Cinematography:
Maryse AlbertiCast:
Nick Chinlund, Greg Cipes, Steven Seagal, Jordan Lindsey Hamm, Ahmed Ahmed, Abigail Mavity, Paul Scheer, Marshall Manesh, Randy Oglesby, Cory McAbee (more)VOD (2)
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The Onion--that gold standard of pitch-perfect news parody publications--brings its distinctly absurd-yet-relevant brand of satire to a hitherto untapped medium: the feature film! When the Onion News Network asks lead anchorman Norm Archer (Lou Cariou) to compromise his journalistic integrity in the name of pleasing a new corporate sponsor, Archer doesn't respond too kindly. Armed with an irreverent sketch comedy-style approach to a loose narrative, THE ONION MOVIE takes aim at everything politics and society have to offer. (official distributor synopsis)
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I fully agree with other users. Great and entertaining stuff in the form of TV news. Great at first, but it gradually loses its momentum and gets a bit boring due to the repetition of certain categories of jokes. Some of the jokes are fine, some are weaker, some are neutral, and as a whole it's kind of an awkward result where I don't really know which side to lean towards, so I'll stick with a decent average. But some of the bits were really gems of humour and worked incredibly well. Anyway the 90 minute format is just a bit much and I believe the 2011 series version will be much more effective.
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I rewatched The Onion Movie today and had to add a star to my earlier rating. I had a great time today, even though I don’t think it’s really a movie, more like a series of sketches most of which were great. My personal favorite was Gill Bates and his Bates 4000-9000 computers. I was happy about the lack of political correctness, allowing for a mass protest of black people outside the courthouse, or a young man suffering from Judaism.
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It goes in the right direction, but it’s not always that funny. Several times, instead of a burst of laughter, it produces a smile that mixes the understanding of the intention of the joke and the disappointment from its delivery.
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