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Marci X (2003)

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Reviews Counted:51

Fresh:5

Rotten:46

Average Rating:2.9/10

Consensus: The material is too thin for feature-length and the jokes are socially outdated and clueless.

Runtime: 83 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: When notorious gangsta rapper Dr. S. (Damon Wayans) releases a controversial new CD, straightlaced senator Mary Ellen Sprinkle (Christine Baranski) calls for a boycott of his record label. Much to... When notorious gangsta rapper Dr. S. (Damon Wayans) releases a controversial new CD, straightlaced senator Mary Ellen Sprinkle (Christine Baranski) calls for a boycott of his record label. Much to upstanding citizen and media mogul Ben Feld's (Richard Benjamin) chagrin and surprise, he owns the label, a shock that sends him straight to the hospital. Determined to help out her ailing father, stereotypical Jewish American Princess and Manhattan socialite Marci Feld (Lisa Kudrow) takes matter into her own hands and tries to clean up Dr. S.' act in hopes of fielding an apology from the hardcore rapper. Marci raps about fashion, takes the fast-talking ladies man to charity events where he woos her friends and other high society ladies, and wins over the attendees at his nightclub with interpretive dance. Along the way, this unlikely couple falls in love despite valiant attempts by Dr. S.' girlfriend, Yolanda (Paula Garcés), to keep her man. Wayans' over-the-top wardrobe by itself is enough to garner a chuckle. Star Richard Benjamin (MY FAVORITE YEAR, MERMAIDS) also directed this satirical look at rap, race relationships, and politics, which features original songs by Marc Shaiman (composer for HAIRSPRAY) and Mervyn Warren. [More]

Starring: Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans, Richard Benjamin, Christine Baranski

Starring: Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans, Richard Benjamin, Christine Baranski, Paula Garces, Jane Krakowski, Veanne Cox, Charles Kimbrough, Shari Rene Scott

Director: Richard Benjamin

Director: Richard Benjamin
Screenwriter: Paul Rudnick
Producer: Scott Rudin
Composer: Marc Shaiman, Mervyn Warren
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Reviews for Marci X

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09/13/03
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Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
07/21/05
Houston Chronicle

If you're looking for laughs, X doesn't mark the spot.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
08/30/03
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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
08/23/03
Hollywood.com

The actors had little to work with in this passe social satire, but sharper performances might have saved Marci from total humorless ruin.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
08/25/03
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune

Raunchy musical numbers and demeaning stereotypes overwhelm the film's feeble attempts at social satire about censorship and cultural diversity.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
08/22/03
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

This is the kind of movie that would leave a hopeful crowd feeling let down, but might sparkle like a tiara in a trash can for someone who discovers it by chance.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
08/25/03
Bob Campbell
Bob Campbell
Newark Star-Ledger

Avert your eyes

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
08/25/03
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

[A] turkey.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
08/25/03
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

No review available.

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10/27/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Marci X proves once again that dumbing down the movie in order to please the lowest common denominator cannot go hand and hand with scathing satire.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/22/03
Collin Souter
Collin Souter
eFilmCritic.com

If the context of Marci X were more realistic, a lot of these gags would soar. But the context is drag-show dinner theater.

Full Review Source: Slate | comment Comment
08/30/03
David Edelstein
David Edelstein
Slate

A sketch comedy that misses more than it hits.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
01/27/04
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

...a tremendously clumsy and disastrous dud for the ages...a staggeringly inept romp that plays like stale fodder in a nostalgic Luther Campbell/2Live Crew home movie.

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
08/26/03
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

Director Benjamin doesn't really handle the material with the outrageous excess it deserves, with the result that the proceedings seem far too mild.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
08/25/03
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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So clueless about its subject that it's like being force-fed a 10-CD retrospective of Vanilla Ice's greatest hits...will send viewers fleeing up the aisles--faster than Seabiscuit.

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08/22/03
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
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11/16/03
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

If this had been released in, say, 1994 at the latest, it might have been cutting-edge. As it is, it's just so much sticky foam on the cappuccino.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
08/25/03
Gene Seymour
Gene Seymour
Newsday

The title must have been transcribed wrong. This film should be called Marci. . . Yech!

Full Review Source: Sun Newspapers of Cleveland | comment Comment
08/28/03
Gerry Shamray
Gerry Shamray
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

J.A.P. meets rap, but it's not a marriage made in heaven -- (very) far from it, in fact.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
08/30/03
Harry Haun
Harry Haun
Film Journal International
 
 
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