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intereact!Directors: John Fortenberry, Amy Heckerling
Actors: Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Raquel Gardner, Viveca Paulin, and Paulette Braxton
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $12.98
Release Date: 1999-04-20
Theatrical Release Date: 1998-10-02
Studio: Paramount
Run Time: 81 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 1
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
Expanding their one-joke skit from television's Saturday Night Live, Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell are Doug and Steve Butabi, the wearers of the rayon suits and Speedo trunks who bob their heads in unison to dance music while unsuccessfully preying on women in clubs. What's funny in a three-minute piece doesn't always get funnier by expansion, but Kattan and Ferrell give it a go with fellow SNL member Molly Shannon as their ambitious neighbor. By day they work in their father's fake-plant store. By night they prowl the club scene after spraying on the cologne in their gauchely decorated bedroom. A fender-bender with Richard Grieco (playing himself) gets them into the popular club the Roxbury, but it's not all good news, as the brothers soon find themselves torn apart. Doug and Steve are pathetic but lovable, mostly due to the actors' talents for self-deprecating humor. All gifted comedians, Kattan, Ferrell, and Shannon obviously feel comfortable around each other, and their love triangle (which prompts send-ups of Say Anything and Jerry Maguire) is the funniest joke in this mostly lame comedy. Too bad, because it clocks in at about 80 minutes and could have run on television as a pretty good episode of SNL, which has been known to get a bit lame itself. --Shannon Gee
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) "A Night At The Roxbury" EXCELLENT! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Have had this move for more then 2 weeks. Enjoy it. You guys do good work in finding these...:D2) horrible [Rating: 1 out of 5]
this is a crappy film. the characters and the situations are completely absurd and ridiculous. it is interesting though to see Will Ferrell beginning to find his comic voice and hopefully Katan will find some better vehicles for his immense talent. don't waste your time with this movie. run from it.3) THE BEST LINES EVER!!! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This movie is hysterically funny! It has lines that you will keep saying over and over and over again. Totally a no-brainer movie, which is what I love about it!!! Definitely see this if you love random comedy! It has the best random jokes ever!4) This movie was Hilarious!! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I bought this movie for my teenage son and it is soooooo funny. Will Ferrell at his best (as always). We all love this movie.5) Responsible for launching the career of one of my favorite comedians... [Rating: 3 out of 5]
As a devoted Ferrell fan my wife insisted that I finally get around to watching `Night at the Roxbury'. Honestly, how can you claim to worship the comedian if you have never seen his earliest work? So I made my way down to my local video store and rummaged through the videos until I found this DVD hidden behind a slew of less impressive fodder and made my way up to the checkout line. Upon seeing the video I was renting the young girl checking me out starting to involuntarily bob her head to the side and hum the tune of some 90's dance track and I knew that I was in for a cult classic. To label `Night at the Roxbury' a cult classic may not sit well with everyone, but to be completely honest it is the film that launched the mega-successful career of Will Ferrell, and that alone is worth mentioning. Do I think `Night at the Roxbury' is Ferrell's funniest film? No, but I do think that this was one heck of a start for his career and watching this film further proves that he's always had it.The movie centers around brothers Doug and Steve Butabi (no...yes). As has been mentioned, this film, along with so many others starring the SNL alumni, is just an expansion of their SNL skits. These two brothers are as lame as lame can be, but in their own eyes they are the coolest cats on the block. Doug, played by Chris Kattan, is the ringleader. He's the more independent outspoken brother. Ferrell's Steve is more of a follower, gullible and naïve and easily manipulated. They work in their father's fake-plant shop but their real dream is to one day open their own night club. After a chance meeting with the owner of the popular club `The Roxbury' they find themselves one step closer to their dream but when their father, the girl next door and a bitter rival come between them and their nightclub they find themselves torn apart and their spirits, along with their dreams, begin to crumble.This film is hilarious in scenes, corny in most, and just plain ridiculous some of the time, but as some have already mentioned, this is just good goofy fun. This is not the type of film to take seriously so why bother trying to. Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan are hilarious here. In fact, Kattan is so funny that I'm surprised his career didn't skyrocket as well. It's funny to me to watch this film and see how it helped launch Ferrell's career yet Kattan hasn't done much more than the ill-received and poorly orchestrated Corky Romano. Molly Shannon is also great here as the seductive manipulating girl after Steve's heart and the prospect of a family business venture. To any fan of SNL or Ferrell will want to see this, as I'm sure they already have. Now I can really say I'm a fan of Ferrell, a big fan, for I've seen his most recognized film, the film that started it all, and I can honestly say that from the dialog to the soundtrack it's a winner.