FilmBuff1994
A Night at the Roxbury is a great movie with a well written storyline and an outstanding comedic cast. It's a really funny movie, I know there isn't much about it that makes it an excellent, unforgettable comedy, but I simply have so much fun whenever I watch it, it's really simple, the storyline is easy to follow and every scene is basically just a set up for some pure laughs between Ferrell and Kattan. It's certainly not a perfect movie and it has many flaws, the first hour of the movie barely has a story, and they're clearly trying their best to cram in a bit of a storyline in the last half hour, also some jokes were repeated much too often and others went further than necessary. The cast are certainly the movies highlight and if it wasn't for the fact that they all were clearly having a great time filming this and seemed interested, this movie would have been terrible, obviously the most praise must go to Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan, but there are also some very funny and memorable performances from the likes of Richard Grieco, Dan Hedaya, Loni Anderson, Meredith Scott Lynn and, one of my favourite characters in this film, Lochlyn Munro. It's definitely not perfect, but if you find the two leads as likable as I do then you're sure to enjoy A Night at the Roxbury, and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good comedy. Two brothers, Doug and Steve Butabi, try to follow their dreams of starting their own night club, but this becomes an issue when they can't get in to the biggest one in town, the Roxbury. Best Performance: Will Ferrell Worst Performance: Gigi Rice
david-sarkies
This is one of those movies which I saw an ad for and decided that I wanted to see it. My first impression was that it was about two guys in the vein of Bill and Ted. Afterwards I began to have second thoughts yet I still went along to see it. My final opinion of this movie is that it is good, and quite funny in parts. When the movie's gags stick in my mind then the comedy has succeeded.A Night at the Roxbury are about two brothers who cruise the nightclub circuit of Los Angeles looking for girls. Their dream is to own a night club, but they really are not all that cool. In fact they find themselves thrown out of more night clubs than let into them. Their jokes are funny to them but nobody else. In fact, they live in their own little world in which they want people to be apart of, but the serious people think they are pure donks. What ends up happening is that the owner of the Roxbury, the best nightclub in Los Angeles, actually likes them and wants to implement their ideas, yet his driver thinks him mad and does not like them.This is not the plot though. The main focus of the movie is their relationship with their father. Their father has great plans for them, but they don't want to pursue them. One of them is really unsure, and after they have a fight, he is easily taken away, forced to marry a woman that he really does not like, and to run a business he does not want to run.There is an interesting warning in the movie - don't jump on the woman that chases you around because you will discover that she is trying to mould you to what she wants you to be. I can think of a woman who is like that, and fortunately my friends managed to pull me away from her.I can't really think of any deep or meaningful thing to say about this movie, but that is not its point. A Night at the Roxbury is not a deep movie, it is a fun movie. It shows you that what normal people consider donks can succeed in their bizarre plans. It is interesting that they get their nightclub and become partners with the most prominent nightclub owner in the city. It gives us an idea of what the night life is like, but at this point in history it is something that we don't need to know. I still liked this movie though.
elshikh4
On 31/8/2001 I rented it. Its commercial title in Egypt stood for "An evening that will drive you crazy". Frankly, the reason to rent it in specific was a photo I saw from it earlier, in a magazine named (DVD), where 2 chicks by the names of (Elisa Donovan) and (Gigi Rice) were dancing in tight micro-skirts; which was pretty sexy for me (more than the 2 girls themselves), plus I thought that the movie is a crazy dance movie! Of course I wasn't right. But this movie wasn't that wrong either. I like it. And I have my reasons..Here's what I wrote in my remark page right after finishing it : "So the rich dumb guys became the heroes of today's movies? Huh ?!" too philosophical I think ! However, among the movies that I rented in that summer, it wasn't bad at all. In that list there were: Gladiator, Thelma & Louise, Who am I, Space Cowboys, The Replacements, Pret-a-Porter, and The Perfect Storm (Yes, I list the names of the movies I watch!).From a *disco* point of view you must love it. Since (Can't Stop the Music – 1980), the presence of the disco clubs in the movies became obnoxious. However suddenly in 1998, (A Night at the Roxbury), (Forever Fever), (The Last Days of Disco) and the real obnoxious (54) came together with disco clubs playing big part in them one way or another. It makes me happy to see hot girls dancing on colorful floor anything but Hip-Hop. Did I forget to tell you that I'm a Can't Stop the Music's fan?!In the buddy movie history, there was always the serious rational, kind of smart guy (Mickey Mouse, Oliver Hardy, Dean Martin) and the funny nut job, purely stupid one (Goofy Goof, Stan Laurel, Jerry Lewis). Where normally the first got the best of luck with the girls. But after the success of (Dumb & Dumber – 1994) both of the dual became nut job, purely stupid, guys who got no chance with any sane girl! The producers clearly loved the idea, so (Dude, Where's My Car – 2000), (Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd – 2003), (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle – 2004) were made. (A Night at the Roxbury) is no exception (remember the Jim Carry's reference), but it's more mild and innocent than most of this wave of followers.After years of the first viewing, I caught it on some channel to re-watch it again. But oh boy, with a second viewing or not; I loved moments like (Will Ferrell)'s spasm of "What's up ?!", the perfectly goofy dance, the meeting between the 2 brothers after seconds of losing their virginity to discuss about it, and the lousy (Emilio Estevez) story that turns the girls off; OK, everyone of us sure had one!(Chazz Palminteri) is one scene stealer in here. He's double the charisma of every lead. And the "did you grab my ***" was a clever one. It's something to remember this movie with. Save (Ferrell)'s so deliberate white make-up, the 2 leads looked nice and worked together finely, giving a natural performance with no forced moments, being totally these radiantly dressy, visionary, 30-year-old adolescent misfits. It's sorrowful that (Ferrell)'s career came off later, while (Chris Kattan) didn't achieve anything equal. Despite his obvious talent, I didn't watch him in good movies, rather movies, after this !By the way, this is the best movie Mr. Unbearable, the Horrible Movies' God, aka Richard Grieco, has ever been in, spoofing himself and playing kind of a mentor. Watching him saying wise lines was the weirdest comedy this movie got! I think he was brought because at one "old" point he used to be for the 90s's twenty-something youth, so the movie's leads, including the movie-makers maybe—an idol. And not anyone, he's a one that got lost. Or in another word, the one who the losers love, feeling lucky and successful compared to him. That's a little of bad tasting. But it's this movie's way to honor the 1980s while sneering at it too.Wanna know the truth : (A Night at the Roxbury) isn't an evening to drive you crazy, yet it's well goofy Hollywood comedy to rent in any night. It's diverting 90 minutes. A lot of smiles but not laughs. And the best about it is its ruling childish sense. True that the end was very easy, but that's usual in a light joke of a movie like this, where the word "Hollywood" means "Feel Good" mood or dreamy optimistic time, to soothe the remains of the day a bit. And thank god that it didn't lean to ugly jokes or scenes intensely, having a story about 2 brothers who back up each other's ugliness and dumbness; this is part of the reason why (ANATR) isn't an easily forgettable stuff. One last reason for liking this movie : with Haddaway's What Is Love, No Mercy's Where Do You Go, Ace of Base's Beautiful Life and more; the soundtrack is a terrific piece of nostalgia for the 1990s if you were a regular dancer in that era's nightclubs, or just someone used to listen A LOT to the radio back then!
