Never tell them the odds.
Cast |
Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell, David Denman, Christopher McDonald |
Director |
Kylie Newman |
Screenplay | Ernest Cline, Adam F. Goldberg, Dan Pulick |
Music | Mark Mothersbaugh |
Cinematography | Lukas Ettlin |
Editing | Seth Flaum |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Made in | 2008 |
Produced by | Trigger Street Productions, Coalition Film, Picture Machine, The Weinstein Company |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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Genre | Comedy |
Language | Frequent |
Nudity | Brief |
Sex | Suggestiveness |
Violence | Some, mild, comedic |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | Some |
Drug abuse | Brief |
Comments | Strongish sexual suggestiveness and innuendo |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Atiyyah Khan | 10 | |
Die Burger Ronel Nel | 1 | |
Cape Times Michael Sragow | 5 | |
iAfrica.com James O'Ehley Fanboys is a comedy by geeks, for geeks... | 5 | |
The Citizen Annette Bayne | 14 | |
Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 10 | |
24.com Jean Barker This so-called comedy is too tired and tediously immature it makes an evening of medieval role playing games seem almost... exciting. | 1 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert An amiable but disjointed movie. | 8 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs The end result is mediocre at best. | 8 | |
Metacritic.com 22 critics | 9 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 75 critics | 9 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer This undercooked, sporadically funny road movie is a sop to Star Wars fanatics, but the uninitiated will find little to enjoy. | 6 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 1186 Netizens | 16 | |
Average .. 39% | 8 |