Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 92
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 64
There are some laughs, but not enough to sustain the running time.
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 24
There are some laughs, but not enough to sustain the running time.
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Movie Info
A rich kid who likes to pretend he's from the wrong side of the tracks gets a taste of the real thing in this comedy. Brad Gluckman (Jamie Kennedy) is the son of a wealthy and socially prominent couple (Ryan O'Neal and Bo Derek) and grew up in the lap of luxury in Malibu, CA. However, Brad likes to imagine he's a street-smart gangsta from the mean streets of L.A., and he's been trying to launch a career as a hardcore rapper under the name "B-Rad." Mr. Gluckman is running for Governor of
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Cast
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Jamie Kennedy
Brad Gluckman -
Taye Diggs
Sean -
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Regina Hall
Shondra -
Blair Underwood
Tom Gibbsons -
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Ryan O'Neal
Bill Gluckman -
Bo Derek
Bess Gluckman -
Jeffrey Tambor
Dr. Feldman -
Kal Penn
Hadji -
Nick Swardson
Mocha -
Keili Lefkowitz
Monster -
Kellie Martin
Jen -
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Howard Mann
Uncle Louie -
Curtis Blanck
13 yr. Old Brad -
Tristan Jarred
7 yr. Old Brad -
Kody Coye
Toddler Brad -
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Terry Crews
8 Ball -
Tory Kittles
Deuce -
Noel Guglielmi
Snuffy -
Rey Gallegos
Loc -
Damion Poitier
Tec's Crew -
Jo Deodato Clark
Saleswoman -
Suzy Nakamura
Reporter -
Snoop Dogg
Ronnie Rizzat -
James Kiriyama Lem
Korean Man -
Felli Fel
Himself -
Hi-C
Himself -
Young Dre
Himself -
Bigg Steele
Himself -
Drop Da Bomb
Himself -
Hal Fishman
Himself -
Big Boy
Himself -
Keesha Sharp
Sister #1 -
Rhona L. Bennett
Sister #2 -
Ken Lawson
African American Aid -
Sarah Thompson
Krista the Barista -
Michael Quill
Mike the Reporter -
Christa Campbell
Angry Feminist -
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Ecco Morgan
Sandy -
Nikki Martinez
Escalade Dancer #1 -
Mary Nelson
Escalade Dancer #2
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All Critics (107) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (64) | DVD (14)
Most Wanted isn't aiming for social commentary, but it isn't too difficult to enjoy its good-natured humor.
Top CriticJamie Kennedy's B-Rad is based on a character from his TV show -- and as the centerpiece for a sketch, he's hilarious. But the B-Rad joke wears thin when stretched across a feature-length film.
Wanted isn't quite the real Slim Shady of hip-hop comedies. But you might lose yourself in a few of its amusing moments.
Think of a B-grade Bulworth with lesser talents than A-listers Warren Beatty and Halle Berry.
Maybe in a half-hour format, the idea would stand up. But in a feature film, B-Rad's schtick seems like a one-note song.
The Jamie Kennedy comedy vehicle Malibu's Most Wanted faces a seemingly insurmountable problem: It's really a lot better when Kennedy isn't on screen.
Dumb movie, but some funny moments for teens.
Ryan O'Neal gets more laughs in a few scenes than Chris Rock managed in all of Head of State.
Jamie Kennedy needs to be stopped.
The movie flirts with incisive, witty segments, but it's ultimately yet another anti-inflammatory comedy about racial identity that devolves into a one-joke affair.
Malibu's Most Wanted absconds with a simplistic but imaginative plot and elevates it beyond the realm of sketch comedy into legitimate cinematic territory - for real, y'all.
Not as inspired as White Boyz.
I laughed during the whole movie...the trick to stupid comedy is earnestness - these guys have that out the wazoo.
The problem with Most Wanted has plagued most of the Saturday Night Live movies. What's funny in a five-minute sketch, may not be funny for an hour and a half.
The funniest part of the movie are the out-takes at the end, but those aren't worth the price of admission, wait for the DVD.
Audience Reviews for Malibu's Most Wanted
Super Reviewer
A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.
REVIEW
Great premise, but they managed to muck it up. This flick was big on stereotypes; small on imagination. A lot of the humor was sophomoric and crass; indicating a not- too - mature writing staff. Some adult supervision would have greatly enhanced this predictable bore. The casting was great - all the main characters were quite capable and the movie did have its moments. Jamie Kennedy had the rap-wannabe dialect down. The movie quickly became bogged down with racial stereotyping, however: hostile blacks, lots of guns, women as sex objects. This film had lots of potential - it just needed some direction and, in the end, originality. The word "bitch" was used so frequently as it would indicate that the script writer received royalties for it. "Bitch", "bee-och"; it quickly graduated from offensive to nauseating.
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- Brad Gluckman: Traffic traffic Looking for my chapstick Feeling kinda carsick There's a ford maverick.
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- PJ: Don't be hatin'.
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