I walked into “Impractical Jokers: the Movie” completely unfamiliar with what it was about or the four comedians behind the truTV show of the same name. By the end, I had laughed so much that I actually had tears in my eyes. It’s kind of like a combination of old-fashioned “Candid Camera” episodes and something similar to “Jackass,” but without being quite as shocking. The premise involves four friends (Joe Gatto,…

The movie feels like a collection of sketches and game-like segments loosely tied together by a plot about the guys traveling to Miami to reconnect with Paula Abdul, recalling an earlier encounter from 1999. The pre-written parts were decent; it’s clear their strengths lie in that kind of performance, and I did genuinely laugh at several moments—I'm already a fan of theirs. However, roughly half the film is devoted t…