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Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) Rank 2 Reviews
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MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
TheWorldJournal.com (Frank Ochieng)
Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
New York Times (Stephen Holden)
When it works, Malibu's Most Wanted ... scores glancingly as a mischievous social satire lampooning spoiled suburban white boys who play at being black, as well as the hyper-macho attitudes and vocabulary of actual gangsta rappers. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)
eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
If you're looking for something artistic and brilliantly conceived, I suggest you search elsewhere. But there's something to be said for a straight sitcom flick that delivers the laughs. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
filmcritic.com (Norm Schrager)
The idea is pulled off better than one might expect. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at filmcritic.com (Norm Schrager)
Latino Review
Okay, I'll admit it. I went to Malibu's Most Wanted expecting something REALLY base. I mean, wouldn't you? A teen movie usually has a lot of four-letter words, fart jokes, and at least frontal nudity. Guess what. None of that. Nope, this was a fairly ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Latino Review
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Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
There’s one joke in “Malibu’s Most Wanted.” One joke, repeated over and over, for ninety minutes. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
The problem with Most Wanted has plagued most of the Saturday Night Live movies. What’s funny in a five-minute sketch, may not be funny for an hour and a half. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Adam J. Hakari)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
[Kennedy] has a pretty good I'm-lame -but-I-believe -in-myself shtick going there. However, it doesn't last nearly as long as Malibu's Most Wanted 's running time. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Premiere Magazine (Brooke Hauser)
But despite its inane premise, fuzzy shape, and broad TV-land characters, Jamie Kennedy's latest experiment is ?%*@&!* hilarious. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Premiere Magazine (Brooke Hauser)
Fantastica Daily (Shirley Klass)
B-Rad is a harmless, lovable guy... something that can’t be said for the characters played by superstars Queen Latifah and Steve Martin, who appear on the next screen over. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Fantastica Daily (Shirley Klass)
Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
The Jamie Kennedy comedy vehicle Malibu's Most Wanted faces a seemingly insurmountable problem: It's really a lot better when Kennedy isn't on screen. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Detroit Free Press (John Monaghan)
The movie sets up some potentially hilarious scenes, including an onstage rap contest straight out of 8 Mile , but the payoff falls flatter than one of B-Rad's rhymes. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Detroit Free Press (John Monaghan)
Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
Despite an intolerably irritating first act, some genuinely funny humor grows during the latter part. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
Hollywood.com (Guylaine Cadorette)
In Malibu's Most Wanted , Jamie Kennedy's white suburban rapper persona makes a smooth leap from television skit to big screen. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Hollywood.com (Guylaine Cadorette)
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
A send-up of rap personality in which no one actually has a personality. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
MovieWeb (Daniel Davis)
Whatever happened to "subtle" comedy? You know, getting a laugh out of a snarky turn of phrase or an expertly timed reaction or a deft bit of physical comedy…that sort of thing? Unfortunately, "subtle" just might have died with There's Something About ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at MovieWeb (Daniel Davis)
USA Today (Mike Clark)
Think of a B-grade Bulworth with lesser talents than A-listers Warren Beatty and Halle Berry. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at USA Today (Mike Clark)
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
The Popkorn Junkie
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
New York Post (Megan Lehmann)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
Instead, Mr. Mathers emerges unscathed, and the movie gets by, just barely, on its own good nature. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
Toronto Star (Daphne Gordon)
Maybe in a half-hour format, the idea would stand up. But in a feature film, B-Rad's schtick seems like a one-note song. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Toronto Star (Daphne Gordon)
Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
What happens when you have a fifteen minute skit stretched out into full length form? About fifteen minutes of funny material and a whole lot of filler. You'd also have MALIBU'S MOST WANTED, which may have been one of the funnier bits when it played out o ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Steve Simels)
A surprisingly likeable farce. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Steve Simels)
Arizona Republic (Kathy Cano Murillo)
Malibu's Most Wanted is nothing to pinch your nose over, but it doesn't give Kennedy the street cred we know he's capable of. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Arizona Republic (Kathy Cano Murillo)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Malibu isn't the most painful cinematic experience of my life – or even of 2003 – though it may be the most bizarrely wrongheaded. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
The results range from mildly amusing to excruciating. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
Film Snobs (Stephen Himes)
Not as inspired as White Boyz . ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Film Snobs (Stephen Himes)
Boxoffice Magazine (Francesca Dinglasan)
Silly but not always satisfying, Kennedy's trademark satirical style is really what's most wanted -- but missing -- in Malibu . ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Francesca Dinglasan)
Newsday
(PG-13). Jamie Kennedy stars in the latest of the season's comedies about rich white folk who make themselves over with hip-hop identities. Let's hope they get better. This dumb feature-length romp is adapted from Kennedy's television character, Brad ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Newsday
The Movie Insider (Kyle Smith)
If you see Malibu's Most Wanted, try and go with some friends and remind yourself of the occasional funny parts on the drive home. It might make this studio-engineered mess a little more tolerable. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at The Movie Insider (Kyle Smith)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Sometimes as a film critic its hard to control yourself from writing hundreds of words about a movie, however there are also times when its difficult writing more than two dozen. Malibu is one of the latter, a truly woeful feature comedy based on a ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
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