The Kentucky Fried Movie
A gleefully tasteless 1970s sketch anthology that turns television, commercials, and kung-fu cinema into targets for relentless parody.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Moderate
- anarchic
- irreverent
- sardonic
- cult movie night
- late night comedy viewing
What critics said
Critics generally found the film anarchic, inventive, and frequently funny, while acknowledging its uneven sketches, juvenile taste, and dated references.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film moves among unrelated comedy skits, spoof commercials, television formats, and the extended kung-fu segment.
Segments spoof kung-fu cinema, television programming, advertisements, journalism, and promotional broadcasts.
The film combines ribald jokes, bare breasts, profanity, slapstick violence, and tasteless commercial-style humor.
Its targets include 1970s television conventions, advertising language, genre formulas, and contemporary media habits.
Films like The Kentucky Fried Movie, and why
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Anarchic sketch-comedy structure, absurdist parody, and rapid-fire television and commercial satire.
The Groove Tube
A raunchy, irreverent comedy built from disconnected sketches, pop-culture spoofing, and deliberately juvenile humor.
Amazon Women on the Moon
Broad television satire and sexually explicit sketch comedy presented in an anything-goes comic format.
Airplane!
Cult parody comedy combining genre spoofs, commercial satire, and deliberately tasteless visual gags.
Movie Details
- Director
- John Landis
- Release Date
- 1977-08-10
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (375)
Cast
- Evan C. Kim
- Bong Soo Han
- Agneta Eckemyr
- Marilyn Joi
- Marcy Goldman
- Bill Bixby
- John Landis
- Donald Sutherland
- Victoria Carroll
- George Lazenby
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Night Flight Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Kentucky Fried Movie about?
- A gleefully tasteless 1970s sketch anthology that turns television, commercials, and kung-fu cinema into targets for relentless parody.
- What is The Kentucky Fried Movie like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Kentucky Fried Movie as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Kentucky Fried Movie violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Kentucky Fried Movie as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Kentucky Fried Movie?
- Critics generally found the film anarchic, inventive, and frequently funny, while acknowledging its uneven sketches, juvenile taste, and dated references.
- Which films are like The Kentucky Fried Movie?
- Films with a similar feel include Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Groove Tube, Amazon Women on the Moon, and Airplane!.
- How long is The Kentucky Fried Movie?
- The Kentucky Fried Movie runs 83 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Kentucky Fried Movie?
- In United States, The Kentucky Fried Movie streams on Amazon Prime Video, Night Flight Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel.
