The body is a fascinating object, and the lads of Jackass have spent nearly 30 years pushing it to its limit. If their previous film, Jackass Forever, already felt like a swan song about aging, then the fifth and allegedly final entry Jackass: Best and Last is a victory lap crossed with a retrospective on decades of debauchery. It’s part clip show and part disgusting, hilarious farewell to the prank-and-stunt spectacular, a defiant remnant of the juvenile, “eXtreme” ‘90s that was already passé by the time the franchise began its life on MTV. However, in the age of A.I. and automation, it serves as a raucous reminder of all the things that make us human.
Does that sound ridiculously wistful for a movie filled with this much excrement? Absolutely. But to botch a quote from Brad Pitt — who shows up here in archival footage, by the way — how can you not be romantic about Jackass?
