Lady Killers (2003)

User Rating:

2.6/10   

Director:

Gary Preisler

Writers:

Michael Canale (story)
Gary Preisler (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

A comedy about two guys who'd do anything to be on top.

Plot:

A pair of losers marry two elderly sisters, thinking they'll inherit their fortune and Beverly Hills estate. |

Plot Keywords:

National Lampoon Series | Reference To Aristotle

Cast

Will Friedle	...	Calvin Menhoffer
Chris Owen	...	Leonard Smallwood
Louise Lasser	...	Doris Mundt
Renée Taylor	...	Betty Mundt
Nikki Schieler Ziering	...	Charlene (as Nikki Ziering)
Rudy De Luca	...	Uncle Walt
Jack Ong	...	Mr. Woo
J.J. Cole	...	Minister
Carmen Twillie	...	Gospel Singer
Gabriel Bologna	...	Jail Guard
Mary Albee	...	Woman on the Street
Draegin	...	Bruno 'The Dog'

Also Known As:

Gold Diggers (USA)
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (USA) (new title)
National Lampoon's Lady Killers (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, and some drug related material.

Runtime:

USA:90 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

UK:12 | Finland:K-11 | Australia:M | Singapore:M18 | USA:PG-13 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version)

Company:

Winston Davis and Associates

Trivia:

One of only six theatrical wide releases on record in the United States to average less than $600 US Dollars on its debut weekend per theater in the past 25 years.

Goofs:

Continuity: Early in the movie where we see how bumbling the two guys are in their acts of crime, Leonard grabs a purse that is attached to a woman's prosthetic left arm. When he brings it back to her, she beats him with a right arm (the hands have switched).

Quotes:

Betty Mundt: As Aristotle once said, 'When life throws you lemon, sometimes you just gotta up and kill somebody!'

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Spring Break 24/7 (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Lady Killers

Tasteless and not even AMUSINGLY tasteless.

Some friends and I were at Blockbuster over the weekend. None of us could agree on what film to see. We decided that no one was in the mood for anything really heavy or intellectual. Just some stupid movie to have a few laughs and possibly a few beers to. All of us had seen the really Obvious comedies or big films that you rent from the new release wall as defaults when you're in the mood to just watch some film that you don't have to think about with friends. So we saw the box for GOLDDIGGERS and thought "there are hot chicks on the cover, that kid from American PIE and BOY MEETS WORLD are in it. Its a national lampoon film. I'm sure it will provide some amusingly crude dick and fart jokes and occasional shots of tits and be on par with EURO-Trip as one of those utterly stupid films that you can just pop in and let your brain rust, chuckle occasionally, and kill an hour and a half of your night."

Seriously, this film makes Eurotrip seem academy award worthy. The screenplay isn't even worth picking apart. It is failed joke after failed joke after failed joke. And then, it becomes entirely disgusting. And not Cameron Dias with Cum in her hair SOMETHING ABOUT MARY disgusting where its FUNNY. this was just disgusting.

The basic premise of the film is that these 2 young screw ups try to seduce 2 elderly women. You can already guess how disgusting the sexual interactions already are.

And I wasn't expecting much from this film. I was really looking for 2 things: 1. Boobs. 2. Laughs.

1. The boobs were old and disgusting and by the time it got to cuter girls, I was already thuroughly disgusted 2. Few and far between and mostly at the fact that I actually shelled out 4 dollars to rent this piece of theatrical donk.

So note to all: don't bother renting stupid comedies that you've never head of and are shorter than 90 minutes or star c-list actors. Generally, there's a reason you've never heard of it. Did this even get a theatrical release? I would hope not.