Meet the Spartans

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Meet the Spartans

PG-13

Released Jan 25, 2008

1h 24m

Comedy

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When Xerxes (Ken Davitian), the evil god king of Persia, sends his massive army to Sparta, King Leonidas (Sean Maguire) and 13 strapping warriors rise up to defend their homeland. Leonidas, Captain (Kevin Sorbo) and the rest face down dancing Persians, bad punch-lines and celebrity look-alikes.

Critics Consensus

A tired, unfunny, offensive waste of time, Meet the Spartans scrapes the bottom of the cinematic barrel.

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Simon Braund

Empire Magazine

Obviously, it's rubbish.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 20, 2008

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

To devote an entire feature film to making fun of another film's universally acknowledged gay subtext seems to me good cause for said filmmakers to have a sit-down with their muse, because somebody's been sleeping on the job.

Rated: 0/5

Feb 1, 2008

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Clark Collis

Entertainment Weekly

The result in Meet the Spartans is less classic Mel Brooks than middling Best Week Ever.

Rated: C+

Jan 30, 2008

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

The world's worst parody movie.

Rated: 1/5

Jun 27, 2022

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

This is one occasion, however, when sticking around to the very end does not have its rewards.

Rated: .5/4.0

Sep 16, 2020

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Ben Rawson-Jones

Digital Spy

Meet The Spartans? For those unlucky enough to be lured into the cinema, there's every chance you'll be wanting to meet your maker instead.

Rated: 1/5

Jul 14, 2011

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庭瑋許

I’m offended that whoever made this movie thinks this is watchable. Almost broke up with my boyfriend bc he thinks it’s tolerable. (I’m not offended by the humor, I’m offended that people think this is humor. It’s like laughing at the word poop when I was five.)

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/05/24

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Davide C

Demential nonsense trash movie, the only instance someone would watch it is with friends who know the og movie and want to laugh at the dumbest nonsense. And that's what we did. Perfect for such evenings.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/03/24

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Timur, Chi, T, Samilia, Tangram and Samil M

It's definitely rubbish.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/16/24

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Test T

I watched this on DVD recently. Some might say it needs work, while others think it's complete nonsense. I approached it with an open mind, hoping to find some positives. It's not easy with a film like this, but occasionally the satire underpinning the rediculousness can be mildly amusing. Unfortunately, this rapidly wears thin and after about 30 minutes I was increasingly tempted to turn it off. I can't recommend it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/12/24

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SNDN

Other people might not like the crude humor but I enjoyed it. It's a blast from the past and is a movie that would probably be canceled in today's age. 10/10

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Scat S

I'm honestly shocked by the Low score on this. I thought the move was hilarious, funny and clever. Perhaps the folks who low rated it, are a bit tender in their sensibilities and are hurt and offended by comedy. If you like old school cheeseball comedy spoofs (from the 70's and 80's), you'll love this…..don't be scared to laugh!!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/24

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Jason Friedberg

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Aaron Seltzer

Director

Sean Maguire

Leonidas

Carmen Electra

Queen Margo

Ken Davitian

Xerxes

Kevin Sorbo

Captain

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Synopsis

When Xerxes (Ken Davitian), the evil god king of Persia, sends his massive army to Sparta, King Leonidas (Sean Maguire) and 13 strapping warriors rise up to defend their homeland. Leonidas, Captain (Kevin Sorbo) and the rest face down dancing Persians, bad punch-lines and celebrity look-alikes.

Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Producer: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer, Peter Safran
Screenwriter: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: New Regency Pictures, Regency Enterprises
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Crude and Sexual Content|Some Comic Violence)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Filipino
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 25, 2008, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $38.2M
Runtime: 1h 24m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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