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MacGruber

MacGruber

2010
Comedy
Action
1h 30m
Based on the "Saturday Night Live" sketch, this action-packed comedy stars Will Forte as incompetent former special ops agent MacGruber. When he's called back into action to deactivate archenemy Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer), MacGruber is on the case. Now, he must thwart Von Cunth's plans to destroy Washington, D.C., with a nuclear warhead.
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MacGruber

2010
Comedy
Action
1h 30m
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Rated 28 Jan 2021
59
36th
I gave this a few days to settle even though I've seen it before. It really is not very good. The memorable gags are very memorable but it's the vaguely memorable tone that made me rewatch it, but ultimately failed to deliver a feature length runtime. The fact that that tone mirrors my existence doesn't bode well for my deathbed rewind.
Rated 27 May 2010
5
44th
This movie was obviously meant to be dumb as shit and if you can't realize that then you probably have a brain tumor or are an uptight idiot who has to take everything seriously. A good movie to watch with a bunch of friends but nothing I would ever watch by myself. The sex scenes were pretty hilarious and as a fan of 80's action films I approve of this movie. I expected this to be terrible but it was good for a dumb laugh.
Rated 11 Jun 2010
71
61st
An aggressively stupid satire of an aggressively stupid genre. Not all of the jokes work, but those that do are hilarious enough to make the movie worthwhile. The movie made me laugh more than I care to admit, and since that's all it aspires to do, it is a success. A weak sister of the action-comedy genre, it will make a fine companion to Pineapple Express or Hot Fuzz on a DVD doublebill. The humour is bizarre, and Wiig is great. "Why did Cunth kill your wife?" "To this day I have no idea..."
Rated 21 May 2010
85
86th
Extremely juvenile but god damn it, it works.
Rated 05 Sep 2010
90
95th
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Rated 30 May 2010
50
23rd
While I had a few solid laughs I just didn't laugh enough to consider it a good movie. The plot is stupid, but I went in expecting that (which everyone should) and hoping for laughs. Unfortunately, many of the jokes felt like things I've heard or seen before and lost some impact. I think this movie will have some life on DVD, and might be worth a watch while drinking with your buddies if you like stupid comedies.
Rated 01 Oct 2011
8
7th
Don't believe the hype. This is quite possibly one of the worst films ever. The jokes are juvenile and repetitive. The acting is flat and amateurish. Every attempt at parody is a failure. Hahaha, The villain's name is Cunth. Let's say it 100 times. Sorry, still isn't funny.
Rated 06 Jun 2010
80
44th
The absurdism creeps in slowly--a very brief shot of a saxophone solo here (and then never again), an inexplicable backflip there--and then plateaus at a certain point, but not in an uncomfortably over-the-top way. I was laughing throughout, but it wasn't just at the nonsense. MacGruber is a ludicrous character, and the situations in which he finds himself are astoundingly weird. This should definitely be a more popular movie than it is. Also, you'll never look at celery the same way.
Rated 23 May 2010
0
0th
Conspiracy theory: a distributor down on its luck picks up a pathetic movie for a song, uses whatever clout it has left to get it into as many theaters as possible, and keeps its employees in for a weekend without pay to flood IMDb with bogus votes. The only reason I went was because it was either this or Shrek, so even though I was set to bail a third of the way through, there was still nothing else to do, so hope against hope. Not to be. It kept getting dumber. Worst movie in 5 years.
Rated 23 May 2010
71
52nd
So moronic, dumb and juvenile that it actually works.
Rated 20 Feb 2013
91
91st
One of the funniest, most clever comedies ever.
Rated 04 Jun 2010
72
64th
Much funnier than it had any right to be and saved repeatedly by the brilliance of Kristen Wiig.
Rated 05 Apr 2011
22
11th
I tried. I really did. But two times without making it through a movie is my limit.
Rated 22 Mar 2011
67
57th
Sorry, I thought this was pretty funny.
Rated 26 Sep 2010
82
76th
I wouldn't call this quality humor, but it works in a Hot Rod-esque way. Awesome soundtrack.
Rated 13 Jul 2015
7
73rd
the sex is amazing...
Rated 19 Apr 2013
1
20th
Y, I did giggle at the sex scenes but, while saying cunt can sometimes make a punchline funnier, it is NOT a joke on its own. If you disagree you'll love this lazy, crappy movie with it's 20 years too late parodies.
