Gold Diggers

PG-13

Released Jun 15, 2003

1h 27m

Comedy

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44 Reviews

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5,000+ Ratings

Calvin (Will Friedle) and Leonard (Chris Owen), two broke losers, are arrested for trying to rob rich old sisters Doris (Louise Lasser) and Betty (Renee Taylor). The women have a change of heart, drop the charges and invite the the boys over to their mansion. Calvin decides he and Leonard should marry the women, and, when they soon die, live off the inheritance. The ladies, however, have run into their own financial troubles and wed the boys with plans of murdering them for insurance money.

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Critics Consensus

It aspires to Farrelly-level offensiveness, but the PG-13 rating and a dearth of decent gags renders Gold Diggers tame, toothless, and dull.

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Justin Chang

Variety

By turns pointless and pointlessly mean-spirited.

Mar 31, 2009

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Time Out

The single punch line that sparks genuine laughter comes three minutes into the film; after that, these marriages are made in comedy hell.

Aug 16, 2007

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Hank Sartin

Chicago Reader

Nothing's quite so painful as failed comedy, and this atrocity is equivalent to a compound fracture.

Jan 5, 2007

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David Cornelius

eFilmCritic.com

There's bad, there's unwatchable, and then there's National Lampoon.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 29, 2005

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Scott Weinberg

DVD Clinic

Truly this is one of the most off-putting, unpleasant and earth-shatteringly unfunny "comedies" I've ever seen.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 29, 2005

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...shockingly unfunny...

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 25, 2005

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Demented N

Two stars for the two female stars National Lampoon's don't make good movies just how it is. This movie could have been ok but it was done and slapstick and bad it had a pretty decent cast just no plot .... if they focused more on the criss-cross murder plot it would of been Better. Its a 0 star movie but 2 stars just for the girls.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/07/23

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grace S

This movie made me shart its so bad

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/31/23

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Audience Member

The least funny PG-13 comedy movie ever, LOL.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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jonathan m

It gets 2 stars for the two female leads because they are classic legend Hollywood Stars, as for everything else I can't erase what I seen, there is some funny parts with Rene but Rene is naturally funny and every time I see her I just think of the Nanny. Basically the ending of the film where she is sexy dancing to My Boy Lollipop that is the funniest part she made so many sex jokes on the Nanny innuendos I mean when I seen her dancing to this with the cigarette I instantly thought of Morty and Sylvia her character from the Nanny. Even in a pile of dung there is some good and I do think the two female leads Louise and and Renee had good on-screen chemistry the script was just garbage.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

National Lampoon's have done much better comedies and this film's plot is ridiculous but I have to admit that I did laugh at some elements here. Will Friedle does well as a leading man in this movie and clearly tries to step out of his Eric Matthews character from Boy Meets World. It does go way over the top and tries to be as offensive as American Pie with Chris Owen who played Sherman in American Pie cast in Gold Diggers. I did laugh quite a bit here though and if you enjoy over the top comedies then this is for you.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

I am not sure why I even spent the time to watch this movie, but I knew what I was getting into.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Gary Preisler

Director

Will Friedle

Calvin Menhoffer

Chris Owen

Leonard Smallwood

Louise Lasser

Doris Mundt

Renee Taylor

Betty Mundt

Nikki Ziering

Charlene

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Synopsis

Calvin (Will Friedle) and Leonard (Chris Owen), two broke losers, are arrested for trying to rob rich old sisters Doris (Louise Lasser) and Betty (Renee Taylor). The women have a change of heart, drop the charges and invite the the boys over to their mansion. Calvin decides he and Leonard should marry the women, and, when they soon die, live off the inheritance. The ladies, however, have run into their own financial troubles and wed the boys with plans of murdering them for insurance money.

Director: Gary Preisler
Producer: Amy Greenspun, Gary Preisler, Don Ashley
Screenwriter: Michael Canale, Gary Preisler
Distributor: Lady Killers Productions LLC
Rating: PG-13 (Crude Humor|Some Drug Related Material|Sexual Humor)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 15, 2003, Original
Release Date (DVD): Jul 12, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA): $403.2K
Runtime: 1h 27m