This long-delayed comedy may pique the interest of Star Wars fans, but the film's slapdash humour and broad characterisations will have most everyone else heading to another galaxy far, far away.
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02/02/09
Fanboys (2009)
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Reviews Counted:85
Fresh:27
Rotten:58
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: This undercooked, sporadically funny road movie is a sop to Star Wars fanatics, but the uninitiated will find little to enjoy.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: STAR WARS zealots, rejoice, for thy movie is at hand: an odyssey across America with a van full of hardcore science-fiction-loving geeks that drop STAR WARS quotes at the drop of a vintage... [More]
Starring: Sam Huntington, Jay Baruchel, Dan Fogler, Kristen Bell
Director: Kyle Newman
Reviews for Fanboys
Lucas' presence looms in the flick's uneasy balance between rapt devotion and sly foreshadowing of the franchise fans' bitter days to come.
02/05/09
It was a great premise, it just unfortunately did not come together.
03/02/09
A lot of promise here, no execution.
03/02/09
The crude-dude genre staples are mechanically rendered: gay panic in a biker bar, mescaline-fueled dreams, highway chases, and cancer.
02/02/09
Yawn; real fannish obsession can be much more absurd, and unsettlingly fascinating, than this burlesque ever gets.
02/06/09
The war is over, the movie is available in some form to the general public, and the natural response after viewing? The film wasn't worth all the fuss it generated.
02/18/09
After years of expectation, Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace didn't work for most fans of the franchise. Ironically, it feels like people may say the same thing about Fanboys.
02/05/09
The tone seems as uneven as the pacing.
02/20/09
Though it does feature a few inspired comic moments, there is a surplus of tired, overused gags.
02/06/09
Little boys that play with action figures might get juiced up from cameos by the likes of Carrie Fisher and William Shatner, and the promise of a booby flash, but "Fanboys" is not an enjoyable ride for the rest of humanity.
02/08/09
...the film really only works in fits and starts...
07/14/09
Nothing more than an attempt to stroke the "Star Wars" fans ... they're probably the only ones who might appreciate what is generally a weak and unfunny movie.
02/03/09
...a hoary mixture of trite nerd jokes, lame physical comedy and fairly basic Star Wars references that actually condescends to geeks under the guise of celebrating their peculiar culture.
02/04/09
I have never not laughed so much since I saw "Gone Fishin'"...
05/03/09
Fanboys finally arrives in theaters today, although what fanboys will see may be its mangled remains.
02/05/09
While Fanboys has moments of success, it is mostly a middling road picture that doesn't do a lot more than any average, forgettable entry into the tired genre.
02/04/09
A comedy by Star Wars geeks, for Star Wars geeks. It's also pretty average . . .
02/03/09
The Force isn't with crude story of fandom and friendship.
02/06/09
It's a little on the lazy side, more content with having fun and dropping names than with actually commenting on anything.
02/06/09
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