2010 Review #14: MacGruber

MacGruber

Rated R

(strong crude and sexual content, violence, language and some nudity)

1 hour 30 minutes

Storyline:

Ex-special operative MacGruber is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth, who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, D.C. Based off of a SNL skit.

Cast:

Will Forte

Ryan Phillippe

Kristin Wiig

Val Kilmer

Critic's Grade:

F

My Grade:

F+

I can't talk to long about this movie, so I'm only going to a paragraph review. This movie doesn't warrant an in depth film review because this movie has nothing really to review. This is a film based off a SNL skit, that I've never seen. Honestly this skit should have stayed on TV, this was not meant to be extended into a 90 minute feature film. This movie was barely funny in my eyes. It had the same few jokes throughtout the whole film, they just kept recycling them. It was either some gay oral sex joke or a joke about celery in someones ass. Even for a spoof type film, there was no spoof essence at all...at least not that I could see. It was painful to watch at times, and I maybe let out a short and small chuckle once or twice...but this movie was just so bad. Will Forte is kind of funny here, but ugh...he was extruciating to watch at times. Kristin Wiig is usually reliable but not here. What the hell is Ryan Phillippe doing in this movie?? And all I can say is...poor Val Kilmer. To me...this movie was a total dud. I really didn't like it. For a comedy...it lacked any real...comedy.