willfox_17
A friend told me about this film recently, i had seen the you tube clip with Jim Carrie where they all nod there heads to had away which is hilarious! you can imagine my excitement as i found out there was a film!Will Ferrell is why I watched the film, although will is good hes certainly come along way i mean anchorman is amazing! he still very funny in this film. this film is worth a watch it has LOL moments throughout, the dancing, the humping, the nodding its all funny! this film has a lot of catchphrases to no? yes!!!!shame Jim Carrie wasn't in the film as he is in you tube clip for Saturday NIGHT LIVE!overall WATCH IT!
elshikh4
On 31/8/2001 I rented it. Its commercial title in Egypt stood for "An evening that will drive you crazy". Frankly, the reason to rent it in specific was a photo I saw from it earlier, in a magazine named (DVD), where 2 chicks by the names of (Elisa Donovan) and (Gigi Rice) were dancing in tight micro-skirts; which was pretty sexy for me (more than the 2 girls themselves), plus I thought that the movie is a crazy dance movie! Of course I wasn't right. But this movie wasn't that wrong either. I like it. And I have my reasons..Here's what I wrote in my remark page right after finishing it : "So the rich dumb guys became the heroes of today's movies? Huh ?!" too philosophical I think ! However, among the movies that I rented in that summer, it wasn't bad at all. In that list there were: Gladiator, Thelma & Louise, Who am I, Space Cowboys, The Replacements, Pret-a-Porter, and The Perfect Storm (Yes, I list the names of the movies I watch!).From a *disco* point of view you must love it. Since (Can't Stop the Music – 1980), the presence of the disco clubs in the movies became obnoxious. However suddenly in 1998, (A Night at the Roxbury), (Forever Fever), (The Last Days of Disco) and the real obnoxious (54) came together with disco clubs playing big part in them one way or another. It makes me happy to see hot girls dancing on colorful floor anything but Hip-Hop. Did I forget to tell you that I'm a Can't Stop the Music's fan?!In the buddy movie history, there was always the serious rational, kind of smart guy (Mickey Mouse, Oliver Hardy, Dean Martin) and the funny nut job, purely stupid one (Goofy Goof, Stan Laurel, Jerry Lewis). Where normally the first got the best of luck with the girls. But after the success of (Dumb & Dumber – 1994) both of the dual became nut job, purely stupid, guys who got no chance with any sane girl! The producers clearly loved the idea, so (Dude, Where's My Car – 2000), (Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd – 2003), (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle – 2004) were made. (A Night at the Roxbury) is no exception (remember the Jim Carry's reference), but it's more mild and innocent than most of this wave of followers.After years of the first viewing, I caught it on some channel to re-watch it again. But oh boy, with a second viewing or not; I loved moments like (Will Ferrell)'s spasm of "What's up ?!", the perfectly goofy dance, the meeting between the 2 brothers after seconds of losing their virginity to discuss about it, and the lousy (Emilio Estevez) story that turns the girls off; OK, everyone of us sure had one!(Chazz Palminteri) is one scene stealer in here. He's double the charisma of every lead. And the "did you grab my ***" was a clever one. It's something to remember this movie with. Save (Ferrell)'s so deliberate white make-up, the 2 leads looked nice and worked together finely, giving a natural performance with no forced moments, being totally these radiantly dressy, visionary, 30-year-old adolescent misfits. It's sorrowful that (Ferrell)'s career came off later, while (Chris Kattan) didn't achieve anything equal. Despite his obvious talent, I didn't watch him in good movies, rather movies, after this !By the way, this is the best movie Mr. Unbearable, the Horrible Movies' God, aka Richard Grieco, has ever been in, spoofing himself and playing kind of a mentor. Watching him saying wise lines was the weirdest comedy this movie got! I think he was brought because at one "old" point he used to be for the 90s's twenty-something youth, so the movie's leads, including the movie-makers maybe—an idol. And not anyone, he's a one that got lost. Or in another word, the one who the losers love, feeling lucky and successful compared to him. That's a little of bad tasting. But it's this movie's way to honor the 1980s while sneering at it too.Wanna know the truth : (A Night at the Roxbury) isn't an evening to drive you crazy, yet it's well goofy Hollywood comedy to rent in any night. It's diverting 90 minutes. A lot of smiles but not laughs. And the best about it is its ruling childish sense. True that the end was very easy, but that's usual in a light joke of a movie like this, where the word "Hollywood" means "Feel Good" mood or dreamy optimistic time, to soothe the remains of the day a bit. And thank god that it didn't lean to ugly jokes or scenes intensely, having a story about 2 brothers who back up each other's ugliness and dumbness; this is part of the reason why (ANATR) isn't an easily forgettable stuff. One last reason for liking this movie : with Haddaway's What Is Love, No Mercy's Where Do You Go, Ace of Base's Beautiful Life and more; the soundtrack is a terrific piece of nostalgia for the 1990s if you were a regular dancer in that era's nightclubs, or just someone used to listen A LOT to the radio back then!
