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Corky Romano (2001)

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Reviews Counted:82

Fresh:4

Rotten:78

Average Rating:2.8/10

Consensus: Corky Romano continues the trend of bad movies featuring SNL members. The jokes are tired and unfunny, and the slapstick feels forced.

Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Over the years, television's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE has been the playground and jumping off point for an impressive number of comic superstars who nimbly made the transition from television to the big... Over the years, television's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE has been the playground and jumping off point for an impressive number of comic superstars who nimbly made the transition from television to the big screen, including John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and Steve Martin. Recently that tradition has continued with the rising careers of funny men and women like Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, David Spade, and Molly Shannon. Chris Kattan is the newest SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE veteran to make the leap to film in this delirious screwball comedy. Kattan stars as CORKY ROMANO, a goofy misfit born into a powerful crime family who is rejected for being too normal and haplessly continues his life as a gentle veterinarian. One day Corky is shocked to receive a phone call from Pops (Peter Falk), his estranged Godfather-like father who is being indicted by the Grand Jury. It seems Corky is his father's last hope, he has hatched a plan to send his bumbling son undercover into the F.B.I. where he will be able to steal all evidence of his family's misdeeds. The only problem is: Corky's resume is desperately inflated by his intellectually challenged brothers (Chris Penn and Peter Berg) and the F.B.I. not only accepts him, they believe that he is speaks five languages and is Harvard-educated and is a super agent. Suddenly Kattan is forced to live up to his super-agent status, hunting down powerful drug lords and engaging in top-secret missions while he scrambles to find and destroy the evidence against his father. Kattan is a master of physical comedy, bumbling and goofing his way into the hearts of his coworkers who he miraculously impresses in this antic-filled Jerry Lewis-like performance. [More]

Starring: Chris Kattan, Richard Roundtree, Vinessa Shaw, Matthew Glave

Starring: Chris Kattan, Richard Roundtree, Vinessa Shaw, Matthew Glave, Dave Sheridan, Chris Penn, Peter Berg, Roger Fan

Director: Rob Pritts

Director: Rob Pritts
Screenwriter: David Garrett, Jason Ward
Producer: Robert Simonds, Tracey Trench
Composer: Randy Edelman
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

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Full Review Source: Modamag.com | comment Comment
03/31/07
Brian Orndorf
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Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
03/10/07
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News

Unlike the pathetic protagonists of many a smart dumb comedy, Corky never becomes sympathetic, and without this fundamental irony the movie doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
02/28/07
Lisa Alspector
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader

Although Corky Romano is not based on a Saturday Night Live sketch, it is still as dismal.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
05/30/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Unfortunately, keeping Kattan in the forefront is also one of the main problems with the film.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
03/28/03
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

Chris Kattan should have been in silent comedy. He has the Silly Putty face of those old slapstick stars, and a sing-song, splitting-headache vox box that would have played much better in the silents.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Kimberly Jones
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle

Somebody, somewhere, actually believed in this dreck.

Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
02/08/03
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

Some of the silliness actually elicits laughter. Not terribly surprising, however, is that there's not enough of that laughter.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
Film Threat

...as Townes Van Zandt sang, “Living’s mostly wastin’ time” anyway.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
10/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Will somebody please offer Peter Falk a decent role? This 'crotchety old geezer' gig is getting tiresome.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Very, very bad.

Full Review Source: Film Snobs | comment Comment
10/17/02
Stephen Himes
Stephen Himes
Film Snobs

...the majority of the jokes are obvious and crude.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
10/05/02
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Astonishingly unoriginal, unevenly paced and often just plain dumb, this is one comedy that could easily be reclassified as a tragedy -- particularly for Kattan.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
08/17/02
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile

Stick with the website.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
06/19/02
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

...his new FBI name is Corky Pissant, pronounced just the way it sounds, and the rest of the humor in the movie doesn't get any better.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
06/10/02
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

...has a wacky side, but the wackiness does not tread outside the boundaries of the story.

Full Review Source: NutzWorld | comment Comment
04/16/02
Blake French
Blake French
NutzWorld

The film is merely a myopic footnote that cannot match its own nonsensical raucous tone.

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
03/04/02
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

There’s a difference between showmanship and showing off, and Kattan has not yet learned that.

Full Review Source: Mark Reviews Movies | comment Comment
02/26/02
Mark Dujsik
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies

It's surprising some of the silliness actually elicits laughter. Not terribly surprising, however, is that there's not enough of that laughter.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/03/02
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

How can you describe a movie that fails so completely in every possible way, its mere existence leaves you flummoxed?

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
12/09/01
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International
 
 
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