Released: September 25, 2009
Director: Mike Clattenburg
Starring: Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, John Dunsworth
Trailer Park Boys was a little Canadian tv show that began in 2001 and ended in 2008. It told the story of a trailer park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia called Sunnyvale and three characters that lived in the park, Ricky, Julian and Bubbles. Basically the three guys always had elaborate but unusual plans to get rich while breaking the law which had hillarious results for everyone in the trailer park. When the show ended there was a special episode that followed called "Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys" which felt like The Empire Strikes Back. I won't go into much detail about the episode but it setup the plot for this movie which is supposed to mark the end of the Trailer Park Boys according to film director who also directed/created the tv show, Mike Clattenburg.
Before I start the review I'll just say for the record that Trailer Park Boys was and is one of my favorite shows of all time, however I found the first Trailer Park Boys movie called Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006) to be very lackluster. Trailer Park Boys on film is one of those ideas that sounds excellent in theory but you don't get that feeling once you see the movie. It had the original cast members, all of the classic TPB's characters but the movie felt like it was missing something that I just can't figure out.
Countdown to Liquor Day is the sequel to "Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys". Ricky, Julian and Bubbles get out of prison, Julian has plans to turn his trailer into a auto body shop, and Ricky is going to try and get his grade 12. But the trio find out things have changed in Sunnyvale.
The old Sunnyvale trailer park is deserted and in chaos, Jim Lahey who was originally the park supervisor built a brand new trailer park next door to Sunnyvale and once again he is sober and off the alcohol. It's kind of depressing to see the old park deserted when Bubbles is the first to arrive, it really does create the feeling that "this is the end". Lahey has been working out and has lost some weight and he's dedicated to his new park, however there is a problem? Lahey is in the process of developing a new sewer system for his park but Julian's trailer which is in old Sunnyvale stands in the way of his new sewer system.
Lahey comes to Julian in open arms originally offering him $1700.00 dollars for his trailer plus a large quanity of Canadian Tire money. He sweetens his deal overtime offering him a brand new trailer and other incentives but Julian will not budge because he does not want to lose his business. Lahey as usual relapses once again and like always he's hillarious, John Dunsworth once again is amazing as Jim Lahey. Eventually Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles decide to rob a bank, and if you're familiar with the Trailer Park Boys tv show you know what will probably go down?
My main problem with this movie was that I feel like this as well as "Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys" were completely unnecessary, the season 7 finale gave the show a good closure, things were going well for all of the characters there wasn't even a need for these follow ups. The movie also in my opinion did not give the series any real closure and the ending had me going "Where's part II."
Ricky, Julian, Bubbles, Jim Lahey and his assistant Randy are great as usual but the other characters that made the show great took a giant backseat, Ray, J-Roc, Phil Collins, Tyrone, Sarah, Lucy. Maybe I'm just upset that Cory and Trevor didn't return for what was supposed to be the end of the Trailer Park Boys. They weren't around in season 7 but it would have been nice to bring them back for just a little nostalgia. My other complaint was that Sunnyvale and Lahey's new park felt like ghost towns, I know Sunnyvale was deserted but even in the new park it felt like it Lahey, Randy, Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles were the only ones in the park.
Countdown to Liquor Day is nothing more then an entire run of the mill Trailer Park Boys season wrapped into a two hour movie, and by run of the mill I mean traditional. It isn't a bad movie in any sense but I felt lied to by the end of the movie, it didn't give the series any closure even though Clattenburg says this is the end of the Trailer Park Boys and it feels like it needs a sequel.
The Verdict: 2.5
Just stick with the tv show. If you want to give this movie a try I recommend that you rent it. I will always love the TPB's though.
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