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Marci X (2003)

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Average Rating: 2.9/10
Reviews Counted: 53
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 48

The material is too thin for feature-length and the jokes are socially outdated and clueless.

14

Average Rating: 3.3/10
Critic Reviews: 14
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 12

The material is too thin for feature-length and the jokes are socially outdated and clueless.

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Average Rating: 2.3/5
User Ratings: 5,944

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Paul Rudnick provides the script for the Scott Rudin-produced comedy Marci X, directed by Richard Benjamin. The new song "Shoot Ya' Teacha" by controversial hardcore rapper Dr. S. (short for Dr. Snatchcatcher, played by Damon Wayans) causes a public outcry. The stress causes a heart attack for the owner of the hardcore rap record label Felony Assault (played by director Benjamin). It's up to his stylishly sunny daughter Marci (Lisa Kudrow) to take over his business. She tries to rescue the

R, 1 hr. 13 min.

Comedy

Paul Rudnick

Jan 20, 2004

$1.5M

Paramount Pictures

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All Critics (55) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (50) | DVD (10)

It's no masterpiece, but I found it consistently good-hearted and sometimes hilarious, and the sparse crowd I saw it with was laughing as much as I was, especially at the outrageous rap numbers.

February 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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If the context of Marci X were more realistic, a lot of these gags would soar. But the context is drag-show dinner theater.

August 30, 2003 Full Review Source: Slate | Comment
Slate
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A talent-stuffed assemblage of barbs and giddy musical numbers that shouldn't be written off as a feature flop -- but savored instead for the cult-ready collection of late-night satirical skits and misses it is.

August 27, 2003 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment
Entertainment Weekly
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Sports woefully outmoded cultural punchlines.

August 26, 2003 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Village Voice
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The term 'wildly uneven' doesn't come close to charting the peaks and valleys of Marci X.

August 25, 2003 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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The spoofs in Marci X are so old and dated, it boggles the imagination to think of what group might still be offended them.

August 25, 2003 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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Seemingly endless movie.

December 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

Marci X is the kind of terrible movie I'm almost glad I've seen, because this decade probably won't bring a worse movie than this.

September 27, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

It's the kind of movie that Mel Brooks used to make, warts and all.

February 5, 2004 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment
Film Freak Central

Good transfer but no supplemental materials. Strictly for die-hard fans of La Kudrow.

January 27, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

A sketch comedy that misses more than it hits.

January 27, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

Como algum estúdio pôde aprovar este roteiro? Como os atores aceitaram participar do projeto? Como este conseguiu ser lançado? Como Benjamin pode ser chamado de 'cineasta'?

January 10, 2004 Comment
Cinema em Cena

Suggests a sort of Judeo-Nubian alliance that would supposedly make uptight WASP's quake with fear. I think.

September 14, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Snobs | Comment
Film Snobs

A more blithe display of astonishingly clueless anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia, and sheer bad taste has not been seen since probably ever.

September 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | Comment
Flick Filosopher

Draw a big red "X" through this one.

September 1, 2003 Full Review | Comment
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

The fatal flaw of Marci X is its complete and total disconnect from the contemporary zeitgeist of hip-hop culture in American society.

August 31, 2003 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | Comment
Boxoffice Magazine

A bad joke that turns out to be a bad movie as well.

August 31, 2003 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | Comment
Austin Chronicle
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Audience Reviews for Marci X

Quite literally has one laugh and not a clue about its targets.

October 13, 2007
wbgoose13

Super Reviewer

I saw this because it had Lisa Kudrow and actually thought it was pretty funny.

August 28, 2007
SunilJawahir

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