Rated 22 May 2010
8
93rd
I expected this to be awful, but I guffawed moronically for pretty much the entire runtime and I'd be lying if I claimed otherwise. I love over-the-top surreality this committed. Kristen Wiig is awesome, she deserves her own star vehicle.
Rated 19 Jun 2012
0
1st
If you've ever seen someone walking a dog and wondered what was in that plastic supermarket bag they dutifully carried behind, I'm pretty sure it was the script for this movie.
Rated 21 Sep 2011
72
54th
Sometimes these idiotic things just get to you. Don't know if it was the 3am, the beer or the company but some of the scenes just cracked me up.
Rated 22 Dec 2010
35
5th
Beyond throat ripping and Macgruber's musical choice this is terrible
Rated 13 Sep 2010
75
71st
I really thought this was going to be godawful but quite the contrary...the jokes kept on coming and most of them were spot on. The sex scenes were hilarious and some of the gags like the water ambush make you laugh every time you think about them.
Rated 19 Aug 2019
55
7th
Feature length was not good for this legendary SNL skit. That's the magic of SNL and the hardship of the movie industry; Knowing your audience and knowing when enough is enough are two very different qualities in writers and producers. Standard action parody laughs and Will Forte just couldn't hold down being funny in a more drawn out story. It was never necessary, never going to continue the magic because an illusion that fools will never fool us once we know the magic behind it.
Rated 11 Oct 2010
0
0th
I had a dead evening, this movie was playing at the theater, and I decided to see it. The first clue should have been that I was the only person in the theater. I ended up walking out of this movie about half way through. I go to a lot of movies, and this is the ONLY one I have ever walked out on.
Rated 18 Nov 2012
73
52nd
Actually not that bad. Without few stupid moment this movie would be so much better. But still, it's worth to see.
Rated 15 May 2011
69
33rd
A couple hilarious scenes make this worth watching; the intelligence of the jokes puts this above most films of the SNL subgenre
Rated 25 Feb 2014
70
53rd
Works for me.
Rated 07 Sep 2011
77
56th
This movie is so surprisingly funny.
Rated 29 Aug 2014
74
59th
SNL has greatly improved from its one-joke movie days, and the filmmakers show a real understanding of the films they set out to spoof. I found myself laughing at this movie a LOT more than I expected to. I'll probably forget the whole thing within a week, but I enjoyed it at the time.
Rated 08 Jun 2013
44
4th
Seriously. Celery sticks.
Rated 15 Feb 2021
80
60th
It's a good solid movie, but it could have been better. As absurd as some parts were I thought they played too much of it like a straight action movie and overall it would have actually benefited from being even more absurd. I also thought they could have found someone better than Ryan Phillippe. But overall I liked it. Will Forte and the character of MacGruber are hilarious. Moving on from his dead wife by having sex with her ghost was next level comedy. The 80's vibes were also pitch perfect.
Rated 20 Jan 2013
63
43rd
Funny if drunk.
Rated 13 Mar 2011
45
19th
not very funny besides the thorat ripping parts
Rated 17 Dec 2010
70
32nd
Better then I expected.
Rated 22 May 2010
71
45th
Silly action parody. Really liked Val Kilmer, and I was a big fan of the wrestler cameos (particularly Chris Jericho.)
Rated 14 Oct 2010
62
46th
Moste disguisting comedy I've seen in a looong time. The celery will never be the same for me...
Rated 20 Jul 2021
63
59th
Very dumb and crude, so it's not for everyone, but some funny scenes still. I've seen worse SNL movies.
Rated 13 Sep 2023
36
28th
There are a handful of great scenes but this is another overextended SNL sketch film. Annoying because the word-of-mouth hype circulating for over a decade made it out to be amazing.
Rated 14 Apr 2017
17
48th
Wow pretty reckless guy. Glad it worked out alright.
Rated 30 Oct 2010
70
26th
Surprisingly amusing, even if a lot of it is obvious jokes that are trying really hard. It is what it is and if you're willing to accept that it can be enjoyable.
