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  • 2007
  • R
  • Bauer Martinez Studios
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2007
  • R
  • Bauer Martinez Studios
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Sex sells in America, and these guys know it. When Andy discovers that his ex-wife has married an extremely wealthy man who is now his son's "cool" stepfather, he becomes motivated to make a change in his life. With the help of his friends, a small-town group of lovable losers, they hit upon an idea to make their dreams come true. The gr...

Directed By: Michael Traeger

Written By: Michael Traeger

  • 2007
  • R
  • Bauer Martinez Studios
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2007
  • R
  • Bauer Martinez Studios
  • 1 h 36 m

The Amateurs

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Summary Sex sells in America, and these guys know it. When Andy discovers that his ex-wife has married an extremely wealthy man who is now his son's "cool" stepfather, he becomes motivated to make a change in his life. With the help of his friends, a small-town group of lovable losers, they hit upon an idea to make their dreams come true. The gr...

Directed By: Michael Traeger

Written By: Michael Traeger

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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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33% Mixed
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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33% Mixed
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50% Negative
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75
You'll notice that the actors are way overqualified for this nonsense. But the kick they get out of one another is what pulls you in. Traeger's script does more than strain credulity, it administers multiple fractures.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
50
The Amateurs is nothing if not easy to watch. Yet, as a writer, Traeger is consternatingly adolescent and glib.
By Hazel-Dawn Dumpert FULL REVIEW
50
The film clicks briefly when capturing the silliness of XXX concerns, especially in script-development scenes. But whatever hilarity might have prevailed on the set doesn't translate to the screen. Intrusive music and last-act contrivances do nothing to lift the flat tone or allow the film to earn its intended emotional payoff.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
33
All this star power goes for naught in Traeger's film, which tries to blend bucolic sweetness with juvenile let's-make-a-porno jokes.
By Marc Mohan FULL REVIEW
30
There are no laughs to be found in writer-director Michael Traeger's would-be comedy The Amateurs, but there is one big mystery: how actors of this caliber could have been convinced to take part.
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25
A sleazy, uninspired, pathetically unfunny sex farce.
By William Arnold FULL REVIEW

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Production Company First Look International, Qwerty Films, N1 European Film Produktions GmbH & Co. KG, Raygun Productions
Release Date Dec 7, 2007
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating R
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Tagline Not your average adult movie.
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