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Marci X

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2.7 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 17 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Musical

Written by: Paul Rudnick

Directed by: Richard Benjamin

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 22, 2003
DVD: January 20, 2004

Running Time: 100 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for language and sexual content

Starring Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans, Richard Benjamin, Christine Baranski, Jane Krakowski, Veanne Cox, Paula Garcés, and Charles Kimbrough

The pampered daughter (Kudrow) of a record label executive must step in to deal with an out-of-control rapper (Wayans).

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

67

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

A talent-stuffed assemblage of barbs and giddy musical numbers that shouldn't be written off as a feature flop -- but savored instead for the cult-ready collection of late-night satirical skits and misses it is.

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50

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

It's no masterpiece, but I found it consistently good-hearted and sometimes hilarious, and the sparse crowd I saw it with was laughing as much as I was, especially at the outrageous rap numbers.

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50

The New York Times Stephen Holden

This is the kind of comedy in which the characters are construction-paper cutouts whose abrupt changes of heart are dictated entirely by the preposterous plot and not by psychological or social reality.

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38

Chicago Tribune Allison Benedikt

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

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30

TV Guide Ken Fox

Leave something on the shelf long enough and it'll either ripen like cheese or rot like garbage. Guess what: This ain't Camembert.

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30

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

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

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30

Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour

Despite the occasional topical reference to President Bush and Sen. Clinton, this movie is, like, so eight years ago, it isn't funny.

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30

Variety Joe Leydon

Plays like an overextended variety-show sketch.

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30

Slate David Edelstein

At least Kudrow won't get the blame for Marci X: What really sinks the movie is Wayans.

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30

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

As the hilariously foul-mouthed, sweet-souled Dr. S, he (Wayans) slaps Marci X to life every time he's on screen.

20

Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson

A romantic comedy with neither humor nor sparks between the leads, Marci X attempts to lampoon gangsta rap clichés so obvious they feel ten years old -– “Malibu's Most Wanted” brought more to the table.

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12

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

Clueless and sad.

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10

LA Weekly Scott Foundas

It's tough to decide just what's more offensive: the movie's musty depiction of gangsta rap as public enemy No. 1, the notion that all an uptight white girl needs to loosen up is a few puffs on a Philly blunt, or the idea that any of this might be remotely funny.

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10

The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin

The makers of “Bringing Down The House” should thank the gods of cinema for Marci X, which has relieved the Steve Martin/Queen Latifah hit of its status as the year's most misguided culture-clash comedy.

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0

New York Post Lou Lumenick

The lamest in the recent run of comedies about uptight white people getting jiggy with it, would also be the most offensive -- if it weren't also the dullest.

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0

Village Voice Jon Caramanica

Moving beyond stultifying to stupefying.

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0

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

It's a dishonest satire that manages to be (disingenuously) contemptuous of white people and (unintentionally) condescending toward black people, without ever being funny.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 2.7 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Matt O. gave it an 8:
I thought this was a great movie, very funny!

C K gave it a 1:
Fell asleep during watching the movie. not that i was tired before the film...

Robert gave it a 0:
Horrible. One of the worst movies I have ever had the displeasure of seeing. Why this ever got released, I'm really not sure.

Anne P. gave it a 0:
Everyone walked out. We were the only ones left in the theater. IT was not worth my money.

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