My Big Fat Independent Movie

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My Big Fat Independent Movie

R

Released Mar 4, 2005

1h 20m

Comedy

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Two talkative hit men cross paths with a musician and a lonely cashier (Paget Brewster).

Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

This low-budget effort lacks the wit necessary to sustain its brief 80-minute running time.

Dec 29, 2005

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

My Big Fat Independent Movie is a frenetic attempt to spoof every major art-house film of the last decade.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 28, 2005

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

This painfully unfunny spoof promises to do for independent movies what Airplane! did for disaster movies, but mostly what My Big Fat Independent Movie does is demonstrate the ineptitude of its makers.

Rated: 1/4

Nov 28, 2005

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...unrelentingly amateurish...

Rated: 1/4

Jan 14, 2006

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide

The juvenile gags seem aimed at moviegoers who hate the whole idea of independent/art/foreign-language films and the stuck-up eggheads who like them -- so what's the point?

Rated: 1/4

Nov 30, 2005

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

Hilarious parody of contemporary indie cinema.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 24, 2005

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This is one of the few spoof movies that you really don't get the jokes unless you've seen the movies they're making fun of. Essentials to see before this movie are Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Memento, Amelie, and Swingers. Some movies like Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Run Lola Run are important too for the occasional joke. But if you're familiar with these movies, this is hilarious.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Watch it once. And then don't ever watch it again.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

As almost every spoof movie in the past 20 years, this movie fails miserably. The secret to the spoof is simple: great cast + a good story that makes fun of, but is never dependent, on the "source" material. This movie has neither.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

This movie is pretty entertaining. I haven't seen it in a while, but I remember actually enjoy this take on the "____ movie" franchise! :)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

This was actually a decent spoof. The Friedberg/Seltzer movies always made me groan and roll me eyes. This movie: got some big laughs, some chuckles, some "hehs". And I've seen all these movies they do. It was pretty amusing.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Zero stars.Do not waste your time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Synopsis

Two talkative hit men cross paths with a musician and a lonely cashier (Paget Brewster).

Director: Philip Zlotorynski
Producer: Chris Gore
Screenwriter: Adam Schwartz, Chris Gore
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 4, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 25, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.7K
Runtime: 1h 20m