Rated 16 Nov 2015
69
33rd
Genuinely funny
Rated 26 Jul 2016
60
10th
Viewed July 25, 2016. Steadfast in its commitment to the style of 80s action movies that you can't help but be impressed. It stays committed to the same handful of really dumb jokes, always finding new ways to tell them, like a jazz soloist exploring variations on a theme. I love how much of an unlikable prick MacGruber really is. He's all flaws, and Will Forte plays it to the fullest, which is a blast. That the movie isn't actually all that funny is a shame, but I admire what it tried to
Rated 20 Aug 2022
30
5th
A few chuckles is the most that the almost entirely unfunny "MacGruber" can elicit. It summons a lot of action movie cliches to make fun of them, yet its humour is so lacking and the characters so weak that what comes out is an action flick even lamer than its targets. Val Kilmer brings some welcome star power to the proceedings, his uber-cool demeanour the only reason to want to watch this. Seeing Maya Rudolph literally give up during the ghost sex scene tells you all you need to know.
Rated 19 Apr 2013
26
24th
A big glossy spoof. There's no way a film comedy can compete with the fantastic writing in some half hour sit-coms, so it all really comes down to whether or not you love the lead comic actor. I laughed at points, it looks fantastic, and it's all good fun, but there just wasn't much here for me.
Rated 12 Oct 2013
45
44th
I think I'm being pretty generous here. At that mostly due to the part where MacGruber says "That's loco man" and it translates it. I actually laughed at that.
Rated 17 Oct 2010
65
18th
Yeesh...
Rated 23 Aug 2012
7
0th
[Unrated Version] - Stupid, not in a funny way. Kristen.W and V.Kilmer - what a waste on a terrible script - well, if this film had any... *Preview*: #12#, exp-2*, popcorn, Kristen.W/7, (V Kilmer/4), R1.
Rated 06 May 2012
76
57th
after feeling pretty blah for the first hour, i figured i'd commit this movie to the loathed evil place in my ratings where most other parody and sketch movies go, but then macgruber goes around soliciting oral sex and ripping people's throats out and it won me over.
Rated 24 Jul 2011
20
6th
I turned this on at like 3:30am, not being able to sleep. Assumed it would be a dumb, fast paced comedy. It felt like there was one actual joke every 10 minutes or so. And about 25% of those hit. Really not funny. It wasn't good enough to sustain my comatose brain in the middle of the night. I turned it off half way through, watched Parking Wars instead. That was way more funny. I made myself finish it the next day, but that was only so that I could make sure it was as horrible as I thought.
Rated 03 Mar 2019
45
7th
I think I laughed once.
Rated 09 Oct 2010
30
6th
Successful SNL spoofs are about as rare as cholera, so I'm not surprised that 'MacGruber' fails to break the mold. As I'm unfamiliar with the skit from which this is based, I'm sure it provides a decent laugh for five minutes. This hard-R-rated flick stretches things much too far. The jokes become terribly repetitive, and for a spoof film that wants to mock both Rambo and MacGuyver, I found it about 20 years too late in the game for this material to work on any level. Count 'MacGruber' D.O.A.
Rated 23 Dec 2017
65
32nd
B-
Rated 03 Dec 2010
30
25th
A few funny pieces that would have been better off left as 5 minute sketches as the vast swathes of film in between stagger from dull to repulsive.
Rated 25 Mar 2011
35
3rd
A movie of Mindless Dreck derived from Mindless Dreck on SNL. Val Kilmer and Powers Boothe didnt need money that bad..did they? Avoid at all cost.
Rated 30 Dec 2010
85
88th
Underrated. I laughed a lot during this movie. So stupid and bizarre and childish, but it had so many random laughs that I couldn't help but enjoy it. It is not an extended SNL sketch, but really a showcase for how insane Will Forte is.
Rated 24 Apr 2014
64
35th
Made me laugh hard when I first saw it - I really enjoy the hyper-silly action movie idea - but much of this doesn't really grab me on a second viewing. Some good gags, enjoyably silly, probably not worth much now unless you're wasted.
Rated 20 Jan 2021
60
37th
Some hilarious stuff among a sea of middling first draft jokes.
Rated 20 Sep 2010
30
3rd
It's just bad-bad. Not good-bad.
Rated 08 Sep 2010
45
28th
Kilmer makes a funny and effective bad guy, and MacGruber's relationship with Lt. Piper is very amusing. But this just isn't a very good movie. The film commits to the character concept from the sketches, and it doesn't jibe well with the tongue-in-cheek tone of the film most of the time--and when it does it usually isn't funny. Terrific ending, though.
