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The meta-reboot Anaconda is absurdly funny and purely harmless fun.

Anaconda, which aims to be a comedy and has the right cast for it, but is about as funny as being bitten by a poisonous snake.

If you like Rudd and Black, Anaconda is a harmless trifle that isn’t a bad way to pass the time over the holidays, given its "amusing enough" nature. But it also feels like a missed opportunity to do something more wild and clever with its meta narrative.

The film falls short of the terror, suspense, or wild fun it promises. That said, a poignant beating heart emerges most clearly by the closing credits, leaving a touching farewell to these likeable friends and their chaotic, nostalgic journey.

As an unabashed lover of grindhouse and genre fare, it’s an insult to me when a movie repeatedly states that it knows it’s not good. That’s not a creative idea, for starters, but it’s also aggravating.