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Meet the Spartans (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 44 Fresh: 1  Rotten:43 Average Rating: 1.8/10
 
Consensus: A tired, unfunny, offensive waste of time, Meet the Spartans scrapes the bottom of the cinematic barrel.
 

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Rated: 12A

Runtime: 87 mins

Theatrical Release: 21-03-2008

Synopsis: Writers/producers/directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (DATE MOVIE, EPIC MOVIE) use the film 300 as the basis for their latest spoof. Born to be the perfect Spartan, Leonidas (Sean Magiure) faces numerous trials en route to becoming a man, including a face-off with the penguin from... Writers/producers/directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (DATE MOVIE, EPIC MOVIE) use the film 300 as the basis for their latest spoof. Born to be the perfect Spartan, Leonidas (Sean Magiure) faces numerous trials en route to becoming a man, including a face-off with the penguin from HAPPY FEET. Once he has proven himself, Leonidas not only becomes king, but also marries superhot (and slightly slutty) Margot (Carmen Electra). When Leonidas learns that Persia's King Xerxes (Ken Davitian, BORAT) plans to make Sparta his own, he has his captain (Kevin Sorbo, HERCULES) recruit Sparta's finest and prepare them for battle against invading Persian forces. Unfortunately, that amounts to only 13 half-naked men with painted-on abs who literally prance to their destination. To make matters worse, Spartan councilman Traitoro (Diedrich Bader) is, well, a traitor. Still, Leonidas and his men face their enemy in battle, riffing on STOMP THE YARD, GHOST RIDER, TRANSFORMERS, and numerous other films along the way, as well as the video game GRAND THEFT AUTO. Freidberg and Seltzer poke fun at virtually every recent cultural phenomenon and pop culture personality, including Britney Spears, Kevin Federline, Paris Hilton, DANCING WITH THE STARS, AMERICAN IDOL, and DEAL OR NO DEAL. Even UGLY BETTY makes an appearance. Be prepared for an abundance of gross-out humor, spurts of bodily fluids, some sexual innuendo, and multiple jokes about homosexuality. Stick around after the musical finale as the credits start to roll: the deleted scenes prove to be some of the most amusing in the film. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian, Kevin Sorbo, Diedrich Bader

Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Screenwriter: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Producer: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer, Peter Safran
Composer: Christopher Lennertz

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 6, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
  • Disc 1: Side A: MEET THE SPARTANS - Full Frame - 1.33

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Forced Trailers
  • 2. Digital Copy Trailer
  • 3. The Onion Movie
  • 4. Burn Notice - Season 1
  • 5. The Beast with a Billion Backs
  • 6. Meet The Spartans
  • Disc 1: Side B: MEET THE SPARTANS - Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Forced Trailers
  • 2. Digital Copy Trailer
  • 3. The Onion Movie
  • 4. Burn Notice - Season 1
  • 5. The Beast with a Billion Backs
  • 6. Meet The Spartans

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1/5

Obviously, it's rubbish.

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03/20/08
Simon Braund
Empire Magazine
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2/4

It's not very good at all, but I did manage to laugh at some moments of sudden pratfalls and comic violence, but the talkshow reference mentality has to go!

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07/22/08
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine
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A bizarre, leering orgy of celebrity crotches, lowbrow horny gay buffoons in leather, moronic gladiator mayhem, and too-much-information cascading bodily fluids galore.

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05/29/08
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze
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1/5

Besides the few chuckles I had, the movie was just dreadfully bad.

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05/24/08
Kevin McCarthy
WJFK-FM (CBS Radio)
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0/5

everybody should be ashamed

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04/09/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is
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.5/4

This is supposed to be a spoof of '300.' But 'Meet the Spartans' isn't a satire of anything. It's just a bunch of body-function-based skits that randomly feature scenes from movies and television shows %u2013 and not a single one of them is laugh-inducing

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02/24/08
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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1/5

...couldn't get a laugh from a hyena.

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02/05/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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1/5

Meet the Spartans can't even get its fart jokes right. How incredibly sad is that?

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02/04/08
Bill Gibron
Filmcritic.com
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One of the most painfully bad comedies I've ever had to endure, and I've seen the collected works of Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen, Ice Cube AND Cedric the Entertainer

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02/04/08
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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0/5

To devote an entire feature film to making fun of another film's universally acknowledged gay subtext seems to me good cause for said filmmakers to have a sit-down with their muse, because somebody's been sleeping on the job.

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02/01/08
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle
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The result in Meet the Spartans is less classic Mel Brooks than middling Best Week Ever.

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01/30/08
Clark Collis
Entertainment Weekly
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This was the worst movie I've ever seen, so bad that I hesitate to label it a 'movie' and thus reflect shame upon the entire medium of film.

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01/30/08
Josh Levin
Slate
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0/5

It's rare that a movie makes me ill these days, and it's rare that I can see a movie and hate the people behind it with such abhorrence, but "Meet the Spartans" rises to the challenge...

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01/30/08
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Film Threat
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F

When the comedy revolution comes, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer will be the first ones shot.

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01/30/08
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com
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Messrs. Friedberg and Seltzer make their annual locust-like descent on theaters leaving a trail of ruthlessly murdered brain cells in their wake.

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01/30/08
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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I'm moving to Europe.

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01/29/08
Aaron Hillis
Village Voice
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Inane comedies can be fun when done well, but bad inane comedies are simply embarrassing. You feel pity for the actors making fools of themselves, and flabbergasted that a studio probably passed on making so many other more worthy projects instead.

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01/28/08
Stax
IGN Movies
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1/4

The musical number that runs during the closing credits is funnier than anything that precedes it, which isn't saying much.

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01/28/08
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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F

It's so bad even Carmen Electra should be embarrassed.

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01/28/08
Adam Graham
Detroit News
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1.5/4

It's a MADtv or Saturday Night Live sketch dressed up in feature-length clothing. It's way too much of an OK thing. And the way-too-much-ness goes on and on.

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01/28/08
Mark Feeney
Boston Globe
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