It would appear so. This was discovered on the Twitter when New York-based critic Lou Lumenick questioned my review of the film (I saw it in London), which mentions the framing story — involving some kids searching the Internet for “the most dangerous film in the world” — that does not appear in the version of the film he saw in New York. His version features Dennis Quaid as a demented screenwriter.
This was nowhere near anything I saw in Movie 43:
Nowhere near.
It also makes me very sad to know that Greg Kinnear has any connection this awful film.
I think this could be the most egregious difference between international versions of a film ever. There are often small differences, often made to appease local censors. (I think The Hunger Games may have had a bit of blood splatter cut out for U.K. audiences that was left in for U.S. audiences, for example.) But this represents entirely different stories presented to various audiences. I don’t understand the rationale behind this, and frankly I’m pretty pissed off that I’ve been forced to think about Movie 43 more than it deserves.
That would explain why the commercials I’ve seen for the movie don’t seem to align with your review. The U.S. commercials basically suggest that there’s 42 movies that a filmmaker made for studios so he could make one for himself.
That bears no resemblance to the film I saw.
Yeah… I’ve always seen the one with Dennis Quaid on Moviecity and when i bought the DVD i got some kids looking in the internet for some movie… NEVER seen that one before O.o
I’m in Mexico
Interesting. (More interesting than the film, anyway.) Quaid and Kinnear are certainly on the IMDb page for the film, with top billing. Was your screening the same 90 minutes as the US version? (I know, one normally doesn’t like critics to be looking at their watches…)
Yup, film was about 90 minutes.
Interesting; just checked out the trailer and there’s no clips suggesting there’s any framing “story” so I guess it works for both versions
Thanks for this post – I thought I was imagining things when there was no sign of Kinnear and Quaid – why on Earth did the film makers/studio do this? It’s not as if the alternative story was any good…
I’m gonna see if I can find out what was behind this.
One way or the other, it remains a disgusting conglomerate of feces.
Get over yourself, writing off a movie because it is offensive is chilish immature BS. Stop acting like your unevolved opinion should dictate what people are alllowed to laugh at, lots of people including myself find this movie friggen hilarious because there shouldn’t be a censor on any art, true comedy comes from a dark place
I’ve seen both versions on Netflix. yes I am terribly ashamed but I heard about an alternate cut so I only had to see 5 mins of it to find out it was true. it is, without question, the worst movie I have ever seen. why those actors didn’t hire someone to burn every single piece of media it’s on is beyond me. Elizabeth Banks helped direct?! really???
Guess you just weren’t in the intended audience.
All the hate poured upon this wonderful film baffles me
Would you like to tell us what you liked about the film, or do you just want us to have blind faith in your judgment?
The smartest dumb movie I’m yet to see. Wildly inverts the way we choose to play our cultural games like marriage, dating, parenting and romance. It lampoons preciously maintained social constructs and irrational assumptions with scat, semen and menstrual blood. Beneath the squeamishness is one of the most interesting analyses of modern western culture we have.
🤙🏼 Well put
Though I read somewhere that Dennis Quaid was going to be cast as a living Ralph White in a 2012 version of Carrie that I guess became the 2013 one which would make “Middleschool Date” about HIS DAUGHTER, I do like that that part could be the video that can tell the future…about Carrie White.
Yeah that’s cool and all but where can I find the UK version of this movie?
Have you tried the UK DVD? https://amzn.to/2XuKjmE
Thanks I’ll look into it
This article sucks… I had a question and was looking for a particular answer. However that answer is no longer being searched for. My attention is now focused on this shitty ass author who doesn’t know good simple movies for shit. This movie is a fucked up master piece and you should lose your damn job for this awful article! Fuck you and fuck off.
I’ve seen both versions. I like the US version with Dennis Quaid best but I can’t find that one anywhere. Now the only one available is the one with the kids searching for the movie online.
How bizarre.