Smosh: The Movie

This is one mess of a movie! For those of you who do not know, Smosh is a fairly popular YouTube channel that does comedy sketches. And when they announced a film, I was instantly let down. With many other big YouTubers like Fred, Shane Dawson and Harley making sh*t movies, it was only a matter of time that these two idiots got there nose in there. And from there, I was expecting a really bad movie. This movie is atrocious! From the childish humour, that never gets more than a slight grin, to the laughably bad sets and characters. This movie was just plain awful. The only real redeeming qualities it had was the cameos, which, honestly, while they were fun to see, we're just a way to have Smosh say; "Look at us we can get Lady Gaga in our movie." And by the way, she was just the worst in this mess. The jokes fell flat, the story was dumb and rushed, and above all, it comes across as a big cash grab. Don't see this movie unless you are under 10, then by all means have a blast. But if you don't like dumb humour with no substance, stay well away. 3/10

i have been waiting for the movie for along time but when i saw it i felt my eyes bleeding , really smosh you just couldn't do it , i have been a big fan of the YouTube channel since 2011 but i was disappointed by the movie the acting was horrible , the plot was expected no twists just like any below average comedy movie and don't let me get started on the special effects , but the movie had it's moments Ian was the soul of the movie his dumb ideas and comments were awesome , overall : the movie is watchable but don't have high expectations, smosh keep on YouTube you are good there movies are just not your thing

p.s i was waiting to see more youtubers in the movie.

Smosh: The Movie is a great and fun ride for a huge Smosh fan. But, any other movie goer would be disappointed. Don't get me wrong here, Smosh has some few good laughs (In this movie too) and I enjoy some of their content. Though, the movie seemed bad as a whole. The entire thing is littered with plot holes and the story is typical guy gets the girl. Also, the dialogue is a bit choppy seeming to be only a rough draft and not thought over well. Not to mention that the acting is mediocre and some of the performances were just cameos to sell YouTubers.

If you really love Smosh then you will enjoy the movie, but otherwise it's one giant commercial for Smosh/YouTube.

Alright, so I should start off by saying I only managed to watch the first half hour of the film, and haven't touched it since late 2016, so this may very well be counted as a near ill-informed, incomplete review. But even so, I remember just how awful those first thirty minutes were to watch (I couldn't even do it in one go, it was done in ten minute intervals). It was more or less a filler part of my day, just as much of a filler as this whole movie is. Like I said, I never watched the whole thing, but I've seen my fair share of clips from it and none of it looks any good. The acting is incredibly forced, Ian, Anthony, nor any of the other "actors" look like they want to be there. Hell, they couldn't even bother to get Ian's actual mom (in Ian's own words from a tweet he made in 2015, it was because "we shot in LA and we wanted the acting to be... A little better"--Is that so?), but honestly I think that's for the best. Better to drag your own rep into the mud rather than your mom's, eh? Point is, movie was forced and so awful I couldn't even force myself to watch the whole thing. I used to be a huge fan of Smosh, but either I grew out of their humor or they started to go downhill once I hit high school out of sheer coincidence. Then again, I can go back to any Smosh video on Youtube from 2006-2010, and still find it 10x more enjoyable than this dumpster fire. So maybe I'm right, and they've just passed their prime. This interview was way past its due date, but better late than never I suppose. Cheers!

This review was written on another site nearly two years ago, when Anthony was still part of Smosh.

**THE REVIEW**

I watched the movie last night. As a long-time Smosher I was disappointed that Boxman didn't show up. Or Sergeant Anous, Billy Jean, Stevie, Charlie, That Damn Neighbor, Teleporting Fat Guy, or Ian's REAL mom!!! I thought that there would be tons of references to their videos and that their YouTube channel and videos would be a big part of the movie but no, not even an appearance of Ian's pink- frosted sprinkle donuts!!

I thought that you would have to know a lot about Smosh to understand the movie, but this didn't have to be a Smosh movie. It could've starred two different people, had a different title and it still would've worked. This movie doesn't even acknowledge that they're famous YouTubers. The only tie-in to Smosh it has are the title, the "SHUT UP" at the beginning, and our two main characters.

If Ian and Anthony ever make another movie, I hope it has more to do with Smosh itself. I'd love to see all of their famous characters in a feature length movie. Anous, Charlie, Billy, Jean, Stevie, etc!! Maybe even PokeMon if they can get the rights.

**END OF REVIEW**

However, since Anthony left Smosh in June, I don't think there will ever be another Smosh movie or Food Battle... unless Anthony comes to his senses and goes back to Smosh. Why he would leave such a successful job and channel that he co-founded and co-owned since the beginning of YouTube back in 2005 is beyond me.