The musical number that runs during the closing credits is funnier than anything that precedes it, which isn't saying much.
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01/28/08
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Meet the Spartans (2008)
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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:1
Rotten:45
Average Rating:1.9/10
Consensus: A tired, unfunny, offensive waste of time, Meet the Spartans scrapes the bottom of the cinematic barrel.
Theatrical Release:Jan 25, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $38,011,770
Synopsis: Writers/producers/directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (DATE MOVIE, EPIC MOVIE) use the film 300 as the basis for their latest spoof. Born to be the perfect Spartan, Leonidas (Sean Magiure)... [More]
Starring: Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian, Kevin Sorbo
Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
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Reviews for Meet the Spartans
It's so bad even Carmen Electra should be embarrassed.
01/28/08
It's a MADtv or Saturday Night Live sketch dressed up in feature-length clothing. It's way too much of an OK thing. And the way-too-much-ness goes on and on.
01/28/08
If you part ways with $12 for a ticket to see this thing -- that's before parking and popcorn -- you're barking mad.
01/28/08
It's mind-boggling to imagine that this witless, amateurish mess came from supposedly professional writers and directors.
01/28/08
Clocking in around 69 minutes total, Meet the Spartans is not a movie. All involved should feel slightly ashamed.
01/28/08
At the risk of praising with faint damning, Meet the Spartans isn't the worst film I've ever seen; however, I'm not suggesting that this feature-length parody of 300 is good in any way.
01/27/08
Witlessly crude and vulgar - it's my first Worst Movies of 2008 contender.
01/27/08
It aims to be a so-called spoof of 300 but only succeeds at being a commercial for idiocy.
01/27/08
Don't expect anything of depth and you won't be disappointed by this predigested pabulum.
01/26/08
Is its purported idiocy put to a worthwhile use, or is this just another stale retreat of MADtv?
01/26/08
While there's enough comedic material there for as many as three somewhat tolerable minutes of MADtv, Meet The Spartans gamely alternates between unfunny gay jokes and violent pratfalls for a good 80 minutes.
01/26/08
You could teach a college course on what not to do in a comedy by showing Meet the Spartans.
01/25/08
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the team behind Meet the Spartans, prove that ridiculing other movies is much easier than making your own.
01/25/08
Top CriticLazy, lame and painfully unfunny.
01/25/08
Top CriticWhat's the point of making a parody that's dumber than the stuff it parodies?
01/25/08
Top CriticMeet the Spartans is a downtrodden cinematic vacuum—a sickening, derivative, shallow, condescending, utterly worthless piece of ....
01/25/08
It’s only about an hour and a quarter long, although a closing dance number stretches it out another few minutes. Brevity, it turns out, is also the soul of stupidity.
01/25/08
Writer-directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer basically reprise the tired formula from their earlier efforts, which is to throw in as many pop culture references as possible to cover up the lack of any real wit.
01/25/08
Speaking of YouTube, let me save you 65 minutes. Go to the website, type in United 300, and see a far funnier, far more clever 300 spoof that's only five minutes long. From last spring.
01/25/08
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