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Saving Silverman (2001)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:2

Rotten:30

Average Rating:2.6/10

Consensus: Dragged down by a plot lacking any sense of logic and obnoxious, unsympathetic characters, this comedy is more crude and mean-spirited than funny.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual humor, lauguage, thematic material

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Feb 9, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $18,968,154

Synopsis: Darren Silverman (Jason Biggs, AMERICAN PIE) and his pals Wayne (Steve Zahn) and J.D. (Jack Black) are close friends since high school who perform together in a Neil Diamond cover band. Enter... Darren Silverman (Jason Biggs, AMERICAN PIE) and his pals Wayne (Steve Zahn) and J.D. (Jack Black) are close friends since high school who perform together in a Neil Diamond cover band. Enter Darren's shrewd psychologist bride-to-be Judith (Amanda Peet, THE WHOLE NINE YARDS), who constantly schemes to keep Darren from hanging out with his old slacker buddies. Anxious to hold onto their right to spend time with Darren, Wayne and J.D. decide that they must stop at nothing to prevent the wedding from taking place and reunite Darren with his first love--who is about to become a nun! Dennis Dugan's (HAPPY GILMORE) comedy attempts to harness the white-hot comedic talents of Zahn and Black, throwing in an inspirational appearance from Neil Diamond himself, to tell a hilarious tale of undying friendship. [More]

Starring: Jason Biggs, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, Amanda Peet

Starring: Jason Biggs, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, Amanda Peet, Amanda Detmer, Neil Diamond

Director: Dennis Dugan

Director: Dennis Dugan
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken, Greg DePaul
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Brad Luff
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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  • 2 Best Friends + 1 Girlfriend = WAR! Darren Silverman (Jason Biggs), Wayne Lefessier (Steve Zahn) and J.D. McNugent (Jack Black) have been best friends since the fifth grade. Enter Judith (Amanda Peet), a cold-hearted beauty who digs her claws into sweet-natured Darren. She snatches him from his friends and even breaks up their cover band. J.D. and Wayne try every imaginable scheme to save Darren- and their friendship - but fail miserably. When they find out Darren has been brainwashed into marrying Judith, the dim-witted duo decide to kidnap her and reunite Darren with his long-lost love, before she becomes a nun!
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    11/06/02
    Jeff Strickler
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    03/26/01
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    This full-throttle sophomoric comedy still feels forced and phony at times, which undercuts the manic efforts of its cast.

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    02/16/01
    Steven Rea
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    Philadelphia Inquirer
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    Dugan ... encourages one and all to be as frat-house gross as possible.

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    02/16/01
    Terry Lawson
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    Detroit Free Press
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    The script ... smacks of desperation beyond saving.

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    02/16/01
    Peter Travers
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    Rolling Stone
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    02/15/01
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    Despite an early, zesty deluge of gags ... it soon settles down to an anxious man-a-thon.

    Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
    02/14/01
    Edward Crouse
    Edward Crouse
    Village Voice
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    Expends a moderate budget and several attractive young performers to absolutely no consequence.

    Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
    02/09/01
    Stephen Hunter
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    Washington Post
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    Not just stupid, but brain dead.

    Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
    02/09/01
    Susan Wloszczyna
    Susan Wloszczyna
    USA Today
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    The movie can barely muster the bravery to be even Dude, Where's My Car stoopid.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
    02/09/01
    Wesley Morris
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    San Francisco Chronicle
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    A sublimely idiotic farce.

    Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
    02/09/01
    Andrew O'Hehir
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    Salon.com
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    There is nothing in the personalities of J.D., Wayne or Darren that makes me believe that they don't deserve to be slapped upside their heads for being pathetic losers.

    Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
    02/09/01
    Gene Seymour
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    Newsday
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    If Judith ... were asked to render a diagnosis of what's wrong with Saving Silverman, she might note that it displays a pathological fear and hatred of women.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    02/09/01
    A.O. Scott
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    New York Times
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    Someone ought to call the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Actors.

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    02/09/01
    Lou Lumenick
    Lou Lumenick
    New York Post
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    Maybe they actually had fun doing this film, but if so, this feeling is likely to be contagious only to those who like their movies relentlessly mindless.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    02/09/01
    Kevin Thomas
    Kevin Thomas
    Los Angeles Times
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    You'd have to go back to November to Little Nicky to find a movie that approaches this for dreckiness.

    Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
    02/09/01
    Eric Harrison
    Eric Harrison
    Houston Chronicle
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    In one rotten production ... all involved have managed to create the most unlikable, man hating, woman hating, unfunny idiots since Whipped.

    Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
    02/09/01
    Lisa Schwarzbaum
    Lisa Schwarzbaum
    Entertainment Weekly
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    Even 12-year-old girls will see it as the defensive and moronic excuse for a comedy about modern sexual politics that it is.

    Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
    02/09/01
    Susan Stark
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    Detroit News
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    Dreadfully stupid and insincere.

    Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
    02/09/01
    Steven Rosen
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