Kenny

Bathroom humor is such an assaultive scourge in movie comedy that it sometimes seems necessary to revive the ancient Roman law that protected bystanders from waste thrown into the streets. That's why it's so -- refreshing? -- that the Australian charmer "Kenny," about a hard-working, jovial employee for a portable toilet company, is a low-key study of underdog pride rather than a Larry the Cable Guy bodily function jokefest.
Philosophically droll about the perceived embarrassment of his trade (he knows kids aren't going to be fascinated by his work the way they're keen to hop on a firetruck on its way to a blaze), Kenny is a barrel-chested, kind-eyed Aussie king in the stand-alone outhouse business, proud of his sewage-handling capabilities -- which entail duties as varied as plumbing and protecting his latrines from vandals -- but clearly pained by being a divorced dad with a father who's never accepted him. Shane Jacobson's committed performance reminds us of what's winning about lovable lugs, even if the mockumentary he wrote with his brother Clayton -- who also directed -- is a little thin for feature treatment.
But when you see Kenny on a date with a friendly flight attendant (Eve Von Bibra), worrying that he's talking shop too much, you know this movie's heart is in the right place and, thankfully, a good distance from the digestive system.
Da The Los Angeles Times, 18 luglio 2008