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Night at the Roxbury, A
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 14 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 29 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by:
Steve Koren
Will Ferrell
Chris Kattan
Directed by:
John Fortenberry
Amy Heckerling
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 2, 1998
DVD: December 12, 2003
Running Time: 81 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for sex related humor, language and some drug content
Starring Chris Kattan, Will Ferrell, Dan Hedaya, Richard Grieco, Colin Quinn, and Loni Anderson
Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell reprise their roles as Steve and Doug Butabi, two pathetic brothers who try to work their way onto the list of one of Hollywood's hippest nightclubs.
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...
Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
I will admit that this TV skit stretched out to a filament-thin 83 minutes is idiotic, but I mean that in a good way.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
The track record of SNL-drawn movies is dire ("It's Pat," "Stuart Saves His Family," "Blues Brothers 2000"), and this one stands just a peg higher, as an amiable, if flyweight, di-version.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Gene Seymour
Kattan and Ferrell do their best to fill out the shallow Butabis.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
The lame-o aspects of the whole campy setup are still lame-o.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
Two obnoxious, swaggering brothers -- whose sexual naivete is supposed to make them endearing as well as pathetic -- find happiness in this more schmaltzy than funny Saturday Night Live spin-off.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Anita Gates
A lot like the brothers themselves: undeniably pathetic but strangely lovable. Still, do you really want to spend an hour and a half with them in a dark room?
Read Full Review >TV Guide Sandra Contreras
Steve and Doug's story just isn't funny, and it would take far better writing than Kattan, Ferrell and Steve Koren can muster to make it less than an ordeal.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
One could criticize A Night at the Roxbury for being a comedy that provides not a single laugh. That would be too easy.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The sad thing about A Night at the Roxbury is that the characters are in a one-joke movie, and they're the joke.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Tom Meek
Its forced slapstick egregiously mugs the audience for laughs.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Nicole Campos
That Amy Heckerling produced and, supposedly, had an uncredited hand in scripting this turkey is the saddest thing I've heard all year.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Every once in a while, a movie comes along that is so boring and pointless, that those faithful movie-goers who never walk out on a film have to find some alternative to watching the mind- numbing stupidity unfolding on the screen.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Russell Smith
What is love? Haddaway asks in the omnipresent soundtrack song. Not this time-wasting bilge, that's for sure.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
Running a mere 83 minutes, A Night At The Roxbury still feels like an eternity spent in bad high-concept-movie hell.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 29 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Adam B. gave it a0:
Most actors have their flops. This is Will Ferrell's. Unfunny, boring, and cheesy are the only words that will come to your mind after watching this movie. What was once a brilliant sketch is ruined by the complex stupidity of a film with an ego bigger than its hit.
curlysue gave it a10:
I never really appreciate the humour in this movie until my boyfriend introduced it to me again, and ever since we have always watched it to make us laugh!!...its so hilarious...SCORE!!!
Big Jon gave it a10:
I'd rate the critics who hated this movie a 1/10!! One of the funniest movies I have ever seen, I have watched it at least 10 times and the comedy never runs dry. Kattan and Ferell are brilliant together, any guy who has tried to pick up a 'hottie' and failed will appreciate thier escapades. It's likely that the average ranting Roxbury critic is a social moron who can't handle the honesty and black humor in this movie.
xanatos gave it a10:
Everyone says this movie sucks but i think its one of the funniest movies i've ever seen! This movie never gets boring either, i watch it all the time.
Ryan M. gave it a10:
Hilarious.
BruiNation gave it a0:
The fact that the average user rating of this epicly stupid "film" is 9.5 is mindboggling. obviously, nobody seems to care if the movie had a plot, script, acting, direction, or humor. If you actually enjoyed this film, go get a lobotomy...you obviously don't need your brain.
Paul C. gave it a10:
This film rocks....so funny.....a good laugh at the 80's nightclub scene.
