"Jackass" is the reason that every human being needs $9.25 in pocket and 90 minutes of free time. Enough said.This plotless, tactless, senseless collage of hilarious, outrageous and stupendous four to five minute bits is the answer to the call to be entertained. From the opening scene, with Jackass" players rolling down a city street in a shopping cart to the closing scene of pyrotechnic wizardry, the only one-minute break in laughter I experienced was when I ran to get more popcorn.

What to expect: "Jackass: The Movie," to quote Johnny Knoxville, is a "naughty 90-minute version of the show." With a bigger budget, four full months to write bits, and an all-or-nothing-last-hoorah mentality, the movie delivers and delivers.

"Jackass: The Movie" is not for the faint of heart. There are plenty of bodily fluids excreted and ingested (yes, that's right - ingested!), a peppering of concussions, a broken bone or two and a toy car going where no toy car should ever go. For fans of "Jackass" the TV show, "Jackass: The Movie" will be a veritable Nirvana of men behaving badly. The movie is full of irreverence for body and cultural sensitivities ("Jackass" goes to Japan, and let's just say that in comparison, Godzilla was a cranky toddler in need of a hug), but, and this might come as a shock, it might even turn a few nay-sayers into "Jackass" fans.

Granted, some of the more outrageous acts might be met with grimaces, but there are a few innocent-enough, yet side splittingly funny, bits to induce yuckles out of the most avid Jackass opponents. Some of the skateboarding skits are actually well choreographed, and there are times when the shear athleticism of the cast, exemplified by Steve-O's ability to dangle indefinitely on a tight-rope over a pit of hungry alligators and Preston Lacy's graceful sprint through the streets of Japan wearing nothing but a Sumo thong will melt the heart of the least receptive audience member . then again, it might not.

But, this movie was primarily intended to be enjoyed by "Jackass" fans who appreciate the finer subtleties of "Jackass" humor. It is for this reason the movie distills the best of what "Jackass" offers, namely, doing things that everyone wants to do but no one in his right mind would ever actually do, out of any filler that might have been on the show.

The movie is not all fun and games, though; there is an educational side to it, as well. For example, I never knew what the word "gooch" meant before the show, nor did I know that cameramen vomit (twice!) in response to the subject matter being filmed.

The movie is raunchy, nauseating, gut-wrenching and vomit inducing (especially if you're a cameraman). You can expect to see some patently offensive but uproarious bits, not-to-mention the "manjunk" (another word I learned from "Jackass") of at least three of the cast-members. This movie earned its R-rating.

But despite all of this, or, as the case may be, because of all of this, you must see this movie. It was hands-down the funniest 90 minutes of my life. From beginning to end, I did not stop laughing. There were times I had to stop watching the movie because I was laughing so violently it grew unbearably painful. Though the Academy will (probably) overlook "Jackass," you would be a fool to follow in kind. I give the movie two very enthusiastic and broken thumbs up.