''Swearnet: The Movie'' is a 2014 Canadian

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film directed by

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, written, produced by and starring Mike Smith,

John Paul Tremblay John Paul Tremblay (born May 17, 1968) is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, and comedian who is most well known for his role as Julian in the TV series Trailer Park Boys. Career Before acting in Trailer Park Boys, Tremblay and his future co-star ...

, and

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, stars of the Canadian television series ''

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''. In the film, Smith, Tremblay and Wells appear as themselves as they embark on creating a fully uncensored Internet network. The ''

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'' website lists the film as holding the record for the most uses of the word "fuck" in a film, with a total of 935 times. It also received the rarely-used

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rating from the

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. The film was banned in the United Kingdom for three years and thus was not released in the country until 2017, when it was rated 18 by the

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Plot

Fed up with being censored in their post–''Trailer Park Boys'' lives, the out of work stars/world-renowned "Swearnet", Mike Smith, Robb Wells, and John Paul Tremblay decide to start their own uncensored network on the Internet.

Cast

* Mike Smith as himself *

as himself *

Pat Roach Francis Patrick Roach (19 May 1937 – 17 July 2004) was an English professional wrestler, martial artist and actor. During an acting career between the 1970s and the 1990s, he appeared in multiple films, usually cast as a support player strongm ...

as himself/Swearman *

Mishael Morgan Marie-Charms Mishael Morgan (born July 15, 1986) known professionally as Mishael Morgan, is a Trinidadian-Canadian actress known for the roles of Hilary Curtis and Amanda Sinclair on CBS Daytime soap opera, ''The Young and the Restless'', the l ...

as Jamie *

Sarah Jurgens Lou Jurgens (born Sarah Louise Jurgens), is a British-born Canadian actor, producer, casting director, model, photographer, and multimedia artist. Known mainly for their acting work in film and television, Jurgens is also the co-founder of The ...

as Julie * Shannon Leroux as Rachel * Dana Woods as Logi * Howard Jerome as Trigger *

Tom Green Michael Thomas Green (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian-American comedian, show host, actor, filmmaker, podcaster, and rapper. After pursuing stand-up comedy and music as a young adult, Green created and hosted ''The Tom Green Show'', which a ...

as himself *

Carrot Top Scott Thompson (born February 25, 1965), known professionally as Carrot Top, is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Early life Thompson was born in Rockledge, Florida, and grew up in Cocoa. He is the youngest son of a NASA engineer. He ...

as himself * Leigh MacInnis as Leigh *

Sebastian Bach Sebastian Philip Bierk (born April 3, 1968), known professionally as Sebastian Bach, is a Canadian-American singer who achieved mainstream success as the frontman of the hard rock band Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. He has acted on Broadway and ...

as himself *

John Dunsworth John Francis Dunsworth (April 12, 1946 – October 16, 2017) was a Canadian actor. He was best known for playing the antagonistic trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey on the cult comedy series ''Trailer Park Boys'' (2001–2018). His other roles ...

as himself Wells, Tremblay and Smith briefly reprise their roles as Ricky, Julian and Bubbles respectively in the mid-credits scene.

Production

The film was shot between August 20, 2012 and September 12, 2012 in

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and

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, using the

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Reception

The film has been met with negative reviews. On

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the film has an approval rating of 20% based on 10 reviews, with an average critical rating of 4.6/10. On Metacritic, it holds an 18 out of 100 based on 5 reviews indicating "overwhelming dislike".

References

External links

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