The Onion Movie (2008)

Pretty Funny Movie

Very off-beat comedy with some hilarious moments kind of remind you of SNL news sketch but a lot raunchier. Fun Movie to watch. October 21, 2008

OMG what a huge disappointment!

Don't get me wrong, I love books, newspaper and short video clips from "The Onion," but this movie was horrendous! I should have read who was in the cast first before buying. If I had known Steven Segal was in it, this DVD would still be on the shelf. October 13, 2008

Worth The Price Just To See Mousie Garner's Last Film Role

The Onion Movie is definitely worth the purchase price if only to see Mousie Garner, the last surviving member of Ted Healy's Three Stooges comedy troupe, in his very last comedic film performance. Garner, (born: July 31, 1909 - died: August 8, 2004), was 95 years old when he signed on to The Onion Movie to play the role of "Uncle Smackers." Garner, who enjoyed a 75 year career as a popular stage, screen, radio and television comedian, died only a few months after filmming a variety of sequences for this film. Don't miss the very special deleted scene where Garner interacts with The Onion's voluptuous video vixen! September 23, 2008

Did not translate from the written version

America's Finest News Source makes for fantasatic entertaining print. Unfortunately, it didn't translate too well for the movie. There was some humor (a parody of Brittney Sprears and Steve Seagal doing a self-parody) but overall it didn't translate well to the screen. The subversive dark humor was there, but perhaps a little too much Leslie Nielsenesque humor with it.

The movie was 80 minutes long, and that was at least 20 minutes too much. September 16, 2008

I cannot say enough bad things about this movie

This movie was apparently shot in 2003 and then shelved after poor test-screenings. This was a good decision. The sketches are poorly written. The acting is tolerable at best. The film as a whole is comedically tone-deaf to a degree seldom reached by even the worst articles from the print edition. Not even fans of the Onion should watch this movie; to the contrary, if you're used to the usually high quality of the articles and internet videos then you will find "The Onion Movie" to be one of the most painful viewing experiences of your entire life.

Firstly, the movie doesn't seem to know what it is. It begins in the form of an evening news broadcast, but soon evolves into a series of unrelated sketches. The two formats transition between one another laboriously and pointlessly. Every joke fizzles. Every punchline is either entirely without comedic merit or so poorly delivered that it falls painfully and awkwardly flat.

The Onion works best when it parodies the news media. If they had gone all in with the news-broadcast-parody theme, they could have had something. But as the anchor rattles off headlines in rapidfire succession, frequently interrupted by tangential segments featuring Steven Seagal, any potentially funny similarities to television news disappear.

Avoid this film at all costs. I did not laugh once. August 19, 2008

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