No joke - this movie is filthy fun.

Byline: BUZZWORTHY by The Register-Guard

Two upstanding citizens walk into a movie theater.

The think they're going to see a remake of the lovely Disney animated film, or some British-accented period drama from James Ivory. Instead, they're going to see "The Aristocrats," a movie about the dirtiest joke ever told.

This film, created by Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller fame) and Paul Provenza, enlists the talents of more than 100 comedians to tell this highly scatological joke - and to explain why comedians love it so.

The talent on board for this flick is astonishing: Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Carey, Sarah Silverman, the Smothers Brothers, Jon Stewart, Jason Alexander, George Carlin, Martin Mull, Andy Dick, Phyllis Diller, Fred Willard, Chris Rock, Paul Reiser - the list goes on.

Surprisingly, Bob Saget, he of TV's "Full House" and "America's Funniest Home Videos," may tell the filthiest version of them all.

As David Edelstein noted on Slate.com, "It turns out it's the most family-friendly network TV comic who would push even Ted Bundy's needle into the red zone.'

It's a film that repulses and attracts. While our Mr. Ebert didn't care for it (see his review on Page 14), a host of film critics from around the country did, including The Oregonian's Shawn Levy, James Greenberg from the Hollywood Reporter, Owen Glieberman of Entertainment Weekly and Salon.com's Stephanie Zacharek, who notes: "The picture itself is so ebullient and celebratory that it practically beams with perverted innocence.'

So be warned. No warm and fuzzy outing is a trip to Cinema World to see "The Aristocrats." If deep blue language makes you go red in the face, well, there's always the G-rated "March of the Penguins' at Cinemark and the Bijou Art Cinemas or "Herbie Fully Loaded" for cheap over at Movies 12.