National Lampoon's Gold Diggers
Metascore
6 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 14 out of 14
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  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    30
    Originally titled Lady Killers, this rancid, underlit B-movie aspires to little more than cheap laughs eked out of the discomfort and queasiness Owen and Friedle feel over sexually servicing assertive, kinky old women.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Achy Obejas
    25
    For the most part, The Gold Diggers is not even chuckle-producing. At best, it might warm a cockle or two or provoke a bit of a smile.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Robert Dominguez
    25
    It all makes Nat Lamp's recent "Van Wilder" look like an instant classic.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Janice Page
    25
    Put it this way: National Lampoon's Gold Diggers makes "The Anna Nicole Show" look sophisticated.
  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    20
    This is sorry stuff.
  6. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Luke Sader
    10
    Cheap-looking, broad and ultimately unnecessary comedy.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Crust
    10
    A one-gag movie and that one gag isn't funny. Taylor and Lasser are reduced to playing sex-starved Norma Desmonds, and while Friedle and Owen are certainly game, their plan is a waste of everyone's time, especially the audience's.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Justin Chang
    10
    By turns pointless and pointlessly mean-spirited.
  9. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    0
    Certainly the most painfully unfunny of the countless bad movies that have licensed the name of the long-defunct humor magazine.
  10. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Hartlaub
    0
    A movie so filled with contemptible, ugly and unfunny characters that it is physically difficult to watch.
  11. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    0
    Less offensive than embarrassing, at least for the chagrined performers.
  12. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tim Appelo
    0
    A May-September sex farce so prodigiously unintriguing that audiences could be forgiven for stampeding from theaters to strangle its writer-director, Gary Preisler, in his sleep.
  13. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    0
    So stupefyingly hideous that after watching it, you'll need to bathe in 10 gallons of disinfectant, get a full-body scrub and shampoo with vinegar to remove the scummy residue that remains.
  14. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Hank Sartin
    0
    Nothing's quite so painful as failed comedy, and this atrocity is equivalent to a compound fracture.

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User Score
2.8 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 8 out of 16
  1. kingshahid
    0
    This was one of the top worst movies ever made. I can't believe this even made it to the theaters. It was not funny, had no point or plot. Its a waste of time, and not just mine - who ever thought of going through with producing this.… Full Review »
  2. TadB
    10
    A truly insightful, hilarious romp that will no doubt bring tears of laughter and joy to the whole family. The scenes involving the young actors sexually engaging with old ladies brought particular glee to all who had the pleasure of viewing this fun holiday family treat. If you only see one comedy this year, make it this one! Well done everyone!… Full Review »
  3. merklek
    10
    Highly original and entertaining.
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