I had an ongoing debate with myself while watching "Roxbury" as to whether this was the worst movie I'd ever seen, but in the end it comes out just slightly above such "classics" as "Bio-Dome," mostly because it isn't trying to be patently offensive.
Unfortunately, it's trying to be hilarious and misses that mark by light-years. As some others have pointed out, most SNL spinoff movies fail miserably, with the two exceptions being "Blues Brothers" and "Wayne's World."
This one should fall into a class of its own, though - it had utterly failed in the first three minutes, which is probably a record. Put it this way: when you make a movie, whether intentionally, that starts off looking like someone shot it on a Sony Handicam in their basement, you're not setting yourself up for success.
And of course, then you get smacked in the head with the idiot story, the moronic dialogue, the forced nature of pretty much everything - the conflicts that fly up to drive the plot are among the most ridiculous and hackneyed pieces of drivel ever to get written into a film.
Sure, there are brief moments where you'll laugh, but not so much because the film is funny. You'll laugh out of pity. You'll laugh because you're uncomfortable and laughing's the only way to escape the mindlessness you're facing.
Skip this one, just like you should skip most SNL spinoffs. You'll never get back the time you waste watching "Roxbury," and you'll regret that.
Unfortunately, it's trying to be hilarious and misses that mark by light-years. As some others have pointed out, most SNL spinoff movies fail miserably, with the two exceptions being "Blues Brothers" and "Wayne's World."
This one should fall into a class of its own, though - it had utterly failed in the first three minutes, which is probably a record. Put it this way: when you make a movie, whether intentionally, that starts off looking like someone shot it on a Sony Handicam in their basement, you're not setting yourself up for success.
And of course, then you get smacked in the head with the idiot story, the moronic dialogue, the forced nature of pretty much everything - the conflicts that fly up to drive the plot are among the most ridiculous and hackneyed pieces of drivel ever to get written into a film.
Sure, there are brief moments where you'll laugh, but not so much because the film is funny. You'll laugh out of pity. You'll laugh because you're uncomfortable and laughing's the only way to escape the mindlessness you're facing.
Skip this one, just like you should skip most SNL spinoffs. You'll never get back the time you waste watching "Roxbury," and you'll regret that.