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A Night At The Roxbury on DVD (1998)

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Average rating: 63%
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Starring: Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Dan Hedaya, Richard Grieco, Loni Anderson, Molly Shannon
Director: John Fortenberry
Studio: PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 79 mins
Certificate: 15
Genres: Comedy
Languages: English
Dubbed: Czech, German, Hungarian
Hearing-impaired: English
Subtitles: Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
Released: 04/09/2000

Brief synopsis of A Night At The Roxbury

Two brothers, Steve and Doug, never seem to make it on to the list of cool dudes who inhabit the guest list of the Roxbury Club. When Richard Grieco involves them in a slight motor vehicle accident to avoid complications he invites the pair in...

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Rating of 1 stars out of 5 Radio Times

Beware movies based on comedy sketches as, with very few exceptions (Wayne's World being one), they are rarely very good. This tale, based on a Saturday Night Live skit about two dumber-than-dumb, sexist brothers trying to get into the coolest clubs in LA, is utterly devoid of any redeeming features. The actors (Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan) are irritating, the script is humourless, and at under an hour-and-a-half it is still 80 minutes too long. The highlight amid the gloom? A mildly amusing spoof of the “you complete me” scene from Jerry Maguire. By the time it appears, though, you will have already abandoned this as a lost cause.

Halliwell's Film Guide

Yet another comic spin-off from the US TV series Saturday Night Live; on the big screen, it is dumb, stupid and not at all funny.

Time Out

Shun this witless showcase for the Saturday Night Live double act of Ferrell and Kattan. The 'Roxbury Guys', brothers... Read more on www.timeout.com

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Rated - 5 starsOuch!!

James Benn from Cambridge , 04/06/2004

This movie had me in stitches from start to finish. It's not intelligent comedy, but if that doesn't bother you, you'll love this film.

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Rated - 5 starsSCORE!

POB , 12/11/2007

Easy going, light hearted cult classic. Easy to watch, lots of fun. The kind of film you can watch again and again. Very entertaining... Five stars.

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Rated - 3 starsNot up to Par

Karpy from South Wales , 04/10/2006

This film is ok for a few laughs but it lacks any real depth. The whole Will Ferrell is grat but its not up to par with such films as 'Old School', Anchorman and Talledega Nights. I suggest you watch this before those to get the most out of this film as if you go back it seems disappointing. Watch it if your a fan of Ferrells or haven't seen any of Ferrell's other more main stream hits or even Saturday Night Live.

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Rated - 5 starsCult Classic!!!

Karen Clews from WORCESTERSHIRE , 30/03/2007

This movie is a must see! It is just a silly film, but OH MY is it funny!!!!! I fall about laughing just thinking about some of the scenes and it never gets less funny however much you watch it!

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Rated - 3 stars

adi#1 from WAKEFIELD , 23/12/2003

This is one watch movie.

Great for a 90's throwback like me. But once you have seen it , the gags and the dancing, there's little else to bring you back to watch it again.

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Rated - 3 starsFantastic (if you like that sort of thing)!

Muckythepig from Lancashire , 24/08/2004

This film is firmly rooted in the genre sparked by Bill & Ted and Wayne’s World, but treated with a knowing and frankly quite bizarre eye.

Whilst most of the recent efforts at this kind of movie (e.g. Dude, where’s my car?) are also trademark silly and slightly surreal, Roxbury is subtler. First off, the two ‘teenage brothers’ are being played by men in their late thirties, and the film’s take on the eighties is hilarious and at the same time tellingly believable.

Much of the humour is visual, and whilst it seems to grate a little at the start, I quickly found myself getting drawn into the guys’ (utterly ludicrous) world. If you can put up with the level of silliness, then you will probably find this film very funny.

It is a credit to the pace and humour of the film that you don’t tend to notice the lack of a proper plot structure until you think about it afterward. It’s not big, it’s not deep, and it’s only a bit clever, but I love it anyway. But be warned - if you don’t, you’ll probably really hate it.

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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