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National Lampoon's Electric Apricot
National Lampoon

National Lampoon's Electric Apricot reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 50 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.5 out of 10
based on 4 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for language and some sexual content including references

Starring Bob Weir, Mike Gordon, Warren Haynes, Matt Abts, Seth Green, and Matt Stone

A young graduate filmmaker from UCLA set forth to make a documentary reflecting an element of contemporary music culture that had yet to be fully examined. The notion was to capture something raw and original. He searched for something unpretentious and genuine, yearning to make a film that would stand out from other music documentaries and potentially redefine the genre. Who he found was a band called Electric Apricot; what he achieved was enlightenment. Unexpectedly, in searching for enlightenment, the duality of existence was unveiled. Electric Apricot has been kicking around the peripheral of the jam scene for several years now and comprises of four colorful characters who take themselves far too seriously. Bellowing the anthem "Hey, Are You Going to Burning Man?," the band has recently been offered some opportunities that could potentially break them through to levels beyond their dreams, and our young filmmaker is there to document the rise. He follows them from nightclubs to the recording studio and eventually on the road to the Holy Grail of West Coast music events, a festival aptly named Festeroo. (National Lampoon Productions)


GENRE(S): Comedy  
WRITTEN BY: Les Claypool  
DIRECTED BY: Les Claypool  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: November 9, 2007 
RUNNING TIME: 91 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

Alternative Title: Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo

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90
Film Threat Don R. Lewis
Like many of Claypools bands, Electric Apricot is bound to be a cult hit. I’m just hoping it will have the chance to play before a bigger audience as I feel the film is just plain hilarious and I was extremely impressed at the way Claypool pulled it all together in his first directorial effort.
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50
Variety Ronnie Scheib
Generates enough mild humor to keep the spoof rolling, but lacks the commitment and scope.
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30
The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
The most appreciative audience for this lame National Lampoon release likely will be guys in tour buses.
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12
Chicago Tribune Scott Schueller
Shot in the same style as “Spinal Tap,” Electric Apricot fails to wow in every way possible, but the music disappoints the most.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Marc N gave it a7:
This movie was wholesome! Not just for musicians, but for any fan of music, and especially anyone who's ever known a musician personally. Claypool has outdone himself once again! Highly recommended viewing for some good, hearty laughs as they poke fun at probably the most fun thing we can point fun at: the self-important "artiste"!

Ed O. gave it a10:
Absolutely hilarious! What can't Les do?

Chaney S. gave it a10:
Perfect parody about the jam band scene. Smart, funny and genius.

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