The Kentucky Fried Movie

The Kentucky Fried Movie

The hottest, most out-of-control movie ever to stagger onto the screen!

Directed by John Landis

Produced by United Film Distribution Company (UFDC), Kentucky Fried Theatre

197783 min6.2 / 10

A frenetic, irreverent sketch-comedy assault that weaponizes absurdity and parody to skewer media, genre conventions, and surveillance anxiety.

A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.

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Questions people ask

  • Is The Kentucky Fried Movie one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 99% of films.

  • Is The Kentucky Fried Movie sad? No. Less sad than 97% of films.

  • Does The Kentucky Fried Movie end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is The Kentucky Fried Movie scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is The Kentucky Fried Movie violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Kentucky Fried Movie easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity96

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise84

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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