A Night at the Roxbury (1998)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

John Fortenberry

Writers (WGA):

Steve Koren (written by) and
Will Ferrell (written by) ...

Release Date:

2 October 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Score!

Plot:

Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan play the Roxbury Guys, Steve and Doug Butabi, who want to get into the best club in town...

Plot Keywords:

Car Accident | Nightclub | Bachelor | Dancing | Policewoman

Cast

Will Ferrell	...	Steve Butabi
Chris Kattan	...	Doug Butabi
Raquel Gardner	...	Hat Girl
Viveca Paulin	...	Porsche Girl
Paulette Braxton	...	Porsche Girl
Michael M. Horton	...	Security Guard
Richard Francese	...	Security Guard
Jennifer Coolidge	...	Hottie Cop
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Roxbury Bouncer (as Michael 'Big Mike' Duncan)
Richard Grieco	...	Richard Grieco
Trish Ramish	...	Roxbury Club Girl
Loni Anderson	...	Barbara Butabi
Dan Hedaya	...	Kamehl Butabi
Gina Mari	...	Saturday Night Fever Girl
Roy Jenkins	...	Flower Customer #1

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex related humor, language and some drug content.

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Amy Heckerling directed some scenes (uncredited).

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Steve is pulled over by the hottie police officer, she issues him an $80 speeding ticket without asking for either his license or registration

Quotes:

Father Williams: Steve, repeat after me.
Steve Butabi: After me.

Movie Connections:

References The Mighty Ducks (1992)

Soundtrack:

Energy Bar

secretly wonderful

I'm going out on a limb here. I've just bombed "Joe Dirt," and now I'm going to do an about-face on modern comedies and argue that "A Night at the Roxbury" is brilliant. Most critics didn't see a distinction between these two bombs, but I do.

Comedy oftentimes depends on suffering. Comic protagonists always take a beating, and we either laugh with them, or at them, or maybe we laugh not at all because we couldn't care less. The essential question is, are the protagonists of "A Night at the Roxbury" lovable losers or just totally annoying dweebs who deserve all the grief they get?

You know my answer already. I love the Butabi brothers. They have a strong fraternal bond, they're obsessed with Emilio Estevez, and they can't get any play. What's not to love?

Dan Hedaya is great as the brothers' disgruntled dad, and Chazz Palminteri does a hilarious cameo as an entrepreneur obsessed with ass-grabbing. Richard Grieco demonstrates a remarkable sense of humor about himself by allowing the Butabis to build him up as a big celebrity, when the joke is obviously that he's a total has-been. What a sport, eh?

Nice song, too. I like this stupid movie. Really, I do.