Meet the Spartans
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: January 25, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
9
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
1
Negative:
10
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58
Entertainment WeeklyClark Collis
Less classic Mel Brooks than middling "Best Week Ever." Read full review
38
Boston GlobeMark Feeney
The best thing in Meet the Spartans is the swift kick in the bombast it delivers to the oh-no-not-us homoeroticism of "300." Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The musical number that runs during the closing credits funnier than anything that precedes it, which isn't saying much. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Writer-directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer basically reprise the tired formula from their earlier efforts, which is to throw in as many pop culture references as possible to cover up the lack of any real wit. Read full review
20
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Overkill is what Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer do best: as the uncontested titans of the parody genre (with fingers in everything from the “Scary Movie” franchise to the more recent “Epic Movie”) they continue to prove that ridiculing other movies is much easier than making your own. Read full review
20
L.A. WeeklyLuke Y. Thompson
Meet the Spartans is a mild improvement over their "Epic Movie," which is like saying that a debilitating fever is more fun than appendicitis, but what’s shocking is how lazy it is, which is a shame for former UK child star/pop singer Sean Maguire, whose Gerard Butler impersonation is spot-on. Read full review
10
VarietyJoe Leydon
Lazy, lame and painfully unfunny, Meet the Spartans is yet another scrambled-genre parody. Read full review
0
The A.V. ClubSteven Hyden
Meet The Spartans gamely alternates between unfunny gay jokes and violent pratfalls for a good 80 minutes, finding time for not one, but two musical dance numbers set to "I Will Survive." Read full review
0
Village VoiceAaron Hillis
Witless, tasteless, formless spoof. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Hey, guys, when you repurpose a disco hit to poke fun at gay men, not only do you look like assholes, you look like assholes who rip their jokes off of YouTube. Read full review
0
Film ThreatFelix Vasques Jr.
It’s rare that a movie makes me ill these days, and it’s rare that I can see a movie and hate the people behind it with such abhorrence, but Meet the Spartans rises to the challenge. Read full review
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