Meet the Spartans

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Meet the Spartans

PG-13

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.

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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

03/20/2008

1/5

Obviously, it's rubbish.

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

02/01/2008

0/5

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.

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Clark Collis

Entertainment Weekly

01/30/2008

C+

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

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James Croot

The Post NZ

06/27/2022

1/5

The world's worst parody movie.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/16/2020

.5/4.0

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

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Ben Rawson-Jones

Digital Spy

07/14/2011

1/5

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.

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Forty P

Aug 20

Loved that parody movie! Stupid, but frickin' hilarious. Highly recommend it to anyone who needs a good laugh.

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The Maelstrom S

Aug 12

It is so fu¢king lame that even the brainde@d can't enjoy it. I have watched many parodies, but this is an insult to comedy.

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David W

Aug 9

Painfully unfunny and lame

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Lincoln R

Jul 28

Let’s get this to 20 percent!!!!

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Laura B

Jun 18

It is objectively awful, but at least it’s not disaster movie.

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Martha S

May 2

Parody movies are supposed to be goofy and wild. Yea it’s awful but in a good way. All the negative reviews make me enjoy this more, grow up and get that stick out of you know where.

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Jason Friedberg

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Aaron Seltzer

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Leonidas

Carmen Electra

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Ken Davitian

Xerxes

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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: Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Crude and Sexual Content|Some Comic Violence)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
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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