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My Big Fat Independent Movie

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23% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 32% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Two talkative hit men cross paths with a musician and a lonely cashier (Paget Brewster).

Critics Reviews

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Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 12/29/2005
This low-budget effort lacks the wit necessary to sustain its brief 80-minute running time. Go to Full Review
Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 11/28/2005
2/5
My Big Fat Independent Movie is a frenetic attempt to spoof every major art-house film of the last decade. Go to Full Review
Lou Lumenick New York Post 11/28/2005
1/4
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. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 01/14/2006
1/4
...unrelentingly amateurish... Go to Full Review
Maitland McDonagh TV Guide 11/30/2005
1/4
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? Go to Full Review
Phil Hall Film Threat 11/24/2005
2.5/5
Hilarious parody of contemporary indie cinema. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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07/10/2012 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. See more 07/01/2012 Watch it once. And then don't ever watch it again. See more 07/04/2010 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. See more 05/19/2010 This movie is pretty entertaining. I haven't seen it in a while, but I remember actually enjoy this take on the "____ movie" franchise! :) See more 07/13/2009 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. See more 07/08/2009 Zero stars.Do not waste your time. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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