Epic Movie (2007)

User Rating:

2.2/10   

Directors:

Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer

Writers (WGA):

Jason Friedberg (written by) &
Aaron Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

26 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

We Know It's Big. We Measured.

Plot:

A comedic satire of films that are large in scope, reputation and popularity

Plot Keywords:

Orphan | White Bitch | Mutant | Factory | Pirate

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Kal Penn	...	Edward
Adam Campbell	...	Peter
Jennifer Coolidge	...	White Bitch
Jayma Mays	...	Lucy
Faune A. Chambers	...	Susan (as Faune Chambers)
Crispin Glover	...	Willy
Tony Cox	...	Bink
Héctor Jiménez	...	Mr. Tumnus (as Hector Jimenez)
Darrell Hammond	...	Captain Jack Swallows
Carmen Electra	...	Mystique
Fred Willard	...	Aslo
David Carradine	...	Museum Curator
Kevin McDonald	...	Harry Potter
George Alvarez	...	Ron
Crista Flanagan	...	Hermoine

Also Known As:

Bob Bailey (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and some comic violence.

Runtime:

86 min | 93 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-13 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43041) | Spain:18 | Norway:11 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Netherlands:12 | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:M18 (unrated version) | Portugal:M/12 | UK:12A | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 (video release) | Germany:12 (also unrated version) | South Korea:18 (unrated version) | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Regency Pictures

Trivia:

Not screened for critics.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Edward drinks what he thinks is chocolate from the sewer line, his face is drenched in the brown liquid. When he comes over near Willy just seconds later, his face is clean.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: This is the story of four orphans brought together by fate. They didn't know it yet, but there was something more greater in store for them, something epic.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Soundtrack:

Promiscuous

Please refer to reviews on Date Movie

Some movies are funny, some are not. This movie may be funny to you, if you liked Date Movie, since both films are pretty much the same in cast and script quality.

Epic Movie is a loosely strung together collection of slap-stick comedy sketches based on various epic movies (Pirates of the Caribbean, Nacho Libre, Chronicles of Narnia, X-Men, Superman, etc...) so it's probably helpful if you have seen a few of the epics this movie takes off at, to understand the jokes used. (If you've seen the clips during MTV video awards, you get the idea on the kind of jokes I'm referring to). Epic Movie tries to cash in on the Scary Movie, Date Movie, "Movie" Movie franchise, but doesn't measure up to the originality shown in the Scary Movie series.

It doesn't take a genius to recommend that you save your box-office ticket money, and if you're interested, wait for the DVD, since this isn't an essential big screen movie.