The Animal ** (2001, Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, John C. McGinley) – Classic Movie Review 1972

Director Luke Greenfield provides a moderate 2001 comedy star vehicle for Rob Schneider as wimpy Marvin Mange, who is injured in a car crash. He thinks his lifelong dreams of becoming a cop are over, until a deranged scientist offers to rebuild him using animal body parts.

So, after receiving organ transplants from various animal donors, Marvin achieves instant fame as a supercop but also starts taking on the animals’ traits at all the wrong times. Most especially, he struggles to be the perfect gentleman with his new love, Rianna (Colleen Haskell).

Schneider is funny enough in this grotty, brainless farce that could do with a better script but has some good comedy ideas and could still provide some laughs and some guilty pleasure. John C McGinley, Edward Asner, Louis Lombardi, Guy Torry, Scott Wilson and Michael Caton co-star. Schneider co-writes with Tom Brady, who also provides the original story.

From the producers and star of the comedy smash Deuce Bigalow.

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo *** (1999, Rob Schneider, Oded Fehr) – Classic Movie Review 1470

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