedy-perfectly.As if my main course of comedy wasn't severely underdone, Open Slather then has the cheek to plagiarise a YouTube video, without reference, as the closing section of the show, outlining the First World problems of dominoes customers.This is the awful judgement summarily displayed of what they subjected us to in the 45 minutes prior.I don't want to be harsh, I am honestly holding back on how bad this series is looking like it will be. Australian Comedy is a tough gig, and another reviewer I read recently is correct, there is not enough edge to today's Aussie scene of comedy and that isn't going to change here. What's even more horrifying is the seemingly manufactured tweets running around where people laud the opening episode as 'hilarious' etc. They are either friends/relatives, or have just come out of jail after a long stint.And one more thing to avoid? Crikey's Ben Neutze, read his review of Open Slather and if you don't want to punch him in the face and shake him until he drops for writing such an inaccurate summary, then I offer myself, because maybe I am the one completely out of touch with Australian comedy. If Open Slather is the benchmark, then I don't want to be in touching distant of it again anyway.