Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 89
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 61
This undercooked, sporadically funny road movie is a sop to Star Wars fanatics, but the uninitiated will find little to enjoy.
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 20
This undercooked, sporadically funny road movie is a sop to Star Wars fanatics, but the uninitiated will find little to enjoy.
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A fanatical group of Star Wars devotees travel across the country on a mission to steal a print of Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace from Skywalker Ranch and become the first fans to see the film in a rowdy, sci-fi-flavored road comedy starring Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, and Kristen Bell. Carrie Fisher, William Shatner, and Ray Park turn up for cameos in the one comedy that truly understands the fanboy mindset. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Jul 31, 2008 Wide
May 19, 2009
$0.5M
The Weinstein Co.
All Critics (89) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (61) | DVD (3)
Buoyed by infectious high spirits and self-deprecating humour, the film works in strange and perhaps unintentional ways, thanks largely to the sustained energy of the lead actors, and writers Ernest Cline and Adam F. Goldberg.
Turns out there is something more annoying than an infatuated bunch of Star Wars nerds. Turns out a movie about an infatuated bunch of Star Wars nerds can really set your teeth on edge.
It was a great premise, it just unfortunately did not come together.
A lot of promise here, no execution.
Any film that turns R2-D2 into a lusty anatomical nickname can't be all bad.
Fanboys is pretty much for fanboys.
Overly concerned with making a film about the fans for the fans, but they forgot to ask, is it any good?
in a manner that is both thoroughly entertaining and slyly confronting, FanBoys ends up being an affectionate lampoon of its own viewers and the lives that they live through the movies that they watch.
Those unsure of what a scruffy nerfherder is or what the planet Kashyyyk represents in the broader Star Wars universe will probably want to sit this one out.
For those who get a gag like 'Looking for love in Alderaan places?' you don't have to worry if the movie is on your level or not.
...the film really only works in fits and starts...
At times the structure labours, but ultimately Fanboys rises above routine Hollywood fare because it never makes fun of the people it represents.
I have never not laughed so much since I saw "Gone Fishin'"...
What if the movie sucks?
Fanboys does have a heart buried under all that dandruff and sexual frustration.
Fanboys kind of made me want to stop being one.
The humor is fast and furious, especially the ingrained hatred between fans of "Star Wars" and "Star Trek."
That the boys are so earnest in their dedication to the Star Wars oeuvre signals their stunted adolescence.
Pretty funny, as long as it focuses on geek-specific references ('Hey, it's Willow's spell book!').
This comedy combines two things I love into one heavenly mix. One being road trip movies, and the other a certain space opera by the incomprehensible George Lucas. And if there's one thing I can't enough of (whether it be for tribute, satire or a little bit of both), it's Star Wars-inspired stories. This one in
May 16, 2009Super Reviewer
Hutch: Nobody calls Han Solo a bitch! "Real fans don't wait in line."Fanboys is a decent comedy at best, but I have to say I really enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun. I'm not what you would call a fanboy by any stretch. I've seen and love the original trilogy, but a lot of the references were lost on me, as I haven't
December 26, 2011
Super Reviewer
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