All five writers of the movie star as the Vermont State Troopers. They are a crazy bunch and proceed to run through about every gag there is and some original ones to boot. The plot is as silly as the film. It is discovered that the border between Vermont and Canada is inaccurate and in reality the U.S. border curves further into Canada encompassing an entire town. Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, plays the Governor of Vermont who commissions the long ago hapless, fired troopers to oversee the transition of law enforcement from the Canadian Mounties to American jurisdiction.
What ensues is pretty much every Canadian-American stereotype jab you can think of. This kind of comic relief is not for everyone but I unfortunately have to admit that I like it. Besides Lynda Carter, Rob Lowe makes an appearance as the Mayor of the little town who also runs a few illegal businesses, and none other than “Wonder Years” Fred Savage shows up in the end for a very funny sequence. Lowe’s attempt to sound French Canadian is pretty bad but funny.
Quebec born Emmanuelle Chiriqui, who played Sloan in the hit series ‘Entourage”, delivers nicely as the cute undercover cop.
If you like crass, slapstick, largely locker room humor this will likely amuse you. If you don’t, it won’t. I found the movie very funny and an enjoyable escape for a little while. Maybe I was just happy to have avoided “I Feel Pretty”?
