Reel Critics

The Farrelly brothers have accomplished quite a feat in “Osmosis

Jones.” They grossed-out my teenage boys. Derek and Sean both agree that

“the non-animated parts of this film with Bill Murray and Mollie Shannon

were crude and disgusting.”

I too cringed and groaned whenever Bill Murray appeared on screen as

Frank, an aging single father with deplorable eating habits.

Sean thought, “Bill Murray played his part well.” He did if his

intention was to create an offensive grease-soaked character that

moviegoers could almost smell.

We also agree that the animated portion of the film directed by Piet

Kroon and Tom Sito was clever, funny and exciting. “Osmosis Jones”

reminded Derek of “a schizophrenic man whose one personality is

laugh-out-loud funny and the other is incredibly dull and disgusting.” If

you need motivation to better your eating habits see this movie,

otherwise pass.* SEAN RUHLAND, 12, is a seventh-grader at Marine View

Middle School, DEREK RUHLAND, 14, is a freshman at Huntington Beach High

School, and TERI SIMONIS, 41, is an office assistant for the city of

Huntington Beach.