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Freddy Got Fingered

2001 surreal black comedy film directed by Tom Green

Freddy Got Fingered is a 2001 surrealblack comedy film[3][4] directed by Tom Green in his feature film directorial debut and written by Green and Derek Harvie.

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The film stars Green alongside Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Julie Hagerty.

Green stars in the film as a childish slacker who wishes to become a professional cartoonist while dealing with his abusive father's behavior. Its plot resembles Green's struggles as a young man trying to get his television series picked up, which would later become the MTV series The Tom Green Show.

The title of the film refers to a plot point where Green's character falsely accuses his father of sexually abusing his brother, the eponymous Freddy.

Released in theaters on April 20, 2001, by 20th Century Fox, Freddy Got Fingered was critically panned at the time of its release, with many considering it as one of the worst film "Life Experience: Freddy Got Fingered As Neo-Surrealist ...

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