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Disaster Movie (2008)

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Average Rating:1.9/10

Consensus: Returning to their seemingly bottomless well of flatulence humor, racial stereotypes, and stale pop culture gags, Friedberg and Seltzer have produced what is arguably their worst Movie yet.

Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual content throughout, language, drug references and comic violence.

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:05-09-2008

Synopsis: Jason Friedberg and Adam Seltzer--the two guys who did EPIC MOVIE, DATE MOVIE, SCARY MOVIE, and MEET THE SPARTANS--bring you DISASTER MOVIE, a compendium of gross-out gags and reference-check... Jason Friedberg and Adam Seltzer--the two guys who did EPIC MOVIE, DATE MOVIE, SCARY MOVIE, and MEET THE SPARTANS--bring you DISASTER MOVIE, a compendium of gross-out gags and reference-check quasi-satire bits aping THE INCREDIBLE HULK, INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, JUMPER, ENCHANTED, DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN, SEX AND THE CITY, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, and so on. The story is structured via CLOVERFIELD with Will (Matt Lanter), after having a 10,000 B.C.-style dream involving an Amy Winehouse look-a-like (Nicole Parker), races against time to rescue his girlfriend (Vanessa Minnillo) who is trapped in a museum with references to TWISTER; meanwhile kids who look like the teens from SUPERBAD try and score booze. What? Along for the ride are a JUNO-esque slacker girl (Crista Flanagan) and Gary "G-Thang" Johnson; there are take-offs of ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, and celebrity impersonations of Dr. Phil, Michael Jackson, the real Kim Kardashian, and the ubiquitous Carmen Electra; lots of dances and fights and dance/fights (ā la STEP UP and STEP UP 2 THE STREETS). The comedy talent here is mostly imported from MAD TV, particularly Parker, who also does ENCHANTED and a mean Jessica Simpson. The recipe here, as before, is to cram in as many pop-culture references as possible, douse liberally with gross bodily fluids, and serve face forward. In other words, it's the perfect film for loud shouts and inappropriate laughter with a roomful of one's most off-color cohorts. [More]

Starring: Matt Lanter, Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Minnillo, Carmen Electra

Starring: Matt Lanter, Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Minnillo, Carmen Electra, Nicole Parker, Gary "G-Thang" Johnson, Crista Flanagan, Ike Barinholtz, Tad Hilgenbrink

Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer

Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Screenwriter: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Producer: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer, Peter Safran
Composer: Christopher Lennertz
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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Surely even bovine American teenagers have to realise their intelligence is being insulted sooner or later.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment 33 Comments
09/05/08
Mike McCahill
Mike McCahill
Daily Telegraph
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The Zucker/Abrahams movies were genuinely funny, at least some of the time. But this?

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment 1 Comment
09/05/08
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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It could be the first great mainstream art experiment. Or, perhaps, since the opening word of dialogue is “Shit!”, the jokes are mostly about it, and the characters are regularly covered in it, it is more likely that the movie itself is just, well . . .

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09/05/08
Kevin Maher
Kevin Maher
Times [UK]
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Anti-comedy. Anti-cinema. Anti-life.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment 2 Comments
09/05/08
Leigh Singer
Leigh Singer
Channel 4 Film
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The result is a series of extraneous, deplorably unfunny scenes and sketches stitched together in completely haphazard fashion.

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09/05/08
Derek Adams
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Time Out
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Puerile beyond belief and a possible hazard to brain cells, the only thing this offensive dross gets right is the title.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment 1 Comment
09/05/08
Glen Ferris
Glen Ferris
Empire Magazine
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Disaster Movie, the latest disposable parody of disposable Hollywood movies, has a shelf life of about five minutes, tops.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
09/02/08
Nathan Lee
Nathan Lee
New York Times
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Perhaps they'll eventually make one called Spoof Movie, which would brilliantly parody the genre by being consistently funny.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
09/02/08
Michael Ordoņa
Michael Ordoņa
Los Angeles Times
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No one expects sophisticated wit from this type of movie, but would it be too much to ask for more than a chuckle every 10 minutes?

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment 4 Comments
08/29/08
Stephen Farber
Stephen Farber
Hollywood Reporter
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Seldom has a pic been more appropriately titled than Disaster Movie, yet another frantically unfunny free-form farce from the unfortunately prolific writing-directing team of Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment 6 Comments
08/29/08
Joe Leydon
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Variety
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