Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

Look. This is not the kind of movie that you can be convinced to watch if you’re on the fence. This is Beavis & Butt-head. The audience is what it is. If it isn’t you, this is where we part ways. But if you are a fan, this is absolutely worth your time. It’s very similar to the first movie, in that the plot involves the regular world mistaking their stupidity for something else, and becoming the search of a manhunt as they hit the road in search of something. But the differences make it just different enough to be as fun as the first movie. Beavis shows some actual emotional growth, and Butt-head kinda, sorta, maybe has to grow as well. There’s a third act break-up, which is done with heavy-handed melodrama (complete with Michael Bolton’s “How Am I Supposed To Live Without You”) that is so OTT, it interferes with planes’ natural cruising altitude. A deliriously fun Cornholio sequence in jail leading a prison revolution. I’m not gonna give it all away. It’s just too much fun to discover this movie’s endearing stupidity and joy. Mike Judge knows how to handle his most famous creation on a bigger stage: change the stakes around them, but keep them the same, and it works without fail.