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Reviews Counted:10

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Rotten:10

Average Rating:2.3/10

Consensus: An attempt at political satire that lacks any wit or relevance, Postal is nonetheless one of Uwe Boll's more successful films -- for what it's worth.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for extremely crude humor throughout, including strong sexuality, graphic nudity, violence, and for pervasive language and some drug use.

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:May 23, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: A religious charlatan (Foley), his mild mannered nephew (Ward) and a gang of bosomy commandos face off against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban in an epic battle that will determine the fate of the... A religious charlatan (Foley), his mild mannered nephew (Ward) and a gang of bosomy commandos face off against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban in an epic battle that will determine the fate of the world in POSTAL, the latest film from controversial director Uwe Boll (“BloodRayne”). Boll roasts an entire herd of sacred cows and smashes taboos to smithereens in this over-the-top and hilariously subversive critique of modern day America. Inspired by the notorious videogame of the same name, POSTAL is a jaw-droppingly original spoof of contemporary culture and an equal opportunity offender, lampooning religious extremists, minorities, bureaucrats, immigrants, cops, women, the Holocaust, gun nuts and more with evenhanded abandon. The outrageous political and social satire stars Zack Ward (“Transformers”), Dave Foley (“News Radio”), J.K. Simmons the (“Spiderman”) trilogy, Jackie Tohn (“On the Lot”), Larry Thomas, the Soup Nazi from (“Seinfeld”), Erick Avari (“Mr. Deeds”) and Verne Troyer (“Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”). The film is produced by Boll, Dan Clarke and Shawn Williamson. --© Event Film [More]

Starring: Verne Troyer, Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola

Starring: Verne Troyer, Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Jackie Tohn, J.K. Simmons, Larry Thomas, David Huddleston

Director: Uwe Boll

Director: Uwe Boll
Screenwriter: Uwe Boll
Producer: Uwe Boll, Daniel Clarke, Shawn Williamson
Composer: Jessica De Rooij
Studio: Event Film

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Convinced that Arab terrorists are inherently hilarious, and that shooting fish in the leaky barrel of American pop culture takes marksmanship, Boll is a boor, and a symptom of something sad and dehumanizing.

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10/18/08
John Anderson
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Newsday
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If this movie had been made by an unknown young director, a lot of critics would still be panning the movie for its inconsistencies -- but many others would be praising his courage.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment 1 Comment
05/30/08
Peter Hartlaub
Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle
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Postal strikes me as marginally superior to Morgan Spurlock's merely boneheaded Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? But that's like saying Moe is smarter than Curly.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment 1 Comment
05/23/08
Kyle Smith
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New York Post
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It's hard to imagine a worse movie will come out this year, and yet Boll's growing notoriety has already earned the trailer millions of hits on YouTube. Ed Wood never had it so good.

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05/23/08
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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Postal is largely just a byproduct of Boll's self-promotion, rendering the film itself, in essence, beside the point.

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05/23/08
Mark Olsen
Mark Olsen
Los Angeles Times
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Infantile, irreverent and boorish to the max, Postal explodes with bad attitude and lousy filmmaking.

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05/23/08
Nathan Lee
Nathan Lee
New York Times
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This reviewer is not easy to offend, but is very easy to bore. And I was bored out of my tree for most of Boll's lamely conceived, cliché-ridden debacle.

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05/23/08
Michael Harris
Michael Harris
Globe and Mail
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How does Uwe Boll keep getting work? Seriously, this is not a rhetorical question -- someone, somewhere surely must know the answer.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment 4 Comments
05/22/08
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press
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This movie's about as dangerous (or as funny) as a mouthy, caffeinated teen punk from the suburbs who just saw his first s***-flinging GG Allin performance on YouTube.

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05/21/08
Aaron Hillis
Aaron Hillis
Village Voice
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Boll does mean to provoke, but to pull off a satirical critique of the volatile subjects here would require sharper wit than he and co-scenarist Bryan C. Knight generally provide.

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08/15/07
Dennis Harvey
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Variety
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