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My Name Is Bruce

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My Name Is Bruce reviews
36
8.4 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 14 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Horror

Written by: Mark Verheiden

Directed by: Bruce Campbell

Release Date:
Theatrical: October 31, 2008

Running Time: 86 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for language and some violence

Starring Bruce Campbell, and Ted Raimi

Something evil is stirring in the small mining town of Gold Lick, and it’s not happy. Guan-di, the Chinese protector of the dead with a strange affinity for bean curd, has been awakened by reckless teenagers, and now his bloody crusade to wipe out the town’s entire population can only be stopped by one man -- Bruce Campbell, B-move star and deadbeat ex-husband extraordinaire, who’s recruited to be their unwitting savior. Thinking the whole scenario’s a publicity prank, Bruce is distracted from his mission by a hot mom and fan boys aplenty -- but when our hero has to face off against a dark force more fearsome than a Hollywood agent, the laughs and screams start flying! (Dark Horse Entertainment)

What The Critics Said

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75

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

What's surprising is that the film has genuine laughs and smart-aleck asides that will keep even nonfans happy (although it helps if you at least like the genre).

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50

Washington Post Ann Hornaday

It's lame, corny, Ed Woodishly amateurish -- all of which is as lovable as the big lug himself.

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50

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

If you don't already know who Bruce Campbell is, it will set you searching for other Bruce Campbell films on the theory that they can't all be like this. Start with "Evil Dead II," is my advice. Not to forget "Bubba Ho-Tep." In fact, start with them before My Name Is Bruce, which is low midrange in the Master's oeuvre.

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50

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

Campbell fans will get a kick out of it. The rest of the world will likely find this spoof a little too insular and indulgent.

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50

Portland Oregonian Stan Hall

It gets by on its concept for a little while but too often mistakes stupid-stupid for clever-stupid.

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50

Variety Dennis Harvey

Cheerfully embracing his status as cult B-movie genre megastar even as he sends it up, Bruce Campbell's sophomore directorial excursion, My Name is Bruce, is a big in-joke of definite if limited appeal.

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50

Film Threat Scott Mendelson

My Name Is Bruce can be read as a man coming to terms with the career that he has been dealt, or it can be read as simply a trashy B-movie directed by the man who knows best.

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38

Boston Globe Ty Burr

Perhaps because Campbell is a purist at heart, My Name Is Bruce is as awful as anything he has done - a broadly silly gore comedy in which no gag is too cartoonish to be indulged in at least once and preferably three times.

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38

New York Post Lou Lumenick

While sporadically funny, the sophomoric My Name Is Bruce is no "Bubba Ho-Tep," the movie where Campbell unforgettably played Elvis Presley as a nursing home patient battling a mummy with the help of John F. Kennedy. But Campbell's fans can feel free to add a star or two.

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30

Village Voice Aaron Hillis

The only things missing from this unfunny Campbell love fest are a passable script, Sam Raimi's inventiveness, and a level of sophistication beyond nose-picking and ass grabs.

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30

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Filled with awful, recycled jokes.

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30

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

A dull, tired mess.

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25

San Francisco Chronicle Reyhan Harmanci

It is exactly as one might imagine it: slapstick humor, gross-out monsters and more self-referential digs per minute than "Arrested Development."

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20

New York Daily News Joe Neumaier

Willing as Campbell is to Shatner-ize himself, his movie will appeal only to true believers.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes

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

Manuel B. gave it a10:
Though campy, its exactly everything that is to be expected of a bruce campbell flick.... he is genious!

Jay H. gave it a3:
Hopeless and inane, on a rare occasion it is funny, but the vast majority of the movie is crude and unfunny. What possesses people to make movies like this escape me.

John T. gave it a10:
A silly yet extremely fun movie, a definite must if you are a fan of Mr. Campbell.

Chris M. gave it a10:
The movie was hysterical. If you know Bruce Campbell and his career this movie is perfect for you. A lot of great meta humor that had the whole audience cracking up the entire time.

David B. gave it a3:
Have to agree with the critics I'm afraid, and I'm a Bruce Cambell fan. I was so excited when I managed to get in to see it at Cannes, but came out gutted. Its just a string of fart gags and painfully bad acting. With a premise like that you'd have though there would be some clever in-jokes and side-swipes, but nope. There are plenty of references to old Campbell movies which will cause a chuckle or two but there's nothing clever on show here. A real disappointment.

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