Wieners (2008)

A road trip comedy about three friends who travel across the country in a Wiener Wagon to beat up a popular daytime talk show therapist.

Director:

Mark Steilen

Writers:

Suzanne Francis, Gabe Grifoni

Stars:

Kenan Thompson, Zachary Levi, Fran Kranz

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kenan Thompson	...	Wyatt
Zachary Levi	...	Ben
Fran Kranz	...	Joel
Darrell Hammond	...	Dr. Dwayne
Jenny McCarthy	...	Ms. Isaac
Joel David Moore	...	Greg (as Joel Moore)
Andy Milonakis	...	Drake Hanswald
Blake Clark	...	Mr. Applebaum
Mindy Sterling	...	Mrs. Applebaum
Chris Pratt	...	Bobby
Sarah Drew	...	Karen
Kyle Gass	...	Walrus Boy
Sarah Wright	...	Lavender (as Sarah Mason)
Melinda Sward	...	Debrah
John Farley	...	Cornelius Worthington III

Storyline

A road trip comedy about three friends who travel across the country in a Wiener Wagon to beat up a popular daytime talk show therapist.

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Plot Keywords:

road trip | friend | one word title | bully | white panties | 

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Taglines:

size DOES matter!

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for crude and sexual humor, nudity and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 June 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

3 colegas y una salchicha

Filming Locations:

Farmington, Utah, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Braveart Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Charlie's Angels (1976)

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Soundtracks

"Callin' All Freaks"
Written by David Hilker, John Costello and Jeffrey Freundlich
Performed by 2 Da Groove
Courtesy of Fervor Records, a division of Wild Whirled Music

User Reviews

How did Wieners go so wrong so fast?

The movie starts well enough: A guy, arguing with his girlfriend, ends up on the show of a thinly veiled Dr. Phil to help work through the relationship. However, this episode has a twist. Some time later, our hero spends his days sitting in his underwear watching and re-watching that same episode. To snap him out of his funk his friend, who just bought a weinermobile, proposes a road trip---to travel across the country and kick the good doctor's ass! The film, however, is unable to keep the momentum going behind this interesting concept and things quickly devolve into crappy physical humor, some running gay jokes, a lewd reference here and there, and some awkward situations that bore more than they amuse. All of which serves as nothing more than an attempt to bulk out the film because clearly the writers ran out of good ideas. The ending is also a somewhat disappointing muddled mess that leaves viewers with the distinct impression that they just lost 90 minutes of their life that they're never going to get back.

Former child star & current SNL cast member Kenan Thompson plays the happy-go-lucky hot doggatier Wyatt and greatly outshines the rest of the cast. Despite his best efforts, however, even he can't pull laughs out of this mess. The only two other faces you might recognize in the film are Jenny McCarthy (of Mtv fame) and Darrell Hammond (who plays the thinly veiled Dr. Phil parody). All three perform admirably in their roles. However, the leading man, Zach Levi (aka Chuck on the NBC comedy of the same name) could have easily been replaced with a sack of potatoes in the majority of scenes and nobody would ever have noticed.

If you're going to see Wieners, if you watch the first 10 or 15 minutes then fast forward to the last 10 (or, because you're going to probably see this on TV, watch something else for a while) you might enjoy the film.