Movie 43
Thirteen directors team up with an eclectic mass of all-star actors and actresses in this hefty collection of R-rated comedic shorts. Cast includes Emma Stone, Hugh Jackman, Uma Thurman, Halle Berry, Gerard Butler, Richard Gere, Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts, Chloë Grace Moretz and Stephen Merchant.
Director and producer Peter Farrelly can explain it best: "Movie 43 is the brain child of Charlie Wessler, who produces lots of our movies. Basically, he wanted to do a Kentucky Fried Movie type of movie with a bunch of shorts... So Movie 43 is that kind of movie with a wrap-around, and the wrap-around is: two 15-year-old stoners and their 11-year-old egghead brother/computer whiz, who are trying to find the elusive Movie 43.
"It’s the most banned movie in the world. It was banned in all countries because it’s so subversive. They are trying to find it on the internet. They keep breaking into other banned sites and movie archives and finding these other shorts. After every two or three movies, you come back to these kids who are still looking, but someone is trying to stop them from finding Movie 43 and that starts turning."
- Director:
- Elizabeth BanksSteven BrillSteve CarrRusty CundieffJames DuffyGriffin DunnePeter FarrellyPatrik ForsbergJames GunnBob OdenkirkBrett RatnerWill GrahamJonathan van Tulleken
- Writer:
- Rocky RussoJeremy SosenkoPatrik Forsberg
- Cast:
- Emma StoneChloë Grace MoretzGerard ButlerHugh JackmanElizabeth BanksKristen BellKate WinsletNaomi WattsAnna FarisKate BosworthUma ThurmanSeann William ScottJustin LongRichard GereJason SudeikisLiev SchreiberKieran CulkinPatrick WarburtonJohnny KnoxvilleTony ShalhoubHalle BerryChris PrattChristopher Mintz-PlasseJosh DuhamelCommonGreg KinnearDennis QuaidJ.B. SmooveStephen Merchant
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressAn appalling misfire that tries and fails to evoke the anything-goes spirit of such '70s sketch-comedy concoctions as "The Groove Tube" and "Kentucky Fried Movie."
Total Film
pressQuite why A-listers Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman and Emma Stone (among others) aligned themselves with this excruciatingly moronic compilation of shorts is anybody's guess.
Time Out
pressAs sick-making sketch comedies go, this stupefyingly bad one - somehow rife with A-list talent - must rank near the very bottom.
Los Angeles Times
pressHow many directors does it take to screw in a star-studded piece of aggressive stupidity and call it a movie? An even dozen, and there is no punch line.
-Movie 43- Ha ha ha, really, thats about it! Its crazy like 'Jackass', silly like 'Scary Movie' or 'Date Movie' and if you dont mind laughing at obsenities, pathic jokes, and the most ludicrus storyline, then this is sooo the movie for you. With more starts than 'New Years Eve' but actually I was suprised to enjoy it way more! I couldnt give you any...
Variety
pressAn appalling misfire that tries and fails to evoke the anything-goes spirit of such '70s sketch-comedy concoctions as "The Groove Tube" and "Kentucky Fried Movie."
Total Film
pressQuite why A-listers Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman and Emma Stone (among others) aligned themselves with this excruciatingly moronic compilation of shorts is anybody's guess.
Time Out
pressAs sick-making sketch comedies go, this stupefyingly bad one - somehow rife with A-list talent - must rank near the very bottom.
Los Angeles Times
pressHow many directors does it take to screw in a star-studded piece of aggressive stupidity and call it a movie? An even dozen, and there is no punch line.
-Movie 43- Ha ha ha, really, thats about it! Its crazy like 'Jackass', silly like 'Scary Movie' or 'Date Movie' and if you dont mind laughing at obsenities, pathic jokes, and the most ludicrus storyline, then this is sooo the movie for you. With more starts than 'New Years Eve' but actually I was suprised to enjoy it way more! I couldnt give you any...
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