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Suburbans, The

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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by:
Donal Lardner Ward
Tony Guma
Directed by: Donal Lardner Ward
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 29, 1999
DVD: February 29, 2000
Running Time: 81 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for language and some sexuality
Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Amy Brenneman, Will Ferrell, Kurt Loder, Robert Loggia, Ben Stiller, Jerry Stiller, and Bridgette Wilson
A comedy-drama about the members of a has-been, one-hit wonder band (Ward, Guma, Bierko, Ferrell) who reform for a performance at one of their weddings, during which a talent scout (Hewitt) urges them to make a comeback. Ben and Jerry Stiller also star as a team of music-industry executives.
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What The Critics Said
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Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
A fresh and beautifully timed, if slight, romantic comedy.
Read Full Review >Film.com Ernest Hardy
Wants to be many things, but ends up being not much of anything.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
The movie's repeated attempts to combine seriousness and humor as in a blender give it a dysfunctionally earnest tone.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
A mediocre ensemble comedy-drama that's not particularly funny, involving or even nostalgic.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour
Goes into a tailspin after its impressive setup. Its dramatic tactics become so tangled and diffuse that, by the end, you get the feeling that everything gets tied up too hastily.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
A desperately unfunny comedy that wastes a brand-name cast.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Gary Dretzka
The storyline isn't coherent, the music stinks, the characters are one-dimensional, the dialogue is insipid and it is neither funny nor romantic.
Read Full Review >TNT RoughCut Kellam Eanes
A miserable failure.
Entertainment Weekly Doug Brod
By appearing in The Suburbans, a stunningly laugh-free comedy, (Jennifer Love Hewitt)'s already gotten her career-worst movie out of the way.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky
So utterly awful, you're tempted to build a time machine, then go back in history and try to make sure Ward's parents never meet.
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