the one question that eats at me after seeing corky romano is why touchstone spent so much money marketing this <NEG> throwaway </NEG> film . since june , i haven't been able to turn on the tv or go to the movies without getting hit by some ad depicting chris kattan as the spastic corky , shrieking out a-ha's " take on me " in his yellow miata . why would disney sink so much cash into the corky hype machine ? honestly , i was hoping that all the goofball ads were actually a front for a decently funny movie . man , was i wrong . corky romano is <NEG> one of those throwaway , clich ? -ridden tv-star-to-film vehicles built upon the most rickety of plots </NEG> . fortunately for chris kattan's precariously positioned career , corky does have some good laughs , even if <NEG> most of them are of the lowest-brow variety </NEG> . kattan plays the title character , the unsinkable assistant veterinarian corky who has a penchant for sunshiny '80s tunes , bright ties , and banal coffee mug slogans ( " you don't have to be crazy to work here , but it sure helps . " ) . when his mob boss dad ( peter falk ) is about to be put away on murder charges , his bungling , lughead brothers ( peter berg and chris penn ) rope in innocent , black sheep corky to infiltrate the fbi as an agent and steal the evidence . <NEG> predictably , hijinks ensue </NEG> . if the basic plot sounds bad , wait until you get into the inner-workings of this <NEG> clunker </NEG> . <NEG> the writers will amaze you with the depth of their inanity </NEG> . corky's fbi agent identity is named corky pissant ( " that's pronounced pees-ahn . it's french . " ) . he becomes a first-rate agent by accidentally stumbling mr . magoo-style onto the proper clues and talking his way in and out of situations , which plays like something out of a sitcom . and not a good sitcom , i mean . the romano family brothers even insult each other by farting in each other's face . and in a scene taken straight from there's something about mary , <NEG> corky gives a dachshund mouth-to-mouth resuscitation </NEG> . but it's not a complete disaster . the manic kattan does occasionally rescue some comic moments , including a bit featuring a cat in a fat suit named jesus and another involving schoolchildren , a german shephard , and a kilo of cocaine . plus , berg -- whose career has obviously gone downhill since the last seduction and chicago hope -- gives a great turn as the illiterate brother paulie . and , it's nice to see that richard roundtree of shaft fame is getting work . <NEG> unfortunately for those out there who can't truly appreciate animal or fart jokes </NEG> , corky won't have much to offer you . so the next time one of those pesky ads appears on your tv , asking , " who is corky ? " you can simply reply , " <NEG> who cares ? </NEG> "
