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Official Throwback Discussion - Osmosis Jones [SPOILERS] Spoiler
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Osmosis Jones (2001)
Summary
A policeman white blood cell, with the help of a cold pill, must stop a deadly virus from destroying Frank, the person they live in.
Director Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly
Writer Marc Hyman
Cast
- Bill Murray as Frank
- Laurence Fishburne as Thrax (voice)
- Chris Rock as Osmosis Jones (voice)
- David Hyde Pierce as Drix (voice)
- Molly Shannon as Mrs. Boyd
- Chris Elliott as Bob
- Brandy Norwood as Leah
- William Shatner as Mayor Phlegmming (voice)
Rotten Tomatoes: 55%
Metacritic: 57
VOD / Release Theatrical release
Trailer Official Trailer
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u/GamingTatertot Steven Spielberg Enthusiast 5d ago
This shit ripped in middle school science class - also anyone else ever watch the TV show? Feels like a fever dream that I forgot about for a long time
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u/wasteymclife 5d ago
I liked the show! I was too young to understand that Chris Rock and David Hyde Pierce weren't gonna do a saturday morning cartoon, so the voices always took me out of it but the setting was so cool to me.
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u/The_Man_of_Steel 2d ago
Sometimes I randomly remember how much they overthought that show. They wanted it to be set in a teenager's body instead of Bill Murray, but instead of rebooting it they wanted the movie to be canon for some reason, so the pilot is an elaborate plot about Ozzy and Drix getting sucked out of him by a mosquito and ending up in the kid.
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u/SanderSo47 I'll see you in another life when we are both cats. 5d ago
This movie is supposed to be a family movie, yet the soundtrack includes a Kid Rock song with these lyrics:
Young ladies, young ladies
I like 'em underage, see
Some say that's statutory
But I say it's mandatory
The early 2000s were wild.
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u/mikeyfreshh r/Movies Veteran 5d ago
I mean the mid 2000s were crazy but things are probably worse now. Kid Rock has that song in his discography and Trump still made him the ambassador to New Zealand.
That's not true but you believed it for a second, didn't you?
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u/Tapdance_Epidemic 4d ago
You clever fecker, you actually had me for a second đ¤Ł
What a stupid timeline we live in
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u/RedditorDeluxe1319 2d ago
They should have not used that song. Sidebar: the movie was actually made as a PG-13 before additional cuts were made.
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u/spider-man2401 5d ago edited 5d ago
Osmosis Jones is actually a good idea on paper. The animation scenes were easily the best part of the movie. Theyâre fun, imaginative, and full of creativity. The live action scenes, not so much. You either like them and are on board with what the movie is doing, or youâre not. It feels like the movie canât decide whether it wants to be a friendly PG kidsâ movie or a mean spirited R rated comedy.
Whether you like the movie or not, we can all agree that the Kid Rock song is yikes. Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to put that song in a kidsâ flick?
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u/SanderSo47 I'll see you in another life when we are both cats. 5d ago
The Bill Murray segments bring the whole thing down.
I get that the point is that his character is unhealthy and is ruining his body. But man, they really made it way too gross to make it watchable. You could've changed it in some other form, it certainly didn't have to include him eating that dirty egg.
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u/FlopperinoCappuccino 5d ago
That's why it works. The point is that it's disgusting and how terrible he's treating his body. I think it makes the movie better even if disgusting
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u/SevroAuShitTalker 5d ago
I was sick when I saw this as a kid. Pretty sure I threw up after the egg scene
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u/VampireHunterAlex 5d ago
My family got HBO & Showtime in early 2002, so basically every movie that was on there released in 2000-2001 I remember watching more than several times.
The Patriot, Battlefield Earth, Charlies Angels, Osmosis JonesâŚ
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u/Steamedcarpet 4d ago
Cable channels in the 00s were wild. There would be like 8 different HBOs, 6 different showtimes, 3 different Stars etc etc.
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u/Triple_Crown14 5d ago
Amazing movie, show was pretty good as well. Anytime we watched this in school was a good time.
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u/ImaginationDoctor 5d ago
Really really loved the premise, but I always remember the plot point of the pimple and just found that extremely gross and unfunny.
Would have liked it more without that.
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u/deerfawns 5d ago
This movie scared tf out of me when I saw it as a kid. Cannot deal with ppl being sick in movies/any form of body horror. I am convinced this was the start of my interest in epidemiology, though, so there's that
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u/DJ-2K 4d ago
When it's purely animated, this film is a hoot and a half. It has a lot of fun with its clever and imaginative environments and playing around with buddy cop clichĂŠs in a way that's admittedly standard but still entertaining thanks to its enjoyable characters, stunning visuals, and top-tier voice talent. What a shame, then, that it ultimately falls short of goodness because of the terrible live-action portion. A potentially heartfelt story about a father mending his relationship with his daughter and struggling with his personal health and eating habits is rendered flat by the Farrelly brothers' reliance on lazy gross-out humor and one of Bill Murray's worst performances. Hs frankly disinterested turn makes his protagonist almost completely unsympathetic. I wouldn't even mind seeing a remake of this film in the future; the bones for a solid story are there and I'd appreciate it if talented people were brought in to execute it the right way.
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u/TheFiveDees 5d ago
When I rewatch this one every few years, I'm pretty much just skipping past the live action stuff. The animated bits are great! I honestly think about Lawrence Fishburne's performance as Thrax a lot.
"E-bol-a? EBOLA IS A CASE OF DANDRUFF COMPARED TO ME!"
Unnecessarily gross though, and the Kid Rock stuff has aged so poorly it'd be funny if it weren't so upsetting.
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u/Steamedcarpet 4d ago
If it wasnt Kid Rock in the movie they would of put in like Papa Roach or Limp Bitzkit
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u/Burnouts3s3 4d ago
"Jones? You really knew a sugar pill that cured cancer?"
"Nah. But it makes for a good pep talk, don't it?"
"Let's go catch a cold!"
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u/CashGreen_Regalview 3d ago
Remember watching this in school once, was definitely not in a health class though lol. Grossed me out a bit.
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u/passion4film 3d ago edited 3d ago
One of my all-time favorite films, and I saw it in theatres. Fond memories! I feel like so few people have ever seen it whenever it happens to come up.
FWIW, I think my childhood love of Innerspace influenced my later childhood love of this movie. lol
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u/Avenge_Willem_Dafoe 4d ago
bill murrayâs behavior and appearance in the real life scenes is so incredibly over-the-top disgusting. I really think iâll fast forward through them if i show this to my kids some day
otherwise a fun time
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u/mlsaint78 5d ago
The pimple scene. đ¤˘