Movie 43

2013

Action / Comedy / Horror / Romance / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 5% · 88 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 24% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.4/10 10 114492 114.5K

Plot summary

A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest and brightest.


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April 26, 2013 at 02:37 AM

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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mark.waltz 4 / 10

I didn't laugh, but I smirked.

Yeah, the skits are pretty rancid for the most part, but if you go into this with an open sense of humor, there's a good chance you may laugh, smirk, chuckle with rolled eyes, or watch mouth agape as the film continues to cross the line as a near live action, big screen "Family Guy" ripoff of mega bad taste.

Hugh Jackman gets it rolling as a handsome man on a first date who has a set of testicles growing on his chin. Insinuations of his predicament comes out to mean other things, and a kiss on her cheek leads to those nutty attachments closer than she'd like them on her. Richard Gere is the head of a company who makes blow up dolls that have a bizarre defect. Halle Berry shows a hysterical side of hers in a sketch involving a truth or dare blind date.

Other stars who somehow got involved in this include Kate Winslet and Josh Duhammel, all involved in tacky situations. First periods, bowel issues and other bodily issues are among the much repeated subjects. By far my favorite sketch is what happens to a kid being home schooled. Certainly no award winner, but I'll give it credit for its audacity.

Reviewed by loadbull 5 / 10

It's so so

I've been curious about this movie for a long time. I finally watched it today after finding it at the Dollar tree maybe a week or so ago. Some of the shorts were quite entertaining like the Emma Stone and Liev Schreiber shorts. But there are some that were just uninteresting to me the Hugh Jackman and Chris Pratt Shorts. Not the worst movie watching experience I've had but not the best.

Reviewed by HeroOfTheDay666 3 / 10

A Few Laughs Here and There, but Mostly Painful

Having nothing else to do on a Saturday night, I went to go see Movie 43 with my friends. I knew nothing about it so I had little to no expectations for it. Despite this, the film still managed to fall flat on its face, leaving me with a bad feeling, much as I'm sure Alex DeLarge felt in A Clockwork Orange.

The premise of the movie is extremely basic: A would-be producer is pitching various ideas for movies and advertisements to a Hollywood executive, and each is shown as it would look if filmed. This back to back barrage of random skits is much like the "Scary Movie" and "Epic Movie" films. Typically, I find most entertainment media with this style to be anywhere from bland to awful, and Movie 43 is no exception.

The most prevalent problem with Movie 43 is that it is simply not funny, for the most part. I shall admit that a particular skit about a home schooled boy and his parents desperation to recreate high school at home got me laughing a few times, but none of the others matched it. Not only are the skits really not all that funny, they're unbelievably ridiculous. The setups feel incredible forced and uninspired, and makes me wonder if this is really the best they could come up with. I do realize that it's humorous for a producer to be proposing these ideas in all seriousness, but this would be something that would work better for just one or two skits, not an entire movie based on the same running gag.

If you're interested in seeing this movie because of it's star studded cast, do not bother. Most of your favorites will get a few minutes of screen time at best, and trust me when I say they are not used to their full potential. I found myself shaking my head at every skit and thinking "Come one, *insert star name here*, you really agreed to this?"

Movie 43 is a perfect example of quality vs quantity. Although this type of movie relies on multiple short stories, I feel it would have been wiser to make fewer, longer skits with more effort put into each, rather than just skit after skit with not much thought in any of them. I only recommend this movie if you truly have nothing better to do with your time or money.

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