Dude, Where\'s My Car?

Occasionally, a movie comes along that is so powerful and inspirational that it raises the bar for all others. A movie so filled with social ills that it touches the lives of all who see it. "Dude, Where's My Car?" is not just some half-bit, stoner/teenie-bop laughfest, it is a comment on all that is wrong with American culture.\n When Jesse (Ashton Kutcher, "That 70s Show") asks, "Dude, where's my car?," he is not wondering about the placement of his automobile but rather his place in society. Both he and his best friend, Chester (Seann William Scott from "American Pie" and "Road Trip"), feel out of place among others and are tormented by a gang of high school jocks. It is this oh-too-common struggle that leads Jesse and Chester to a life of pot and alcohol, which causes their inability to remember the previous night's events.\n There are other consequences of their irresponsibility. The missing car contains their girlfriends' anniversary presents. Here, scriptwriting genius Philip Stark subtly inserts a comment on the stupidity of the male race in its treatment of women. Throughout the movie, Jesse and Chester learn that they need to be better boyfriends, an inspiration to all men.\n All this is layered on top of a classic struggle between good and evil. As Jesse and Chester retrace last night's events, they learn they were in possession of an object of galactic proportions. The Universal Transfunctioner is missing, and the boys are obligated to recover it. On their tale are many sides to an interstellar struggle, from a gang of "hot chicks" offering "pleasure" to the bubble-wrapped followers of "Zoltan" to two "totally gay Nordic dudes." It is up to Jesse and Chester to solve this conflict and save the day.\n The quirky laughs are only a sugarcoating to the social ills that this movie is trying to address. It is a cry for outcast-teens everywhere to rise up and be respected. Its inspiration will have viewers asking, "Dude, where's my car"