Films like Jackass: The Movie.

Jackass: The Movie (2002) reads as Warm, breathless, measured action / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Here Comes the Boom (2012) poster
1. Here Comes the Boom2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jackass Number Two (2006) poster
2. Jackass Number Two2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wasabi (2001) poster
3. Wasabi2001

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Jackass 3D (2010) poster
4. Jackass 3D2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fred Claus (2007) poster
5. Fred Claus2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) poster
6. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous2005

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the deep human warmth; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Road Trip (2000) poster
7. Road Trip2000

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hot Rod (2007) poster
8. Hot Rod2007

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the deep human warmth; trades toward a heightened unreality.

The Bucket List (2007) poster
9. The Bucket List2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Get Him to the Greek (2010) poster
10. Get Him to the Greek2010

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the deep human warmth; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) poster
11. Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot1992

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the deep human warmth; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Cool Runnings (1993) poster
12. Cool Runnings1993

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Jackass: The Movie’s neighbours — where are yours?

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