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Saving Silverman
Sony Pictures Entertainment


7.9

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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language, and thematic material

Starring Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Amanda Peet, Amanda Detmer, R. Lee Ermey, and Neil Diamond

Traces the misadventures of buddies J.D. (Black) and Wayne (Zahn), who begin to suspect that their best friend, Darren Silverman (Biggs), is going to allow himself to be badgered into marrying Judith (Peet), a woman he doesn't love. They decide to reunite him with his long lost love from their school days (Detmer) -- even if they have to kidnap Judith to do it. (Columbia Tristar)

GENRE(S):	Comedy
WRITTEN BY:	Hank Nelken Greg DePaul
DIRECTED BY:	Dennis Dugan
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: July 17, 2001 Video: July 17, 2001 Theatrical: February 9, 2001
RUNNING TIME:	90 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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...

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

I was laughing myself sick over Saving Silverman, a sublimely idiotic farce in the "There's Something About Mary" tradition.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Yes, it's stupid. But sometimes it's stupid with a capital S, and it's in those moments of transcendent idiocy that you can't help liking Saving Silverman. At least, a little bit.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

It's doubtful that the haste with which two actors of the same sex break away from a kiss in this comedy was in the script, but otherwise everybody stays in character, which is impressive given the manic range of some of the roles and the comic monotony of others.

LA Weekly Manohla Dargis

This is harmless stuff, and sometimes it's actually pretty funny, too.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A standard-issue numskull comedy that aims low but is high in energy.

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

It's basically a cheerful slob job, one of those slapped-together features so often embraced by teenagers with more disposable income than discernible taste.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

The film is a shapeless mess and about as convincing as a cartoon, the usual mix of slapstick, doofus humor and raunchy sex jokes lacking even the bite or attitude to make it adventurous.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Witless comedy.

Village Voice Edward Crouse

A sharp-dumb, jack- and goof-off affair.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Relentlessly dopey and vulgar.

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Black, who is creatively marooned in the thankless Chris Farley fat-boy role, deserve better, and so do we.

Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

The movie drags down everyone involved, regardless of their apparent talent.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

The kind of comedy that takes the fun out of stupidity.

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Screenwriters look to many sources for inspiration. In the case of Saving Silverman, they looked behind them, and liked what they saw.

USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

Not just stupid, but brain dead.

Miami Herald Curtis Morgan

The timing is off, the gags lame, the twists predictable, the crudity rampant and unamusing.

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

A grating experience from start to finish.

Film.com Sean Means

Chaotic, peurile, loaded with sniggering commentary and obsessed with breasts, Saving Silverman is like a 90-minute walk through a 13-year-old boy's head.

Variety Robert Koehler

Misbegotten, unimaginative buddy pic.

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

Every movie Dugan releases looks like something made on accident--tosses yet another stink bomb into theaters for audiences to sniff over.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

Let's accentuate the positive: Saving Silverman really stinks. No, really. It's bad. Awful.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

Does occasionally rise out of the sewer of its self-imposed idiocy, ascending in brief moments from utter witlessness to half-witlessness, mostly thanks to the loose comic byplay between Mr. Black and Mr. Zahn.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

So bad in so many different ways that perhaps you should see it, as an example of the lowest slopes of the bell-shaped curve.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

Just when the story reaches its idiotic nadir, Neil (Diamond) shows up to save the day with a song and a smile.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

Peet is always worth watching, but the role does her no favors, and the script, involving a kidnapping and a surprise cameo by Neil Diamond - you heard me - smacks of desperation beyond saving.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Reaches toward new heights of comic laziness and succeeds beyond anyone's wildest expectations.

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

In one rotten production -- all involved have managed to create the most unlikable, man hating, woman hating, unfunny idiots since ''Whipped'' ended up on worst movie lists last year.

San Francisco Chronicle Wesley Morris

The movie can barely muster the bravery to be even "Dude, Where's My Car" stoopid.

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

One thing the makers of Saving Silverman do not have to worry about: Hannibal Lecter will never visit them to eat their brains. That is because they have no brains.

The average user rating for this movie is 7.9 (out of 10) based on 41 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Steven L. gave it a5:
I know it's stupid, I know it deserves the bad ratings. But i can't lie, I'd watch it again. Steve Zahn & Jack Black are two guys that can make bad movies watchable.

Justin S. gave it a10:
Critics don't know good movies if it showed up at their front door. This movie rocks and is hilarious.

Dan F. gave it a6:
The last 3rd is pretty weak, but it's a genuinely funny movie. Can't understand all the low scores.

Jerry P. gave it a10:
By far Jack Black's funniest movie. I have laughed harder in very few movies.

Guy! gave it a10:
Funniest Jack black movie ever! It really brings out his character.

Jackson G. gave it a7:
Awesome. One of the few movies in which Jack Black is actually funny (the other he barely appears in: High Fidelity).

Boneho C. gave it a0:
Very, very bad. The movie falls apart so fast that it actually relies on making Jack Black's character gay to throw in some extra laughes, none of which work.

Saving Silverman Sony Pictures Entertainment

Saving Silverman
Sony Pictures Entertainment