Mr. Accident (2000)

"The premise of all comedy is a man in trouble."-Jerry Lewis

With a title like ‘Mr. Accident’  coming from a film maker named Yahoo Serious, you can anticipate a film filled with one particular character (named Roger Crumpkin) banging and bumping into and destroying many things.

During the course of this celluloid homage to the slapstick genius of yesteryear, one is treated to a linty of well constructed, creative and interesting sight gags. 

While trying to make simple toast Roger manages to set his apartment on fire, starts a flood, and creates a storm of feathers that blow around his apartment.

While at a bar trying to pick up girls, he manages to throw away a lit fag (cigarette) into some goth girls hair.

While out on a date with the girl of his dreams, Sunday Valentine (Helen Dallimore), he manages to destroy the calm restaurant scene where they are having dinner and  manages to have a bowl of gravy land on a waiter’s head.  He also gets Sunday’s nice dress doused with car oil. 

While driving his wreck of a car, Roger’s AC , which is broken, causes his car to become an rolling icebox where he can’t see clearly out  the window due to all the  frost.  He manages to drive himself and his roommate Lyndon (Grant Piro) off a cliff into some weird auto junk yard where he finds.... 

While in the fold out bed... can you guess?

Roger lives in what seems to be the top floor of a very high apartment building.  So....

While putting out his garbage by his door, manages to knock it over, which knocks everyone else's garbage cans over all the way down to the bottom floor, causing an avalanche  of garbage cans to come crashing out the front doors. He also manages to fall out the window in the process.

While driving his car, he manages to hit something creating a hole in the gas tank creating a trail of gasoline behind his car. He then manages to throw away a lit cigarette out he window. 

While working at his job in the egg factory he manages to anger his psychopathic ax wielding boss and uncovers a sinister plan hatched by the tobacco company having to do with eggs.

While watching this film I was glad to see a comedian who was able to construct comedy out of  timing and ordinary situations and didn’t rely on fowl language and crass humor, although there is a sprinkling of it. He did get hit in the nuts at least once.

After having read this review to my wife she comments ,  “You didn’t even tell what country this takes place in. (Australia). That’s more interesting then where somebody got hit in a certain place. Come on"

‘Mr. Accident  is a homage to the style of comedy that creative, athletic, and highly talented filmmakers once made.  Recommended to those who appreciate good slapstick.  Yahoo can now rank up their as a master of disaster along with  Laurel & Hardy, Harold Lloyd, Mr. Magoo,  Jerry Lewis, and Mr. Bean.