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Overall Rating
2.87

Awesome: 28.57%
Worth A Look: 12.24%
Just Average: 13.27%
Pretty Crappy: 9.18%
Sucks36.73%

4 reviews, 74 user ratings


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Night at the Roxbury, A
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by Miss Stress

"I saw this movie for free and I still want a refund!"
1 stars

I now know where Richard Grieco's career went. Down the shitter at the Roxbury!

Anyone who has seen the SNL skit has basically seen the whole movie. There is no originality whatsoever. The movie itself seems to be one never ending skit parodying other movies such as Jerry Maguire and Who's That Girl. If you didn't get the who's that girl reference in the movie I'm proud of you. I'm saddened that I got it.
And if you get to the theatre late don't worry, everything you've seen in previews is in the first 15 minutes so you won't miss anything at all.

So the story goes. Steve and Doug, two idiot clubhopping brothers, and I do mean idiot, have a dream. And this dream is to open the hottest nightclub in town because they can't get into the current hottest nightclub in town, The Roxbury, that is until they get into a little fender bender with, you guessed it, Richard Grieco. Playing himself, Greico offers to get the two bumbling morons into the Roxbury to make up for the mishap and because he doesn't want to get sued. In the nightclub they meet the owner and the owner's lackey (Colin Quinn, SNL reunion here we come). The story goes on, they get their nightclub yadda yadda yadda.

The ensuing quest is beset by Steve and Doug's father, who's name I can't get off the tip of my tongue right now, but he was one of Carla's husbands on Cheers, and also by the pursuit of Steve by Emily, the not so wholesome girl next door, played by yet another SNL veteran.

The film did have some interesting moments that made me chuckle despite its overall idiocy. One interesting moment that made me laugh, Steve and Doug's first sexual encounter with two girls who pick them up because they see Steve and Doug talking to the Roxbury owner and think they are rich, which lasts a whole 42 seconds.

Overall, my observation was that if you're a guy (I saw this movie with a handful of guys at the time, unfortunately I was the only girl, anyway), you'll love this movie even though you know it's ridiculous. Every guy who saw it with me was bobbing right along with the movie and cracking every joke they had just seen.

However, if you're a girl you'll want to run as fast as you can out of the theater.

Word of advise to guys: This is not a date movie.

GET THAT DAMN SONG OUT OF MY HEAD ALREADY!

