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Bookmark this pageDisaster Movie (2008)
Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Movie review
From Time Out London
The latest from the writer-director pair of Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer – responsible for such movies as ‘Epic Movie’ and ‘Meet the Spartans’ – is a cynical and limp attempt to cash in on their own parody bandwagon. Here, the shameless duo use a ‘Cloverfield’-type scenario as an excuse to chuck in yet more of their favourite movie moments and characters, irrespective of any connection to the disaster movie genre.The result is a series of extraneous, deplorably unfunny scenes and sketches stitched together in completely haphazard fashion. One minute we’re aghast at an appalling Amy Winehouse lookalike with sabre teeth and bedraggled beehive, the next pondering the relevance of a scene with the cattle-gun killer from ‘No Country for Old Men’. In short, this wholly contemptuous farrago stinks to high heaven.
Author: Derek Adams
Time Out London Issue 1985, 4-10 Sept
User reviews of this film
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- DJ said...
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Posted on Oct 16 2009 15:28
Good God. The directors must have sat in a room for about 5 minutes and came up with that script.
If you enjoyed that film you must have a well below average IQ and probably do get good jokes and prefer to have jokes, I use the term "joke" loosely here, feed to them like a baby with the film directors saying "Laught at this, Oh isn't this funny"
This film will be lost in a few years with all the other bad films. What a waste of money.... and the cast.... Oh dear can they act? - Report as inappropriate
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- Daniel Cullinane said...
- Posted on Apr 10 2009 09:22 An immature and ridiculous spoof with some awful peformances from the cast. Do not see!!!
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- PR said...
- Posted on Mar 30 2009 13:38 Stopped watching after 30 minutes, it was just that bad.
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- chloe said...
- Posted on Nov 13 2008 15:44 enyone who thinks this film is good they must be mad it is terrible. DONT GO SEE IT.
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- Lauren :] said...
- Posted on Oct 26 2008 18:04 This is a love or hate it film, but most of us all think it sucks! the only funny thing in this film is how Hannah Montana continues to try and sell her merchandise whilst being trapped under a meteroid, but other than that that's it. I really don't recommend watching this. If you want to see a film that parodies other films, watch the Scary Movie sequels!
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- Matt Balne said...
- Posted on Oct 26 2008 16:29 I'm not an old grump, I'm 14 ... it was just dumb. For young kids. Or maybe older kids with a dumb sense of humour. It's the worst film made since Sophie's Choice - and that was the biggest load of poop I've ever seen in my life. Other than this. Rubbish.
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- Barbara said...
- Posted on Oct 20 2008 18:42 hello shirley/roz love :D.this film is blamin marvelous.it was great dancing round the threatre like love.cya buddies much love from mee xx
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- Roz said...
- Posted on Oct 19 2008 16:04 I Reckon You Just go and Talk all the way through it coz its dead funny. Shirley
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- Katie said...
- Posted on Oct 18 2008 11:18 To be honest this movie is the best movie iv ever seen most of you lot are just crazy if you dont like this film !!!!!!!!!!
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- abc said...
- Posted on Oct 13 2008 13:37 I have been put off this movie!!!! I sounds rubbish does anyone like it????????/
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- Derek said...
- Posted on Oct 12 2008 08:25 WORST MOVIE EVER
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- eliz said...
- Posted on Oct 11 2008 23:27 i dont think i will go and watch it
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- Carol said...
- Posted on Oct 11 2008 17:50 Rubbish - At the point of watching gremlins eating a pregnant woman alive - I left. And this was a 12A?
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- megan said...
- Posted on Oct 10 2008 17:36 YES ABC GO SEE IT
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- Hans said...
- Posted on Oct 09 2008 17:28 I saw this film a little while a go and must hnostely say it was rubbish, it wasn't funny at all and would strongly recommend no one to go see this train reck. I new I should of stayed home and watched that paint dry!
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Cast & crew
Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Cast: Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, G. Thang, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan, Kimberly Kardashian, Ike Barinholtz, Carmen Electra, Tony Cox full cast
Rated: PG
Duration: 85 mins
UK Release: Sep 5 2008
US Release: Aug 29 2008
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