"Freddy Got Fingered" began to see more positive praise over time, becoming a cult classic. Critic Nathan Rabin of "The A.V. Club" gave the film a rave review in his "My Year of Flops" column, comparing it to the work of Jean-Luc Godard and calling the film "less as a conventional comedy than as a borderline Dadaist provocation, a $15 million prank at the studio's expense" adding "it's utterly rare and wondrous to witness the emergence of a dazzlingly original comic voice. I experienced that glorious sensation watching "Fingered"...I can honestly say that I've never seen anything remotely like it" and rated it a "Secret Success" In a later column, Rabin stated "I was a little worried that I'd catch flak for giving mad props to a film as divisive and widely reviled as "Freddy Got Fingered." So I was relieved to discover that every single comment agreed with my assessment of it... It also didn't escape my attention that my "Freddy" post was the most commented-upon post in the history of My Year of Flops by a huge margin." Comedian Chris Rock listed "Freddy Got Fingered" as one of his favorite movies on his website.