On pen and paper this should be one of the best comedies of the year. The cast is to die for, including James Franco, Natalie Portman, Danny Mcbride, Zooey Deschanel, and Justin Theroux. The Director (David Gordon Green) has yet to make a film that wasn't great. Not even just good, but great to perfect. The man is one best directors working today. Then there's a medieval plot in the fashion of dungeons and dragons (something I should have loved). However "Your Highness" never clicks and just moves from scene to scene without any effort. The movie is filled with little things I believe are just inside jokes among the writers. Why is there a mechanical bird? How come 3/4 your jokes are dick jokes? What the hell is that perverted seer thing? The movie is pretty messy but will you get you some laughs as it struggles forward with uninteresting characters. I will admit there is a certain trophy that had me laughing any time it was in frame, but that's like 3 minutes of screen time. I hope David Gordon Green goes back to his serious work, "All The Real Girls"is a crowning achievement. Hopefully Portman and Franco can keep up with the good dramas (both deserving of oscars for their work in "Black Swan" and "127 Hours" respectively) with a good comedy here and there. Danny Mcbride should try to bring back Eastbound and Down, nobody should argue with that. I enjoyed parts of this movie but as whole... not so much. Just cause a movie makes you laugh here and there, doesn't make it a good comedy.
(6/10)
recommendation: It doesn't have that loose stoner vibe "Pineapple Express" did, nor the gross out jokes found in an Apatow movie. Not much for the geek crowd either ("Paul" is your gift from God for that). I suggest waiting for the DVD for "Your Highness".
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