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The Onion Movie
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List Price: $26.98
Our Price: $19.99
Your Save: $ 6.99 ( 26% )
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Len Cariou, Steven Seagal, Larissa Laskin, Abigail Mavity, Daniel Dae Kim
Directed By: Tom Kuntz, Mike Maguire, James Kleiner
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543518945
Format: AC-3
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-06-03
Running Time: 80
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Editorial Reviews:
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This just in...The Onion invades DVD! Based on the wildly popular newspaper hailed by The New Yorker as the funniest publication in the United States The Onion Movie brings you uncensored uninhibited UNRATED news and views from around the world. In a stunning development when Onion News anchorman Norm Archer (Len Cariou) is asked to compromise his journalistic integrity to please a new corporate sponsor he doesn t just get mad he gets...angry. Taking aim at pop stars prisoners peace talks and of course high-testosterone action films The Onion Movie delivers hard-hitting headlines and side-splitting laughs!System Requirements:Running Time: 80 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/PARODY & SPOOF Rating: NR UPC: 024543518945 Manufacturer No: 2251894
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Rent first
Comment: This movie has some funny parts but it is completely not worth buying. i would suggest to anyone to rent it or borrow it but dont waste your money buying it. I know my family watched it and laughed but it hasnt been seen again. Its a movie that doesnt hold your attention through the entire film but most parts are funny.
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Summary: Hilarious and to the point
Comment: This movie is not supposed to be taken seriously, so all you reviewers that give it a 2 star or less on grounds of it being less than stellar due to inconsistencies, immaturity, lack of plot or anything else, get over it. this movie is just a funny ride and does a great job of keeping you laughing. We had it on at my work and there was hardly a moment without laughter to be heard. So get over it, the movie rocks. Its a bunch of funny parodies compiled into one overarching slightly consistent story. its not supposed to be a cohesive plot driven movie and thats why its great.
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Summary: funny skits...short on plot
Comment: There are some very funny skits and satire in the Onion Movie. The Britney Spears spoof is one of the funnier things I've seen in a long time. The film is as politically incorrect as they come, and each individual skit stands on its own. However, throwing it all together into a movie doesn't quite work. The plot was weak, and the conclusion was goofy. This would've been much better as a collection of individual skits, much like SNL.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome
Comment: The Onion always tells it like it is while making it completely funny, they rule satire. Alot of the topics in this film are spot on, like the britney look alike is all fact, the "nigro" court case spoof is all fact made funny and spoofed to perfection. I can't wait for more of these awesome films. Very well done, and as the Onion always says it delivers the news and honest facts to the public.
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Summary: something to offend everyone
Comment: This is the kind of movie you either laugh a lot at or not at all. It depends on your mood and your tolerance for what one character described as potty humor thinly disguised as satire.
The opening of "The Onion Movie," leads viewers to believe that it's simply going to be a series of sketches strung together. But there is a plot of sorts. Longtime anchorman Norm Archer (played by Len Cariou) is forced to wage a lonely battle against the corporate sponsors who insist on plugging their products (with a cute electronic penguin), while he is trying to cover Important Issues. The young 'uns at the station find his position rather quaint, if not downright idiotic. Among the plugs is one for a Steven Seagal movie parody, featuring the actor himself. Meanwhile Archer covers more hard-hitting news stories such as the college student who attempts to mediate international peace talks with the help of weed; a Britney Spears-like diva who insists that her R-rated videos have nothing to do with sex; one man's doomed quest to buy the most up-to-date computer; and little known ethnic stereotypes.
Some of the sketches may make you cringe - there's one about a rape role playing game and one about Alzheimer's sufferers marching on Washington. I did like the one about the over-eager gamer who eventually gets transported to a fantasy world, and the athlete who overcomes both the loss of his legs and wrists to play professional ice hockey. Just don't expect nonstop laughs, but some parts are extremely clever. Again, I think it depends on your mood and tolerance for tastelessness.
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