Gold Diggers

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Gold Diggers

PG-13

2003

1h 27m

Comedy

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Calvin (Will Friedle) and Leonard (Chris Owen), two broke losers, are arrested for trying to rob rich old sisters Doris (Louise Lasser) and Betty (Renee Taylor). The women have a change of heart, drop the charges and invite the boys over to their mansion. Calvin decides he and Leonard should marry the women, and, when they soon die, live off the inheritance. The ladies, however, have run into their own financial troubles and wed the boys with plans of murdering them for insurance money.

Critics Consensus

It aspires to Farrelly-level offensiveness, but the PG-13 rating and a dearth of decent gags renders Gold Diggers tame, toothless, and dull.

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Justin Chang

Variety

Mar 31, 2009

By turns pointless and pointlessly mean-spirited.

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Hank Sartin

Chicago Reader

Jan 5, 2007

Nothing's quite so painful as failed comedy, and this atrocity is equivalent to a compound fracture.

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Sep 20, 2004

0/4

This is the spectacularly inept directing debut of writer-producer Gary Priesler, who is said to have 12 other movies in development. God help us.

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David Cornelius

eFilmCritic.com

Mar 29, 2005

1/5

There's bad, there's unwatchable, and then there's National Lampoon.

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Scott Weinberg

DVD Clinic

Mar 29, 2005

1/5

Truly this is one of the most off-putting, unpleasant and earth-shatteringly unfunny "comedies" I've ever seen.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Mar 25, 2005

1.5/4

...shockingly unfunny...

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Aug 19, 2025

Funny in 1 hour and 27 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $403,200.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Apr 2, 2025

Filme fraco, o roteiro é ruim, as cenas sao fracas, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, a história é fraca, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes para fazer o filme ser bom, mesmo com cenas picantes.

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Demented N

@RT26326190 Aug 6, 2023

Two stars for the two female stars National Lampoon's don't make good movies just how it is. This movie could have been ok but it was done and slapstick and bad it had a pretty decent cast just no plot .... if they focused more on the criss-cross murder plot it would of been Better. Its a 0 star movie but 2 stars just for the girls.

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Apr 10, 2022

The least funny PG-13 comedy movie ever, LOL.

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Mar 21, 2019

National Lampoon's have done much better comedies and this film's plot is ridiculous but I have to admit that I did laugh at some elements here. Will Friedle does well as a leading man in this movie and clearly tries to step out of his Eric Matthews character from Boy Meets World. It does go way over the top and tries to be as offensive as American Pie with Chris Owen who played Sherman in American Pie cast in Gold Diggers. I did laugh quite a bit here though and if you enjoy over the top comedies then this is for you.

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Nov 3, 2013

I am not sure why I even spent the time to watch this movie, but I knew what I was getting into.

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Gary Preisler

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Will Friedle

Calvin Menhoffer

Chris Owen

Leonard Smallwood

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Doris Mundt

Renee Taylor

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Synopsis

Calvin (Will Friedle) and Leonard (Chris Owen), two broke losers, are arrested for trying to rob rich old sisters Doris (Louise Lasser) and Betty (Renee Taylor). The women have a change of heart, drop the charges and invite the boys over to their mansion. Calvin decides he and Leonard should marry the women, and, when they soon die, live off the inheritance. The ladies, however, have run into their own financial troubles and wed the boys with plans of murdering them for insurance money.

Director: Gary Preisler
Producer: Amy Greenspun, Gary Preisler, Don Ashley
Screenwriter: Michael Canale, Gary Preisler
Distributor: Lady Killers Productions LLC
Production Co: Voyage Entertainment, Winston Davis and Associates, National Lampoon, Delfino Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Crude Humor|Some Drug Related Material|Sexual Humor)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 15, 2003, Original
Release Date (DVD): Jul 12, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA): $403.2K
Runtime: 1h 27m

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