Christian Bale's Favorite Film is a Subpar Comedy Destroyed by Critics
Christian Bale's 2016 revelation that his favorite movie is Beverly Hills Ninja keeps doing rounds in cinephiles' minds. Why on earth of all films out there The Dark Knight actor chose late Chris Farley's worst film ever?
When asked about his favorite movie, Bale told the Yahoo! Entertainment literally this:
"The default answer for me is Beverly Hills Ninja. It's an easy one to give because most people go, 'What? Oh, okay.' But Chris Farley's fantastic. Clearly I've got other films, but I just watched that two nights in a row and was crying with laughter both times, so I just went, 'Yeah I'll give that as my answer.'"
The Rotten Tomatoes consensus states that "far from silent, but comedically deadly, Beverly Hills Ninja proves painfully unfunny." We surely admire Chris Farley's talent and grieve his early tragic death but what does it have to do with Beverly Hills Ninja being Bale's top comedy?
Actually, another critical review by Bruce Fretts of Entertainment Weekly nails it down pretty well saying that when the "writers run out of ideas, they simply have Farley walk into a lamppost, or cop from old SNL skits."
The 1997 Beverly Hills Ninja is the last movie Chris Farley starred in before his death of a drug overdose at the age of 33. The actor plays an orphan who was found in a chest on a beach and was raised by a group of ninjas. Named Haru he grows up into a clumsy and a funny guy who solves a murder mystery.
It is not for the first time that the American Psycho star has come out with unconventional confessions. In 2019 Bale told GQ Magazine that it was Mr. Bean who's been his inspiration for acting. In his interview with the outlet, the English actor revealed that one of his first jobs ever was with Rowan Atkinson and he looked at him as the template.
"He was playing... 'The Nerd,' it was called, by Larry Shue. He would come out, we'd say hello, but he didn't really socialize," Bale said.
Mr. Bean could make a perfect ninja though. Wearing his iconic tweed jacket and his trademark narrow red tie the childish clown would surely bring in his own unique methods to investigate evil money counterfeiting schemes in the Johnny English kind-hearted fashion. So, why not have a reboot! Do you think Christian Bale would agree to helm the project?