The same holds true for the brief "spoof" moments where scenes from "Say Anything," "Saturday Night Fever" and "Jerry Maguire" are easily recognized, but not executed in a way to make them as funny as they should have been.Įqually problematic are the characters themselves. The best moments have the guys doing their normal schtick, but even that quickly wears thin as it offers nothing new from the original skit material.īeyond that, we're supposed to find scenes where the brothers fight, attempt to bribe a doorman with pocket change, or primp as they prepare to go out for the evening as funny (the sight of them in their ultra tight fitting, shiny polyester shirts might elicit a lone giggle), but such scenes mostly fall flat. As directed by John Fortenberry (Pauly Shore's "Jury Duty") from a script by Ferrell, Kattan, and Steve Koren, there's practically no plot - something that's okay for a skit, but not a feature film - and what's there is only meagerly funny at best. Feeling more like the ugly step cousin to "Wayne's World" and its goofy characters that also originated on "SNL," this film was bad enough to inspire/force many people in our audience to get up and leave the theater long before the conclusion - something I haven't seen in quite a while. Unfortunately, there's not much more to the movie, and the supplementary plot and dialogue that exist are substandard even for a film like this.
#THE NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY TV#
The only real fun of the recurring TV sketch is watching the guest stars (such as Jim Carrey, Alec Baldwin and others) join the two losers in their pathetically funny behavior, as they pump their heads in unison, confusedly point to themselves and each other trying to figure which of them another person's referring to, and then bouncing that person back and forth between them. While the pumping, toe-tapping rhythms of the main song, "What Is Love?" can inspire nearly anyone to bob their head in unison to the beat, the original skit is pretty threadbare beyond that. The problem is, however, when compared to the skits that were successful, there's practically nothing here with which to work from the original. For every "Blues Brothers" and "Wayne's World," there's "It's Pat" and "Stuart Saves His Family," so it should come as no surprise that the filmmakers and Paramount Studios are willing to hedge their bets on the film's apparent 50/50 chances. OUR TAKE: 2 out of 10 Proving once again that it's difficult to transform a three or four-minute skit into a feature length film, "A Night at the Roxbury" is sporadically funny at best, but mightily strains to fill its brief eighty minute runtime.īased on a currently running, and somewhat humorous skit on TV's "Saturday Night Live," this film follows in a long line of skits that have landed with varying results as feature movies. GIGI RICE and ELISA DONOVAN play two women who pursue and sleep with the brothers because they think they're rich.They hit on women and wildly and suggestively dance with them. WILL FERRELL and CHRIS KATTAN play two brothers who think they're hip and stylish, but are anything but that.WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13 For sex related humor, language and some drug content.
WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? If they're fans of the "Saturday Night Live" skit and the characters in it, they probably will. Zadir, and his assistant, Dooey (COLIN QUINN).Īs they tell him of their plans detailing their own "dream" club, two opportunistic women, Cambi (ELISA DONOVAN) and Vivica (GIGI RICE) mistake them for wealthy entrepreneurs and immediately set their gold-digger sights on them. Not wanting any sort of report, Grieco gets them into the club where they meet the owner, Mr. Working at their dad's synthetic plant store by day - where Steve must put up with the constant attention of an adjacent store owner's daughter, Emily (MOLLY SHANNON) - the guys get their break when actor Richard Grieco (playing himself), smashes into their vehicle. Living at home with their dad (DAN HEDAYA) and mom (LONI ANDERSON), these young adults dream of one day getting into the hottest club in the city, the Roxbury. PLOT: Steve (WILL FERRELL) and Doug Butabi (CHRIS KATTAN) are bar hopping brothers who don't realize that their failed attempts at being hip, cool, and stylish immediately label them as losers. QUICK TAKE: Comedy: Two brothers, who don't realize they're losers, try to get into the exclusive Roxbury club while dreaming of opening a club of their own.
0 kommentar(er)
