Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

The Marc Pease Experience

Play trailer Poster for The Marc Pease Experience PG-13 Released Aug 21, 2009 1h 20m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
18% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 14% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A limousine driver (Jason Schwartzman) who once starred in high-school musicals hopes to cut an album, despite constant reminders of a humiliating incident from the past.
Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

Where to Watch

The Marc Pease Experience

Critics Reviews

View All (11) Critics Reviews
Nathan Rabin AV Club Louiso's misfiring comedy feels less like a comic feast than a thrown-together assemblage of haphazardly nuked leftovers. Rated: D+ Aug 27, 2009 Full Review Rob Nelson Variety Like Schwartzman, Stiller devotes aptly excessive attention to the portrayal of a character too invested in trivial pursuits himself. It's the movie's one decent joke, but, in the absence of laughs, the most the actors can draw from it is a mere grin. Aug 24, 2009 Full Review Moira MacDonald Seattle Times The Marc Pease Experience is likable enough; it's just no Rushmore. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 21, 2009 Full Review William Goss Cinematical No character is worth caring about, worth pitying, worth paying attention to; no dilemma they face is too petty. Dec 17, 2009 Full Review Austin Kennedy Sin Magazine No wonder Paramount Vantage decided to bury this. Rated: 1/4 Aug 29, 2009 Full Review Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald This is a slight and unessential picture, but its quirky, compassionate tone seems destined to attract a cult following, and members of high-school drama clubs everywhere will be riveted. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 21, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View All (93) audience reviews
Jon S I watched this movie on holiday in Mexico. It was on one of the channels in my room with Spanish subtitles. I’d never heard of it but liked the look of the cast. Going for a swim now Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/24/24 Full Review Audience Member It's actually a good movie. It has a suitable length (about 80 minutes), which I like. The storyline is nice and simple. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review don s This is really lame. A former high school acapella singer bombs in the school play. He spends his early adulthood dating a high school girl, trying to gain the attention of his former music teacher (who is cozying up to the girlfriend), and losing members of his acapella band, Meridian 8, which is now down to 4 members. There is little story, there is little comedy (okay, none if you ask me), and there is no point to the whole thing. Stiller is terrible. Anna Kendrick, however, still qualifies as cute as a button. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review camille l Un film qui parle de groupe a capella et de The Wiz avec Anna Kendrick et Ben Stiller? J'en suis. Malheureusement, The Marc Pease Experience est une comédie douce-amère plus fade qu'autre chose avec un abominablement geignard Jason Schwartzmann en tête d'affiche et un scénario aux abonnés absents tant le manque d'enjeux dramatiques se fait sentir au bout de quelques minutes. Le supporting cast est aussi exécrable que les protagonistes principaux et le film manque cruellement de rythme et de punch, ce qui est malheureux vu qu'il ne dure que 85 minutes. Rien ne vaut le coup dans cet océan de médiocrité qui ne fait rien de mal, mais rien de bien. The Marc Pease Experience est passé inaperçu à sa sortie aux US et ne mérite que cela. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member It starts off on a slow note and though a few moments seem to pick up, the film just isn't enjoyable. The jokes are humorless and it was overall pointless. Had the actors been given proper insight into the characters and then been allowed to continue development from how they see the character, as successful films accomplish, it would have turned out better. However, the directing was still bad and the concept even worse. I had high hopes for the movie, and it completely failed. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member An odd unfunny comedy that isn't unentertaining while at the same time not really entertaining either. The Marc Pease Experience is just one of those films that will be watched and than quickly forgotten and in a way being so plain isn't necessarily a good thing while not really being a bad thing. Stiller is not anywhere near his comical best which is a shame considering this film could have used a Stiller over the top performance if for nothing else than to make it stand apart. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
The Marc Pease Experience

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

The Winning Season 52% 54% The Winning Season Watchlist Full of It 6% 45% Full of It Watchlist It's Kind of a Funny Story 59% 66% It's Kind of a Funny Story Watchlist I Can Do Bad All By Myself 62% 81% I Can Do Bad All By Myself Watchlist The Open Road 29% 25% The Open Road Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis A limousine driver (Jason Schwartzman) who once starred in high-school musicals hopes to cut an album, despite constant reminders of a humiliating incident from the past.
Director
Todd Louiso
Producer
David Rubin, Michael London, Bruna Papandrea
Screenwriter
Jacob Koskoff, Todd Louiso
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Vantage, Paramount Pictures International, Groundswell Productions
Rating
PG-13 (Brief Sexual Material)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 21, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.6K
Runtime
1h 20m
Most Popular at Home Now