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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

  • TV Movie
  • 20042004
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2004)
Comedy
Twenty-six years after the release of the original Rutles documentary, famous artists, actors, and musicians speak out on how the Rutles influenced them.Twenty-six years after the release of the original Rutles documentary, famous artists, actors, and musicians speak out on how the Rutles influenced them.Twenty-six years after the release of the original Rutles documentary, famous artists, actors, and musicians speak out on how the Rutles influenced them.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
524
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POPULARITY
28,426
2,638
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    • Director
      • Eric Idle
    • Writer
      • Eric Idle
    • Stars
      • Eric Idle
      • Neil Innes(archive footage)
      • Ricky Fataar(archive footage)
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    • Director
      • Eric Idle
    • Writer
      • Eric Idle
    • Stars
      • Eric Idle
      • Neil Innes(archive footage)
      • Ricky Fataar(archive footage)
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    • 20User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Eric Idle
    Eric Idle
    • Narrator…
    Neil Innes
    Neil Innes
    • Ron Nasty
    • (archive footage)
    Ricky Fataar
    • Stig O'Hara
    • (archive footage)
    John Halsey
    • Barry Wom
    • (archive footage)
    Terence Bayler
    Terence Bayler
    • Leggy Mountintaback
    • (archive footage)
    Mariela Comitini
    • Jennifer Lopez
    Peter Crabbe
    • Police Officer
    Jimmy Fallon
    Jimmy Fallon
    • Melvin's Son
    Tasha Goldthwait
    • Rutles Fan
    • (as Tasha Goldthwaite)
    Samantha Harris
    Samantha Harris
    • The Jogger
    Lily Idle
    • Rutles Fan
    Bianca Jagger
    Bianca Jagger
    • Martini
    • (archive footage)
    Bill Murray
    Bill Murray
    • Bill Murray the K
    • (archive footage)
    Kevin Nealon
    Kevin Nealon
    • Kevin Wongle
    Catherine O'Hara
    Catherine O'Hara
    • Astro Glide
    Jim Piddock
    Jim Piddock
    • Troy Nixon
    Gwen Taylor
    Gwen Taylor
    • Chastity
    • (archive footage)
    Carinthia West
    Carinthia West
    • Carintha
    • (archive footage)
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      • Eric Idle
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      • Eric Idle
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    • Trivia
      Filming was completed on November 9, 2002, but the movie sat on the shelf until it was premiered at the Don't Knock the Rock festival in August 2003. The film was later released on DVD in 2004, never having reached theaters.
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      No Executives were harmed during the making of this film.
    • Connections
      Edited from Saturday Night Live: Eric Idle/Neil Innes (1977)

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    3/10
    A total waste of time
    This complete waste of time seems to be rather badly patched together out of out-takes from the first film, new footage of Eric Idle and a bunch of talking head celebrity interviews.

    The new Eric Idle footage scores the best and has the most laughs. However, jokes about tight trousers being the reason for the group's success get old and tiresome rather quickly.

    Much of the celebrity interviews are inexplicable. Jewel fares the worst, seeming like she's not sure if she understands the joke, or if there even is one. Even if the Rutles were a real band I don't see how they could have possibly inspired people like Gary Shandling and Steve Martin. The problem here is that the musicians interviewed aren't funny and the comedians interviewed are out of place. Tom Hanks and Conan O' Brian fare best in gamely trying to play along, but the result is awkward, forced and quite often unfunny.

    Like another person here mentioned I would like to have seen an update of the Rutles today, but with the Lennon assassination, it would be in poor taste to parody the Beatles post-breakup years. Much of this film feels like it's unfinished, and I wonder if Eric Idle was considering filming new footage and then scaling down the celebrity interviews. In it's current state, it's a sorry mess and it's not hard to see why it sat on the shelf for a couple of years.

    Stick to the original, and forget this exists.
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    • Release date
      • November 9, 2004 (Hungary)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros. (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ратлз 2: Ланч нельзя купить
    • Filming locations
      • Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Above Average Productions Inc.
      • Broadway Video
      • Rutle Corp
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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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