Rated 28 Jun 2016
61
39th
Let's be honest, this isn't a film that will appeal to everyone. The majority will likely think it's a cinematic abomination. A notable subset (myself included) will have fun with it's utterly stupid sense of humour while admitting a number of jokes don't really come off. A tiny majority will think it's the greatest film ever. Those people probably don't realise it's a comedy either. Be afraid of those people. Very very afraid.
Rated 15 Jan 2012
52
18th
What works as a Saturday Night Live sketch generally fails as a movie, with very few exceptions. This is not an exception. Luckily it still manages to be middle of the road, at least as far as SNL skits turned movies go.
Rated 06 Jun 2013
27
21st
i laughed
Rated 05 Jul 2011
85
45th
pretty funny.
Rated 19 Sep 2017
78
26th
As spoofs go, this isn't so bad. You have to accept that not all the jokes will make you laugh.
Rated 02 May 2012
50
47th
Forgettable, but at least it was rated R. The opening song is easily the best part.
Rated 02 Sep 2010
75
66th
On the surface is pretty blunt and stupid, but had a lot of little laughs and a few huge ones. A very nice parody of action movies in the vein of naked gun.
Rated 05 Jan 2011
18
17th
An absolutely ridiculous film, but I will say this, "Overkill is always under rated." I liked the end kill a lot.
Rated 08 Apr 2011
50
12th
Although it made me laugh, it certainly could have been funnier.
Rated 28 Sep 2012
69
23rd
Embraces how dumb it's premise is and almost works. Almost, there are still some moments where I hated myself for watching this movie.
Rated 02 Feb 2012
79
78th
You may be wondering why I rank this film so high. At face value, yes, this movie looks terrible. But it's one of the best "bad" comedies I've seen in a long time. It's up there with Hot Rod in terms of broad comedy.
Rated 24 May 2010
63
7th
Eh. Kind of bland for awhile, but it gains steam as it rolls along. Definitely funnier than I excepted, but also stupider.
Rated 22 Sep 2010
47
24th
Pretty forgettable, though I laughed a few times. But on the other hand I also laughed a few times when the old lady that lives across the street from me fell off her roof that one time, so yeah, whatever.
Rated 21 Nov 2016
56
10th
a few laughs but I was disappointed overall because I heard this was totally hilarious
Rated 28 May 2010
60
17th
The notebook and sex scenes worked really well, and there were a couple of other laughs, but boring otherwise.
Rated 27 May 2010
60
22nd
Okay. Not terrible but not very good either. The first 20-30 minutes are boring as hell with virtually no funny parts. After that it's pretty funny but completely retarded. Nothing amazing but there are a couple of very funny parts scattered throughout the second half.
Rated 22 Mar 2011
36
4th
Huh, that's weird. I thought this was supposed to be a comedy. To be fair, maybe about 10% of the gags are funny. I even laughed out loud, twice. But most of them are really lazy and obvious, and the premise is weak. I like all the soft-rock 80's music, though.
Rated 24 May 2010
59
36th
Don't confuse this for a good movie for a second. With that said, there was a lot about this movie that I liked. They didn't let Kristin Wiig wear out her welcome (like she does every week on SNL), Val Kilmer was excellent, and a lot of the little things were very consistent (i.e. the car stereo). I mostly just enjoyed that everyone around Forte's character was dead serious (with the exception of a few Kilmer moments). It's not great (or even good), but you'll get many toilet humor laughs.
Rated 02 Sep 2010
70
29th
Oh, the last 5 minutes of this movie were so epic and full of testosterone that I could hardly watch it without growing hair on my chest. Throat-rips for everyone!
Rated 08 Nov 2010
25
61st
"Like many a contemporary lowbrow comedy, MacGruber's at its best when it's most vulgar, when its foul-mouthed and essentially insane hero is free to indulge in his signature bits of raunchy whimsy." - Andrew Schenker
Rated 07 Jan 2011
0
7th
Made me want to end it all right there in the theatre.
Rated 28 Mar 2013
75
65th
The existence of MacGruber is a bit baffling in and of itself, but it's actually just the right amount of stupid for it to more or less work most of the time.It aims to be stupid, and it succeeds, and it's a good time for it. I was laughing more than I was not while watching it, so I have a hard time not seeing it as a success.
