Could 'Miss March' be year's worst movie?
The critically reviled teen comedy "Miss March" could be the first contender of the year for the Razzie Awards. These tongue-in-cheek kudos salute the worst in moviemaking. And this first film from Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore — who share writing, directing and lead acting credits — certainly qualifies based on the bad reviews. Cregger plays a man who comes out of a coma after four years to discover that his high school sweetheart is now a Playboy pinup. And Moore is his best friend along for the ride as he goes in search of her.
"Miss March" comes in at a jaw-dropping zero among the top critics surveyed by Rotten Tomatoes. Even with the wider range of reviewers included in the overall score, the teen comedy earned a score of only six. Over at Meta Critic, the movie managed to break into the double digits with a score of 10. By comparison, the two big "winners" at the recent 29th edition of the Razzie Awards — the Mike Myers vehicle "The Love Guru" and "The Hottie and the Nottie" starring Paris Hilton — were rated at 24 and 7 respectively on Meta Critic.
Among the best of the worst reviews was Glenn Whipp, who wrote in the Los Angeles Times: "The boys' Tweedledum and Tweedledee act wears thin after about a minute, which is unfortunate, since there are no memorable supporting characters to pick up the slack." In his one-star review for the New York Daily News, Joe Neumaier said, "The majority of this sophomoric slop — 'romp' is too generous a word — is a series of unfunny scrapes that end with the two heroes thrown out of cars or slipping away by the skin of their teeth." And Kyle Smith of the New York Post gave the film just one-half star, noting that "Cregger's nonexistent screen presence suggests a guy whose showbiz ambition should be limited to working the snack table used by the crew. Meanwhile, the kinetic but equally unfunny Moore — whose acting strategy is to keep his eyeballs and mouth wide open at all times — is a lame knockoff of Jim Carrey."
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sure the movie may not have been good but the television show is awsome and zack and trevor are comedic artists. so whoever wrote this artical can stroke a chode.
Posted by: Ricky Franklin | September 28, 2010 at 07:07 AM
Those critics never saw the show, did they? I mean, they're talking about the movie, but they're also talking about whether Trevor and Zach are funny or not. How can they know that having only seen this? They're just too judgemental. The show is one of the funniest ones in the decade.
Posted by: Leevon Kennedy | February 08, 2010 at 06:08 AM
Yet another movie that is too stupid to watch. I'll wait for it to come out on cable and ignore the commercials just so I can change the channel and feel like I put a stop to this madness.
Posted by: steve | March 15, 2009 at 12:33 PM
if they're such bad actors it's amazing how they can carry a show. cut them some slack.
Posted by: Laila | March 13, 2009 at 07:55 PM
I think we've forgotten that Edward Norton has been passed up for several nods over his carrer. Amer. History X should of been a hands down win for him as was his portrayal of a doctor in The Painted Veil. There are more of course. Get your acts together!
Posted by: Doris Bailey | March 13, 2009 at 05:09 PM