Corky Romano

Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: October 12, 2001

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20	METASCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews

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Miles Beller

Truly makes you laugh. At its best it recalls the animated antics of a Jerry Lewis escapade, the pratfall follies of a Buster Keaton flick and Rowan Atkinson's outsized physicality.

Rene Rodriguez

The movie is a lowbrow showcase for an equally lowbrow comedian, and how much of it you can endure depends entirely on how you feel about Kattan. Read full review

Mike Clark

The movie is so silly I found myself snickering a couple of times, just before slumping down in my seat in mortified embarrassment. Read full review

TV Guide MagazineSteve Simels

This broad, coarse farce is otherwise as insubstantial a piece of work as you could possibly imagine; in fact, a light breeze could blow it away. Read full review

Mark Olsen

What at times feels like a maniacal romp becomes just another sporadically funny, but mostly lame, piece of disposable product. Read full review

Michael Dequina

Predictable and tiresome. Read full review

Jonathan Foreman

This is a lazy, careless film that feels strangely unfinished. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

The writing, directing and acting are all so sketchy, it's a mystery that Kattan didn't just try out this material the way he should have -- in a three-minute sketch. Read full review

Robert K. Elder

Worth your time and money? Fuhgeddaboutit.

Sean Axmaker

It's bad enough that the lazy script substitutes goofy situations for actual gags, much of which falls flat under Rob Pritts' plodding direction, but Corky Romano finally sours in cynicism and hypocrisy. Read full review

Bob Graham

Nobody would claim it adds up to much of a comedy. It's strictly for someone looking for a goof-off. Read full review

Michael Sragow

The only way sober adults will keep awake is wondering how the lead mobsters on "The Sopranos" -- who also are amateur film critics -- will rank the movie next year on HBO.

Kim Morgan

Corky Romano is merely grating. Until he finds a better director than Rob Pritts, Kattan's best bet is to stick with "SNL" impresario Lorne Michaels. Read full review

Jay Carr

The most dumbed-down mob comedy in years. It's the kind of movie you tie around the ankles of a stiff you're tossing into deep water and never want to see again.

Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard

Frankly, there wouldn't have been enough shtick here to warrant an SNL skit. And if the material isn't even up to those standards, then who the hell green-lit it as a feature?