Bag Boy

PG-13

2007

1h 34m

Comedy

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18%

Audience Score

500+ Ratings

Phil Piedmonstein (Paul Campbell) is the best bag boy at his local grocery store, but that doesn't stop a rival bag boy (Robert Hoffman) and his boss (Larry Miller) from a nearby supermarket from taunting Phil. Encouraged by his friends and fellow supermarket workers (Josh Dean, Nick Lashaway, Wesley Jonathan), Phil decides to enter the international competitive bagging championship. With the help of his boss (Dennis Farina), Phil might just have a chance at winning.

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Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

The best, best things about Bag Boy is a script that is treated as drama, a cast that excels in deadpan humour and a dry, absurdist sense of fun

Sep 18, 2008

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Jeff Vice

Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

Bag Boy, the latest film produced and released by the once-proud National Lampoon organization, was shot and set in Utah. Thankfully, it won't be seen by enough audiences to damage the state's reputation.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 3, 2008

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Sean P. Means

Salt Lake Tribune

Anything that might have been appealing in this movie... is overwhelmed by a script devoid of jokes and skirting the edge of salaciousness without, alas, ever tipping over.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 28, 2008

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Original but pretty damn boring.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Once upon a time the National Lampoon's branding was a sure thing when it came to selecting a comedy. Titles like Animal House, Vacation and Class Reunion cemented their cred in the genre... but the cement got soggy and their name all but guaranteed a terrible movie... crud like Golf Punks, Senior Trip and Men In White. Eye Curumba!!!! And every now and then a few half decent ones slip thru the cracks, like Val Wilder, Going The Distance and Homo Erectus. So there you are, I've listed a string of National Lampoon's movies and you get the gist of their schtick (if you didn't already). And so I just watched Bagboy. It's about a supermarket bag boy who, with the guidance of his store manager, competes for the national bagging championships. Stupid stuff but strangely amusing. Watching it reminded me a lot of the Farrelly Brother's movie Kingpin. And then midway through the movie, low and behold, a character from Kingpin shows up and reflects back on events from that movie. WTF? Then I read up to discover that Bagboy was written and directed by the guy who wrote Kingpin and that this is a spin-off of sorts... the same universe and all that. So yeah, it's a stupid movie but has it's moments. Lots of gags miss the mark but enough of them strike bullseye to have kept me watching. It's certainly not worth rushing out to see (as if anyone would) but it is worth your time if you're couch surfing a stumble upon it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Really nothing more than a rehash of the funnier (although still pointlessly stupid) "Employee of the Month". C'mon National Lampoon, nobody expects you to deliver Oscar caliber drama, but at least be original!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Better than average National Lampoon film, sincere performances from an appealing cast, a few laughs too along the way, but still routine stuff.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

seriously....grocery bagging???

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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jesse d

A movie about bagging groceries? ......Why not?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Dennis Farina

Marty Engstrom

Paul Campbell

Phil Piedmonstein

Marika Dominczyk

Bambi Strasinsky

Josh Dean

Freddy

Robert Hoffman

Clyde 'Windmill' Wynorski

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Synopsis

Phil Piedmonstein (Paul Campbell) is the best bag boy at his local grocery store, but that doesn't stop a rival bag boy (Robert Hoffman) and his boss (Larry Miller) from a nearby supermarket from taunting Phil. Encouraged by his friends and fellow supermarket workers (Josh Dean, Nick Lashaway, Wesley Jonathan), Phil decides to enter the international competitive bagging championship. With the help of his boss (Dennis Farina), Phil might just have a chance at winning.

Director: Mort Nathan
Producer: Zen Gesner, Barry Layne
Screenwriter: Hans Rodionoff, Mort Nathan
Production Co: National Lampoon Productions, Conundrum Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Some Drug References|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 2, 2016
Runtime: 1h 34m

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