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Marci X
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 17 critic reviews
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Based on 7 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Musical
Written by: Paul Rudnick
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 22, 2003
DVD: January 20, 2004
Running Time: 100 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for language and sexual content
Starring Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans, Richard Benjamin, Christine Baranski, Jane Krakowski, Veanne Cox, Paula Garcés, and Charles Kimbrough
The pampered daughter (Kudrow) of a record label executive must step in to deal with an out-of-control rapper (Wayans).
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What The Critics Said
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...
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
A talent-stuffed assemblage of barbs and giddy musical numbers that shouldn't be written off as a feature flop -- but savored instead for the cult-ready collection of late-night satirical skits and misses it is.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
It's no masterpiece, but I found it consistently good-hearted and sometimes hilarious, and the sparse crowd I saw it with was laughing as much as I was, especially at the outrageous rap numbers.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
This is the kind of comedy in which the characters are construction-paper cutouts whose abrupt changes of heart are dictated entirely by the preposterous plot and not by psychological or social reality.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Allison Benedikt
The actors had little to work with in this passe social satire, but sharper performances might have saved Marci from total humorless ruin.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Leave something on the shelf long enough and it'll either ripen like cheese or rot like garbage. Guess what: This ain't Camembert.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Director Benjamin doesn't really handle the material with the outrageous excess it deserves, with the result that the proceedings seem far too mild.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour
Despite the occasional topical reference to President Bush and Sen. Clinton, this movie is, like, so eight years ago, it isn't funny.
Read Full Review >Slate David Edelstein
At least Kudrow won't get the blame for Marci X: What really sinks the movie is Wayans.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
As the hilariously foul-mouthed, sweet-souled Dr. S, he (Wayans) slaps Marci X to life every time he's on screen.
Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson
A romantic comedy with neither humor nor sparks between the leads, Marci X attempts to lampoon gangsta rap clichés so obvious they feel ten years old -– “Malibu's Most Wanted” brought more to the table.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Scott Foundas
It's tough to decide just what's more offensive: the movie's musty depiction of gangsta rap as public enemy No. 1, the notion that all an uptight white girl needs to loosen up is a few puffs on a Philly blunt, or the idea that any of this might be remotely funny.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
The makers of “Bringing Down The House” should thank the gods of cinema for Marci X, which has relieved the Steve Martin/Queen Latifah hit of its status as the year's most misguided culture-clash comedy.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
The lamest in the recent run of comedies about uptight white people getting jiggy with it, would also be the most offensive -- if it weren't also the dullest.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
It's a dishonest satire that manages to be (disingenuously) contemptuous of white people and (unintentionally) condescending toward black people, without ever being funny.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 2.7 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Matt O. gave it an 8:
I thought this was a great movie, very funny!
C K gave it a 1:
Fell asleep during watching the movie. not that i was tired before the film...
Robert gave it a 0:
Horrible. One of the worst movies I have ever had the displeasure of seeing. Why this ever got released, I'm really not sure.
Anne P. gave it a 0:
Everyone walked out. We were the only ones left in the theater. IT was not worth my money.