Rated 21 Jan 2015
75
49th
This is an over the top comedy that is actually quite enjoyable. Will Forte does a very good job having a lot of fun with the lead role. The rest of the cast seems to be having a ball as well, I enjoyed Val Kilmer's role as the lead bad guy in the film. Overall I would recommend this comedy.
Rated 16 Jun 2013
70
43rd
Again, it killed time on a Sunday afternoon...but it's also a pretty decent comedy that sort of just fell way under whatever radar it could've been picked up on. It's an aggressive parody, so most of the jokes won't appeal to anyone who isn't familiar with the character, still, it's decent entertainment
Rated 06 Jun 2010
80
75th
ridiculous, but funny!
Rated 30 Nov 2012
30
6th
The SNL skits get laughs from combining the grandiose scope of an action movie with the cramped, bare-bones stage of a live late-night comedy show. It's funny because it looks dinky, cheap, and fake. By showing real buildings really exploding, and real throats-or a believable simulacrum thereof--ripped open by real bare hands, MacGruber commits the deeply MacGruber-esque mistake of shooting itself in the foot.
Rated 18 Jul 2010
0
12th
SNL skit torturously stretched out and unrestrainedly pottied up. (A villain named von Cunth. Hence, "Fuck you, Cunth," etc.) In the result, the original models (TV's MacGyver primarily, but Rambo, Commando, and cousins) are invariably funnier than the spoof.
Rated 24 Jul 2010
75
28th
It doesn't make a lot of sense, but it's still a very entertaining, funny, flick nonetheless.
Rated 23 Aug 2013
53
31st
In general, I didn't like this film very much, but for whatever reason I did find it pretty funny that MacGruber's one useful skill was ripping out people's throats.
Rated 16 Jul 2014
47
12th
I've come to the sad and bizarre conclusion that SNL movies being shitty is a universal law. I'm talking gravity-type absolute principle here. There are simply no exceptions, and I'm now convinced there never will be. Everything about MacGruber fits the SNL movie mold to a T. The script is generic, the humor is safe at best and lazy at worst, and the skit-to-feature transition is stretched well beyond its ability. The really sad thing? This is about the best SNL movie so far.
Rated 14 Dec 2010
35
28th
Watchable
Rated 25 May 2010
55
70th
MacGruber will die quietly in theaters, since the reality is that few people are old enough to remember MacGuyver and young enough to find something directed by Jorma (of Lonely Island) Taccone funny. The film is something of a gem hidden in a turd, with half of the jokes being subtle homages to the ridiculousness of the late 80s juxtaposed with the discomforting gross out humor that we've become accustomed to.
Rated 14 Jun 2010
75
39th
+Good: Some scenes/ jokes were rolling on the ground hilarious ; - BAD: Some jokes just completely bombed, really hit or miss, mostly miss but enough good jokes to still see it once
Rated 06 Sep 2015
21
7th
When cameos from chris Jericho and the big show are the best part of your movie you should be ashamed of yourself.
Rated 22 May 2010
75
84th
So funny.
Rated 21 Oct 2010
39
5th
Unrated
Rated 19 Jun 2010
37
14th
Action comedy about the adventures of MacGruber, a comedic take on the 1980s TV character MacGyver. A blood-spattered hit-or-miss 'out there' character comedy of the 'Wayne's World'/'Austin Powers' school, it manages to be nostalgic and profane in equal measures, a movie that's retro and yet retro-fitted to suit the new cutting edge in screen farce.
Rated 06 Jul 2010
25
5th
+ avoid at all costs :: unrealized potential :: looked like fun
Rated 23 Aug 2015
40
4th
Some SNL sketches should just stay SNL sketches. Besides a few laughs here and there, MacGruber is very forgettable. It's as dumb as you would think it is. I will say that Val Kilmer may have been the most enjoyable part of the movie. Die hard SNL fans might enjoy but for others it definitely won't change you in any way. 2 STARS
Rated 05 Jan 2011
14
67th
The dumbest movie I ever finished. The only issue is I just kept laughing!
Rated 14 Jun 2010
50
16th
There's a difference between a good dumb-comedy and a just plain dumb movie and this one straddles the line. It has some genuinely funny moments but takes every good joke and drags it out way to far-- or outright repeats it, sometimes more than once. At least I laughed at the jokes the first time, but yeah this should have stayed on the small screen and been maybe 45 minutes long.

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