CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Surfer-dumb comedy with too little worthwhile beneath the noise.
Should You Watch It?
Chairman of the Board has one clear asset: Carrot Top brings high energy, a likable character, and a high number of gags per minute. A few jokes are genuinely funny, including using John Tesh CDs as clay pigeons and “Chia hair” for bald men.
But the movie surrounds those occasional laughs with a hackneyed storyline, relentless sophomoric sex jokes, vulgarities, sexual innuendo, toilet humor, and gags aimed at a very young sense of humor. Its central idea—that greed is bad and creativity is good—is familiar, while the crude material overwhelms whatever charm the film has.
If you already enjoy Dumb and Dumber, you may be among the few viewers who find this appealing. For everyone else, the practical answer is simple: skip it.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESEdison is a surfer-bum inventor whose impractical gadgets barely support his lifestyle. After he accidentally repairs a wealthy man's car, Edison unexpectedly inherits a controlling interest in a gadget company and becomes its new chairman.
His worker-friendly policies and unusual inventions put him at odds with a greedy relative and a corporate raider determined to take over the company. Edison must use his creativity—and plenty of bumbling good luck—to keep the business afloat.
Is It Any Good?
One star means the film's occasional strengths cannot overcome its weaknesses. Carrot Top deserves credit for his high-energy performance, likable character, and willingness to fill the movie with gadgets and slapstick. The frenetic pace also uses unusual angles, graphics, special effects, and time jumps.
The story, however, is very old, and many of the gags are hackneyed. The improbable plot feels strung together from slapstick routines. The movie sometimes recalls a Marx Brothers film, but its relentless lowbrow humor and thin storyline make the experience more exhausting than entertaining.
The Worldview
The film presents a mild pagan worldview with environmentalist, romantic, and capitalist elements. Its moral framework is straightforward: greed is bad, while creativity, worker-friendly policies, and undisciplined ingenuity are good. The story also hints that Edison's back-to-nature surfer roots contribute to his creativity, though this is not a major theme.
The movie includes false Hawaiian god idols and a romantic relationship, while treating crude language and sexual preoccupation as part of its undisciplined nice-guy hero. Its central conflict pits manipulative corporate greed against inventive, big-hearted individualism. That theme can align with Scripture's warning against greed, but the film does not offer a deeper account of self-control or moral transformation.
The Bible says, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils” (1 Timothy 6:10). The film recognizes greed's harm, but its celebration of undisciplined behavior leaves that moral insight incomplete.
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
Mild pagan worldview with environmentalist, romantic & capitalist elements; 28 obscenities, 3 profanities & numerous toilet & sexual jokes; slapstick violence, including men hit men in the groin, implied men fighting men, men xerox body parts, & implied men abusing animals; implied fornication; naturalistic nudity in a shower & man dresses as woman; cigarette smoking; alcohol; and, rock music & false Hawaiian god idols.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
The film contrasts corporate greed with creativity. What does Scripture say about the dangers of loving money, and how should Christians use creativity responsibly?
1 Timothy 6:9–10 · Exodus 35:30–35Edison is presented as a nice guy whose lack of discipline is treated humorously. Why do kindness and self-control both matter?
Galatians 5:22–23 · Proverbs 25:28The movie uses sexual jokes and toilet humor for laughs. How can we tell the difference between harmless humor and humor that dishonors others?
Ephesians 5:3–4 · Philippians 4:8The story suggests that success can come through luck and undisciplined creativity. What does the Bible teach about diligence and wise planning?
Proverbs 21:5 · Colossians 3:23The Final Word
Carrot Top brings energy and occasional laughs, but the hackneyed story and relentless vulgar humor are not worth enduring. Families should choose something cleaner, and adults who want a lowbrow comedy have better options. Our answer is clear: SKIP IT. Find alternatives here:
