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Corky Romano (2001)

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Reviews Counted:82

Fresh:4

Rotten:78

Average Rating:2.8/10

Consensus: Corky Romano continues the trend of bad movies featuring SNL members. The jokes are tired and unfunny, and the slapstick feels forced.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for drug and sex-related humor, and for language

Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Oct 12, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $23,023,734

Synopsis: Over the years, television's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE has been the playground and jumping off point for an impressive number of comic superstars who nimbly made the transition from television to the big... Over the years, television's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE has been the playground and jumping off point for an impressive number of comic superstars who nimbly made the transition from television to the big screen, including John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and Steve Martin. Recently that tradition has continued with the rising careers of funny men and women like Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, David Spade, and Molly Shannon. Chris Kattan is the newest SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE veteran to make the leap to film in this delirious screwball comedy. Kattan stars as CORKY ROMANO, a goofy misfit born into a powerful crime family who is rejected for being too normal and haplessly continues his life as a gentle veterinarian. One day Corky is shocked to receive a phone call from Pops (Peter Falk), his estranged Godfather-like father who is being indicted by the Grand Jury. It seems Corky is his father's last hope, he has hatched a plan to send his bumbling son undercover into the F.B.I. where he will be able to steal all evidence of his family's misdeeds. The only problem is: Corky's resume is desperately inflated by his intellectually challenged brothers (Chris Penn and Peter Berg) and the F.B.I. not only accepts him, they believe that he is speaks five languages and is Harvard-educated and is a super agent. Suddenly Kattan is forced to live up to his super-agent status, hunting down powerful drug lords and engaging in top-secret missions while he scrambles to find and destroy the evidence against his father. Kattan is a master of physical comedy, bumbling and goofing his way into the hearts of his coworkers who he miraculously impresses in this antic-filled Jerry Lewis-like performance. [More]

Starring: Chris Kattan, Richard Roundtree, Vinessa Shaw, Matthew Glave

Starring: Chris Kattan, Richard Roundtree, Vinessa Shaw, Matthew Glave, Dave Sheridan, Chris Penn, Peter Berg, Roger Fan

Director: Rob Pritts

Director: Rob Pritts
Screenwriter: David Garrett, Jason Ward
Producer: Robert Simonds, Tracey Trench
Composer: Randy Edelman
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

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May 14, 2002

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  • Corky Romano
  • Chris Kattan (A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY, TV's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE), Peter Falk (TV's COLUMBO), Peter Berg (COP LAND, TV's CHICAGO HOPE), and Chris Penn (RUSH HOUR) star in this hilarious, fish-out-of-water comedy caper from two of the producers of THE WATERBOY. Naive, bumbling Corky Romano (Kattan), the outcast son of a Mafia boss (Falk), is recruited by his family to infiltrate the FBI and steal any and all evidence that will put his cranky father in jail. But he's in way over his head when he's made out to be a super agent! It's a reputation he must live up to as he tries to fake his way through one tough assignment after another while hunting for the elusive incriminating proof of his father's illegal activities.
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    2/10

    Brian Orndorf

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    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 31 2007 03:21 AM

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    1/4

    Susan Stark

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    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 10 2007 03:50 AM

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    Lisa Alspector

    Unlike the pathetic protagonists of many a smart dumb comedy, Corky never becomes sympathetic, and without this fundamental irony the movie doesn't have a leg to stand on.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 28 2007 03:03 PM

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    Jeffrey Westhoff

    Although Corky Romano is not based on a Saturday Night Live sketch, it is still as dismal.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 30 2003 04:04 PM

    Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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    Kit Bowen

    Unfortunately, keeping Kattan in the forefront is also one of the main problems with the film.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 28 2003 08:02 AM

    Hollywood.com

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    0.5/5

    Kimberly Jones

    Chris Kattan should have been in silent comedy. He has the Silly Putty face of those old slapstick stars, and a sing-song, splitting-headache vox box that would have played much better in the silents.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 10 2003 08:12 AM

    Austin Chronicle

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    1/5

    John R. McEwen

    Somebody, somewhere, actually believed in this dreck.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 08 2003 08:06 AM

    Film Quips Online

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    2/5

    Michael Dequina

    Some of the silliness actually elicits laughter. Not terribly surprising, however, is that there's not enough of that laughter.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 08 2002 08:09 AM

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    Philip Martin

    ...as Townes Van Zandt sang, “Living’s mostly wastin’ time” anyway.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 30 2002 11:54 AM

    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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    Jean Lowerison

    Will somebody please offer Peter Falk a decent role? This 'crotchety old geezer' gig is getting tiresome.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 21 2002 08:05 AM

    San Diego Metropolitan

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    Stephen Himes

    Very, very bad.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 17 2002 08:05 AM

    Film Snobs

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    2/4

    David Nusair

    ...the majority of the jokes are obvious and crude.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 05 2002 09:28 AM

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    Astonishingly unoriginal, unevenly paced and often just plain dumb, this is one comedy that could easily be reclassified as a tragedy -- particularly for Kattan.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 17 2002 08:04 AM

    Urban Cinefile

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    Stick with the website.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 19 2002 08:04 AM

    Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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    3/10

    John J. Puccio

    ...his new FBI name is Corky Pissant, pronounced just the way it sounds, and the rest of the humor in the movie doesn't get any better.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 10 2002 04:36 PM

    DVDTown.com

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    2/4

    Blake French

    ...has a wacky side, but the wackiness does not tread outside the boundaries of the story.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 16 2002 03:59 PM

    NutzWorld

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    1.5/4

    Frank Ochieng

    The film is merely a myopic footnote that cannot match its own nonsensical raucous tone.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 04 2002 08:04 AM

    Movie Eye

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    Mark Dujsik

    There’s a difference between showmanship and showing off, and Kattan has not yet learned that.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 26 2002 08:04 AM

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    Michael Dequina

    It's surprising some of the silliness actually elicits laughter. Not terribly surprising, however, is that there's not enough of that laughter.

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 03 2002 02:58 AM

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    Ethan Alter

    How can you describe a movie that fails so completely in every possible way, its mere existence leaves you flummoxed?

    Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 09 2001 08:04 AM

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