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Gold Diggers

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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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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 Full Review 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 Full Review Hank Sartin Chicago Reader Nothing's quite so painful as failed comedy, and this atrocity is equivalent to a compound fracture. Jan 5, 2007 Full Review David Cornelius eFilmCritic.com There's bad, there's unwatchable, and then there's National Lampoon. Rated: 1/5 Mar 29, 2005 Full Review 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 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...shockingly unfunny... Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 25, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C Funny in 1 hour and 27 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $403,200.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/19/25 Full Review thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é ruim, as cenas sao fracas, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, a história é fraca, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes para fazer o filme ser bom, mesmo com cenas picantes. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/02/25 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member The least funny PG-13 comedy movie ever, LOL. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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Movie Info

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
Production Co
Voyage Entertainment, Winston Davis and Associates, National Lampoon, Delfino Entertainment
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