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User Comments

1/11/08 Pamela White very cute 4 stars
11/19/07 mr.mike Havent watched SNL in decades but this was funny 4 stars
1/27/07 David A. A few funny bits; probably not enough for a two-hour movie. 3 stars
8/26/06 Joe Why make a film out of an SNL bit whose only joke involves bobbin' your head to bad techno? 1 stars
5/26/06 Sheena great music and tons of laughs 5 stars
3/07/06 Anthony Feor Another lame SNL flick 2 stars
9/03/05 tony Funny but if I wanted crap, i would not have seen this one. not enjoyable! 2 stars
8/25/05 ES had its moments, but was this skit really worth the movie? 2 stars
6/16/05 Sandra Moreno i loved it!!!!!!! 5 stars
2/05/05 Jeff Anderson A skit that wasn't funny then, not funny now. Ferrell & Kattan are enjoyable, however! 1 stars
12/26/04 Chelps BEST.........MOVIE.........EVER.....enough said 5 stars
12/09/04 Jason Kaul Bad even for a SNL movie. Rarely are they good, but this one is especially bad. 1 stars
10/14/04 simba funniest movie ever. with best soundtrack ever 5 stars
5/05/04 J.Peckerfoot hey, you from outa town? cool film! 5 stars
4/07/04 Valarie VERY FUNNY!!!!!!!! 5 stars
3/30/04 jarrod this movie was freakin awesome 5 stars
10/15/03 Lainy McDonnualy this is the greatest!! 5 stars
8/01/03 Charlie Excellent mood-booster 5 stars
7/14/03 Brian This movie is one of the funniest movies ever made...Period. 5 stars
4/08/03 JL My sides hurt from laughing! This flick was great! 4 stars
3/16/03 Peter A hilarious movie! Nuff said... 5 stars
12/28/02 Jack Sommersby As funny as a rubber crutch. 1 stars
8/28/02 Robbie What's up Its cool 5 stars
8/28/02 bionic becca i donno if i was pissing or sweatting wheni seen it. 5 stars
2/18/02 April Ick, that about covers my overall feelings on this movie. Music was good though. 2 stars
1/12/02 Audra Not too horrible, like most people think. There was really no plot. A good soundtrack, tho. 3 stars
11/08/01 Mark pathetic slap-stick comedy and cheesey pick-up lines work well. Truly hilarious! 5 stars
9/02/01 Butterbean This should have just stayed an incremental five minute skit on SNL 1 stars
8/09/01 Audra I loved the movie, Chris Kattan and Will Ferrel were great, but it has no plot. 5 stars
7/06/01 Elvisfan As much fun as sunburn, as welcome as a car door slamming your thumb 1 stars
7/02/01 Jennifer Doran im a hoe 5 stars
6/21/01 Razz "Did you grab my ass???" Now that is quality...... 5 stars
5/30/01 blen its sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5 stars
5/13/01 Roy Smith It made me cry. 4 stars
5/12/01 J.C It's strangely funny.different but nice 4 stars
4/22/01 Luke I dunno i just had a thing for this movie :) I've been wondering, did this come to cinemas? 5 stars
3/29/01 MovieMan I liked this movie. It was funny 4 stars
3/12/01 jesse stailey best funny movie ever. 5 stars
11/19/00 K. Tone Only redeeming virtues: Elisa Donovan & Gigi Rice 2 stars
11/06/00 Melissa Stepper loved it 5 stars
10/19/00 Stuntman weak, cliched and absolute garbage 2 stars
9/03/00 Doug Poorly made or not, it made me laugh, and Chris Kattan is a talented little guy. Good job 5 stars
8/30/00 LW I knew it would be bad, but I had no idea just how bad it could be 1 stars
8/24/00 Add Total and utter crap and totally and utterly funny. A comedy that u can laugh with and at. 4 stars
6/01/00 Steve Layne Harmless fun 3 stars
3/23/00 David Rogers Funny and everything you want in a comedy. All you who hate it are Titanic fans. 4 stars
3/08/00 Mr. Kramitall sleazy, pathetic SNL adapted nonsense 1 stars
12/17/99 SID It's a bad movie, but what saves it is the fact that it is actually funny. Hedaya is great. 4 stars
10/13/99 Lame-Oh Almost threw up. Grieco looks like a male Alanis Morisette on ludes. 1 stars
9/15/99 Ratso Dude, you guys suck. Movies that are retarded rule! 5 stars
7/19/99 Imagoner Sincerely stupid. Frosty's review said it all. This movie is really messed up. 1 stars
6/15/99 Duck It was ok, some funny aprts, great soundtrack! 3 stars
5/09/99 Ah Dooey Superfly's review said it all. 1 stars
4/18/99 jamie Chris Kattan is so fucking funny no matter what he does! Long live Azreal Abyss 5 stars
2/24/99 Viral Messiah My god, who was in charge here? This movie blew the shitter! 1 stars
1/01/99 MFGIT Even as a scheme to rip off retards, it fails. 1 stars
12/16/98 A Guy These two clowns verbalized everything that goes through my head as I hit Chicago clubs. 5 stars
12/02/98 Kirgo blah...some chuckles. First 20 minutes are wretched 3 stars
11/30/98 Lindsay It started out OK, then got better as the film progressed. 4 stars
11/30/98 The Dude This movie was so fucking funny I almost died 5 stars
11/27/98 ShadowStar© Baby, don't hurt me... no more 1 stars
11/13/98 Lord Of The Dunce Too many people forgive bland comedy films. I don't. 1 stars
11/03/98 The Dude I thought this movie was so funny , It was great 5 stars
10/28/98 zenball it's based on a skit and a not very funny one at that 1 stars
10/23/98 grunter PRODUCT PRODUCT PRODUCT PRODUCT PRODUCT PRODUCT PRODUCT PRODUCT PRODUCT PRODUCT PRODUCT 1 stars
10/17/98 Johny No Blues Brothers or Wayne's World here. Better than Spiceworld though. 2 stars
10/17/98 Chris Hey my Mom loved it!! She bought the soundtrack. Bopping there heads 24/7 Go For a laugh! 4 stars
10/17/98 16 in. of swingin' meat and a bucket of balls Lord, why have you forsaken your people? SNL related movies don't work! 2 stars
10/17/98 Mr Showbiz It’s an improvement over It’s Pat. Ouch. 3 stars
10/14/98 Daddy Rich I thought it was funny and I enjoyed it. I thought I got my money's worth. 4 stars
10/04/98 Negative Creep Miss Stress is right. This is a goofball movie only guys would have fun at. *shakes head* 3 stars
10/01/98 Papa John Awesome Film.... it's up my alley. 5 stars
9/30/98 katherine this movie's got no storyline, and its not even CLOSE to even DREAMING to be funny. 1 stars
9/13/98 Chip Taylor Another suck-ass Saturday Night Live movie. Fuck them in the ass. 2 stars
IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS FILM, RATE IT!
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  02-Oct-1998 (PG-13)
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  13-May-1999 (PG)




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