Disaster Movie (2008)

User Rating:

1.3/10   

Directors:

Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer

Writers (WGA):

Jason Friedberg (written by) &
Aaron Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

29 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Not another shallow Hollywood movie

Plot:

Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twenty-somethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events. |

Plot Keywords:

Laptop | Museum | Baseball Bat | Impalement | Fight

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Matt Lanter	...	Will
Vanessa Minnillo	...	Amy
G. Thang	...	Calvin (as Gary 'G Thang' Johnson)
Nicole Parker	...	Enchanted Princess / Amy Winehouse Look-A-Like / Jessica Simpson Look-A-Like
Crista Flanagan	...	Juney / Hannah Montana
Kimberly Kardashian	...	Lisa
Ike Barinholtz	...	Wolf / Javier Bardem Look-A-Like / Police Officer / Hellboy / Batman / Beowulf / Prince Caspian
Carmen Electra	...	Beautiful Assassin
Tony Cox	...	Indiana Jones
Tad Hilgenbrink	...	Prince
Nick Steele	...	Underwear Model
John Di Domenico	...	Dr. Phil Look-A-Like / Love Guru
Jason Boegh	...	Male Carrie
Valerie Wildman	...	Samantha
Abe Spigner	...	Flava-Flav Look-A-Like

Also Known As:

Goodie Two Shoes (USA) (working title)
Meet the Spartans 2 (USA) (working title)
Meet the Spartans 2: The Story of McLover & The Kingdom of the Crystal Beer Can (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language, drug references and comic violence.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Ireland:15A | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44502) | UK:12A | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Grosvenor Park Media

Trivia:

In the movie, the date that the world will end is August 29. This was also the movie's release date.

Goofs:

Continuity: When "Juney" goes to pour vodka in her Sunny D jug, she uses a cylindrical Smirnoff glass bottle. When it cuts to her actually pouring the vodka, it's in a flask shaped plastic bottle with the label facing down. When it cuts back, she's setting the glass Smirnoff bottle back on the table.

Quotes:

[upon seeing a taxi cab turn a corner]
Enchanted Princess: And what magical creature are you?
[gets hit by the taxi]

Movie Connections:

References Chilly Willy (1953)

Disastrous

OK, so "Disastrous" isn't an imaginative barb for this movie, but then there's not a shred of wit to the movie, so....

I saw this movie for free. A friend who said he "pissed his pants" at the trailer had free passes. I think he's incontinent.

A spoof of disaster movies might have been fun. This is not it. A couple disaster movies get referenced, not really spoofed. Instead, the "spoofing" is of recent movies of all genres, and of aspects of current pop-culture. Then again, how current is women's wrestling or the "Head On" commercials?

If there's anything about it that's good, there's the 70 minute or so running time (where did they get 90 minutes?) and Nicole Parker seems like she might be good, if she had good material.