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The Marc Pease Experience (2009)

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Average Rating:3.2/10

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Jason Schwartzman and Ben Stiller clash in this film from actor/director Todd Louiso (LOVE LIZA). Schwartzman stars as Marc Pease, a man desperate to bring his a cappella group to fame. He revisits... Jason Schwartzman and Ben Stiller clash in this film from actor/director Todd Louiso (LOVE LIZA). Schwartzman stars as Marc Pease, a man desperate to bring his a cappella group to fame. He revisits his high school and learns that his teenage girlfriend (ROCKET SCIENCE's Anna Kendrick) is in the midst of a secret romance with his former mentor (Stiller). With this discovery, chaos erupts against the backdrop of the opening night of the school's production of THE WIZ. [More]

Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller, Anna Kendrick

Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller, Anna Kendrick

Director: Todd Louiso

Director: Todd Louiso
Screenwriter: Jacob Koskoff, Todd Louiso
Producer: Michael London, Bruna Papandrea, David Rubin

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Dec 8, 2009

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Louiso’s misfiring comedy feels less like a comic feast than a thrown-together assemblage of haphazardly nuked leftovers.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
08/27/09
Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

It’s badly written and inertly directed, with actors who don’t have a clue what drives their characters.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
08/20/09
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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No character is worth caring about, worth pitying, worth paying attention to; no dilemma they face is too petty.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
12/17/09
William Goss
William Goss
Cinematical

so bereft of anything close to humor that one wonders if it was even meant to be a comedy in the first place.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
08/20/09
Bill Gibron
Bill Gibron
Filmcritic.com

As pointless and obnoxious as someone pulling on your ears.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
08/20/09
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

This is a slight and unessential picture, but its quirky, compassionate tone seems destined to attract a cult following, and members of high-school drama clubs everywhere will be riveted.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
08/21/09
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald

The film is an all-you-can-eat buffet of mediocrity. A spiraling vortex of boredom. A deflated Whoopee cushion.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
08/21/09
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Consider: A bad movie about cheesy a cappella and awful musical theater. What could be more excruciating?

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
08/20/09
David Hiltbrand
David Hiltbrand
Philadelphia Inquirer
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The Marc Pease Experience is likable enough; it's just no Rushmore.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
08/21/09
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

No wonder Paramount Vantage decided to bury this.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
08/29/09
Austin Kennedy
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

If anyone were going to like The Marc Pease Experience, it would be me, and I didn't.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
08/21/09
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Like Schwartzman, Stiller devotes aptly excessive attention to the portrayal of a character too invested in trivial pursuits himself. It's the movie's one decent joke, but, in the absence of laughs, the most the actors can draw from it is a mere grin.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
08/24/09
Rob Nelson
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