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  • 2001
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2001
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary 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...

Directed By: Dennis Dugan

Written By: Hank Nelken, Greg DePaul

  • 2001
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2001
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m

Saving Silverman

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews
22
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 31 User Ratings
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Summary 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...

Directed By: Dennis Dugan

Written By: Hank Nelken, Greg DePaul

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews
22
7% Positive
2 Reviews
24% Mixed
7 Reviews
69% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews
22
7% Positive
2 Reviews
24% Mixed
7 Reviews
69% Negative
20 Reviews

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70
I was laughing myself sick over Saving Silverman, a sublimely idiotic farce in the "There's Something About Mary" tradition.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW

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48% Mixed
15 Ratings
19% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 31 User Ratings
5.5
32% Positive
10 Ratings
48% Mixed
15 Ratings
19% Negative
6 Ratings

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10
vayden12
Dec 1, 2014
Ignore those fake critics in Hollywood and listen to the people! This film is hilarious and ever-quotable! Wayne: So Darren tells me you're a psychologist. Judith: That's right. Wayne: I'm in a related field. Judith: Really? What is it? Wayne: Pest and rodent removal. Judith: How is that related? Wayne: We both help people. Well worth the hour and a half with Steve Zahn and Jack Black being the best 'sidekicks' and Neil Diamond lovers ever on film!
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10
JasonTheCritic
Jun 7, 2012
It's so very sad that the critics of 2001 didn't have the insight to appreciate this movie. If you don't understand the characters you don't understand human psychology. If you can't laugh at this movie, you aren't human.
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38
Relentlessly dopey and vulgar.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
25
Screenwriters look to many sources for inspiration. In the case of Saving Silverman, they looked behind them, and liked what they saw.
By Jami Bernard FULL REVIEW
20
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.
By Dana Stevens FULL REVIEW
12
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.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
0
Reaches toward new heights of comic laziness and succeeds beyond anyone's wildest expectations.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
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Sosmooth1982
Jan 10, 2023
Very funny, but it's like a stupid funny movie. The loser crew loses one guy to his new girlfriend. They try to kidnap her because they want their friend back.
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beingryanjude
Sep 1, 2014
Yikes! Despite a charming Amanda Peet, the film lacks in plot and god-awful acting. Ahem, Jason Biggs, et cetera. Neil Diamond can't possibly approve of this filth?
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Production Company Columbia Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment, Original Film, Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit
Release Date Feb 9, 2001
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline They swore nothing could come between them. Then she came along.
Website https://mt2.org/uyeler/saving-silverman.15843/
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