Jackass Forever Review Shocker: Johnny Knoxville Has Been Embraced by the Critical Elite

When Jackass emerged from the mists of skater culture on MTV in late 2000, few would have predicted this. The fourth theatrically released feature film in the franchise (opening to gangbusters box office), is yet another collection of gross-out stunts and shock humor rife with boasting, taunting, uncontrolled laughter, and penises doing things few penises have done before. But it has accomplished something far more remarkable than its glorious Flight of Icarus stunt. It has achieved near-universal praise. Johnny Knoxville and his band of masochistic daredevil freaks have, through a combination of longevity and good cheer, effectively gone legit in… Read Full Article