A Night at the Roxbury

1998 "Score!"
6.2| 1h21m| PG-13| en
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Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful until a chance run-in with Richard Grieco gets them inside the swank Roxbury club. Mistaken for high rollers, they meet their dream women, Vivica and Cambi, and resolve to open a club of their own.

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Interesteg What makes it different from others?
Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Eric Stevenson I had never even heard of the "Saturday Night Live" skit this was based on. All I knew about this was the massive amount of buzz it created as a meme on YTMND. I honestly think it set a record for biggest meme on that entire website. I admit to not knowing really why, because the movie's mediocre at best. This movie features two brothers who try to get in at a nightclub called the Roxbury. Actually, only half of the movie is that.The other half is them trying to get girls. It's pretty clichéd, especially with how it's about two guys who split up and have to get back together. I kept thinking Jim Carrey was involved in this somehow. Apparently, he WAS, but it was only uncredited as a writer. Some jokes are good, but for the most part, it's pretty forgettable. Again, the music is amazing. **
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
Valtresca Not just a comedy but an awesome storyline as well.. I have to say I have watched this movie well over 100 times as when I was in college I let it play continuously on a loop partly because I liked the soundtrack so much. I could totally relate to the two oblivious/loser brothers who aren't ready to face the reality of growing up. I'll have to say though the first time I saw it I was not that satisfied with it and I think I even stopped watching it so if you 've only seen the movie once but enjoy comedies watch this movie again and give it another try because it's the type of movie where you catch things second, third time around that you didn't notice before.I love all the catch phrases from the movie especially Mr. Zadir " Dooey did you grab my ass" My favorite scene from this movie is the wedding scene at the end which marks the climax of the film. They way everything just came together full circle and then the new club what a perfect way to end a movie.
Electrified_Voltage I think I saw just a little bit of this silly comedy in June 2001, on a coach bus on the way to Québec City for a week-long school trip, near the end of my last year before high school. I didn't pay much attention to most of the movies shown on that trip (which is why I could only remember a little bit of this one), and didn't know this one was called "A Night at the Roxbury" at the time. A few years later (2005 or 2006), I saw some of it on TV (knowing about one of its two stars, Will Ferrell, by this time), and recognized the part where the two main characters are thrown out of a building. It took many years for me to get around to actually sitting down and watching the entire film, but it has finally happened. However, aware of its rating here, it wasn't surprising when I found the film a bit bland.Steve and Doug Butabi are two dimwitted brothers who often go to nightclubs and attempt to score with women, but never succeed. During the day, they work at their father's fake plant store. The brothers dream of getting into the Roxbury, the best club in town, but since they're not on the guest list, they are always denied entrance. They also dream of opening their own nightclub. One night, when they go out in the fake plant store's delivery van for another attempt to get into the Roxbury, the vehicle is hit from behind. The one who hit it turns out to be the famous Richard Grieco. Knowing he can get the two into the club with his celebrity status, he does just that in order to avoid a lawsuit. Inside, the Butabi brothers meet the club's owner, Mr. Zadir. They also meet two young women, Vivica and Cambi, and actually score this time! It appears things are starting to work out for the brothers, until they are denied permission to enter Mr. Zadir's office for their meeting, then it all goes wrong! Even though I didn't laugh very hard for most of the film, quite a few parts made me at least snicker. I can't think of too many great highlights, but there are some notable gags, such as scenes involving the main characters pathetically trying to score with any attractive young woman they see (whether they're in a club, on the street, or on the beach), Steve (played by Ferrell) flirting with a female police officer, Steve getting emotional while describing silk flowers to a customer at the fake plant store (this may be the funniest part), and eventually some of the conflict between the brothers (most notably the part where they're on the road). Some of the gags are kind of lame, though none of them are memorably disgusting, unlike gags I've seen in a number of other crude modern comedies. For much of the time, I was fairly bored, and I get the feeling even my 6/10 rating just might be a TAD too generous, but probably not.Like "Dumb & Dumber" and "Dude, Where's My Car?", "A Night at the Roxbury" is a raunchy comedy about two stupid guys on an adventure that involves a lot of sexuality. It was made in between those two films, and I would say it also comes somewhere in between them in quality. I think "Dumb & Dumber" is definitely a funny movie. It's one of those comedies which show that films can be silly and immature but funny at the same time. I've never cared much for "Dude, Where's My Car?" This 1998 comedy is basically a mixed bag. Comedies like this are really funny to some viewers and strongly hated by others, but with this particular film, I come in between those two crowds. I can't say I didn't laugh, but also think it could have made me laugh a lot more…or a lot less, like certain other modern comedies I've seen, especially the horrendous "Epic Movie", which didn't even make me laugh or smile once!