Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: Untold Story Format: DVD Color: Color Rating: Not Rated Genre: TV Series Year: 2005 Release Date: 2005-09-27
Convinced that this man must be his real father after all, how could he possibly share genetic material with the dimwitted Peter , Stewie sets off on a cross country road trip to find him. But his incredible journey leads him to discoveries far more vile and shocking that anything found in his diaper. br br For Family Guy fans, there are no freakin' sweeter words than "Never Before Seen." A triumphant homecoming for the Griffins, Stewie Griffin is not so much a movie as it is a not yet aired three episode story arc enhanced with a home video exclusive "red carpet premiere" prologue and an epilogue capped, of course, with a fart joke . br br Family Guy's resurrection is a television miracle, and its creators have rewarded the faithful by picking up right where they left off, offending any and all sensibilities recasting Jesus as comic magician Art Metrano , dissing the celebrity disenfranchised Ellen Cleghorne references, anyone , and generally taking potshots at anyone on their enemies list Stewie breaks the neck of a reporter for Entertainment Weekly, the magazine that once called Family Guy "the Awful Show They Just Keep Putting on the Air" . The Untold Story is a star vehicle for Family Guy's breakout character, in which the mega maniacal and matricidal infant has a Grinch like change of heart after a near death experience and a disturbing encounter with Steve Allen in Hell and, more life altering, discovers a football pated man who could be his father the truth is more shocking . As go the gags, so goes Family Guy, and there are enough good ones here to compensate for the many misfires. The Miller esque as in Dennis penchant for channeling arcane pop culture can grow tiresome. But for those who remember the words to the Who's the Boss theme song, know or still care who Steve Bartman is, and are always up for "a sexy party," this will be the greatest story ever untold.
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