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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
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- emily said...
- Posted on Sep 27 2008 13:57 everyhting was really funnie lol
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- lorie said...
- Posted on Sep 27 2008 13:56 the movie was really good i thought it was great
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- Keef said...
- Posted on Sep 27 2008 12:10 Abidy...if you have a good sense of humour, DON'T go and see this film!
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- Will said...
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Posted on Sep 27 2008 11:14
£7? Bury St Edmunds Cineworld costs only a fiver?!
Back on topic :P , Yea i went to see this film with some mates. Disaster movie = Shit! - Report as inappropriate
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- abidy said...
- Posted on Sep 27 2008 10:34 hi i was thinking on taking my friends martin amy, my brother ashley and my boyfriend to see it tonight so it would give us something to watch instead of been bored inside but well i dont know what to think now... shall i go sharnt i, well we hav a good sence of humor dont know what 2 do... help
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- maxzo said...
- Posted on Sep 25 2008 17:08 absolout crap never go to this film never ever im a student i havent got much money and to blow seven quid on that sh** is so annoyin im never watching it again its a waste of time and money hated it it down to the last detail
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Posted on Sep 24 2008 16:37
this film is gd i dont no y evrybody dissin it i luved it
it so funny made me lagh a lot of time - Report as inappropriate
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- usman said...
- Posted on Sep 24 2008 12:09 the Justin Timberlake spoof in itself worth the price of admission -and he surely deserved it too -i could not stop laughing and it still makes me roll -also the step up and grease spoilers were brilliant - but it is rather incoherent though not bad at all .
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- Taser said...
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Posted on Sep 22 2008 21:45
The worst film ever even worse than the recent mummy film
Waste of seven quid
Could have got wasted instead man - Report as inappropriate
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- sian said...
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Posted on Sep 22 2008 10:40
This film is a load of rubbish, i didnt even think it was funny at all - like its ment to be.
If i were you i wouldnt even bother goin to watch it and waste my time watchin it, it is dredfull and i couldnt wait till it ended - thinking it would get better as it went on, which i didnt. infact it got even worse.
do not waste your time or money watching it!!!! - Report as inappropriate
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- Chloe said...
- Posted on Sep 21 2008 16:39 i think it was the worst movie ever! DO NOT GO TO SEE IT! it was mainly blood and guts. it should have not been invented. i thought it was going to be a great film but it wasn't. it was a complete and utter disaster.
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- ;) said...
- Posted on Sep 21 2008 15:37 ABSOLUTE RUBBISH IT WAS BORING UN-FUNNY AND I WOULD NEVER PAY FOR A TICKET TO SEE THIS FILM AGAIN
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- parents beware said...
- Posted on Sep 21 2008 00:26 Defnately not suitable for children. 12A cert is inappropriate.
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- parents beware said...
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Posted on Sep 21 2008 00:24
Not at all suitable for children. 12 A cert is
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- Sophia said...
- Posted on Sep 20 2008 20:48 Well. There were some really funny bits but on the whole it was a kind of crap. It all depends on your sense of humor. This film, unlike scary movie which i loved, was really random but there are bits that make you laugh out loud. Its a laugh, harmless fun i guess. I probably wouldnt see it again.
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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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