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Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) Rank 3 Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle (C.W. Nevius)
The Movie Chicks
Bill Gluckman (Ryan O'Neal) is running for governor, but his image of strong family man is hurt by the antics of his rapper-wannabe son, who goes by the name B-Rad (Jamie Kennedy). B-Rad thinks his life on the streets of Malibu is tough and his ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at The Movie Chicks
Citysearch (Dan Fazio)
Much funnier than it has any right to be, Malibu succeeds because it tweaks stereotypes and rarely takes the low road. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Citysearch (Dan Fazio)
The Gate.ca (W. Andrew Powell)
Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
B-Rads father (Ryan O'Neal) is an über-rich business man who’s running for the US Senate, and as our hero is soooooo embarrassing, he tells his top aide Tom Gibbons(Blair Underwood) to do something about it. What he does is to hire two actors, ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
CountingDown.com (Stevie Wong)
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)
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Yes, it's dumb and yes, it's a 15-minute skit stretched out to 80 minutes, but I have to admit it -- it is very funny. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
For shizzle, Malibu's Most Wanted is a comedy that's off the hizzie. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
The comedy is often crass and crude, but it makes telling points about how much of 'race' is more about the words and gestures we use than the actual colors of our skins. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
This might be the first movie about player-haters that's not hateful itself. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
filmcritic.com (Norm Schrager)
Presenting the Hollywood theme of the month: dumb white boy poses as street thug at an all-black nightclub. First, it was Steve Martin as an uptight lawyer in Bringing Down the House. Now, it’s Jamie Kennedy (TV’s The Jamie Kennedy ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at filmcritic.com (Norm Schrager)
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
A far smarter send-up of cultural stereotypes than `Bringing Down the House.' ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Karina Montgomery
Hip hop historian (really) Kevin Powell describes movies like these as a cultural safari for white people. While it's true I would probably have never been inclined to see a movie that's so hazee fo shazee without the hook of black guys trying to bleach ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Karina Montgomery
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DVDFanatic.com (Mark Zlotnick)
Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
An overprivileged white kid from the California coast who fancies himself as a self-styled rapper gets a dose of urban reality in the mindless satire, "Malibu's Most Wanted" (Warner Bros.).
Directed by John Whitesell, the film, a vapid jumble of ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
DVD Net (Vince Carrozza)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Reel.com (Tor Thorsen)
IndependentCritics.com (Richard Propes)
3 Black Chicks ("Cass")
Aggressive-Voice - Movie Reviews
MovieEye.com (David Litton)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Supercala.com (John Venable)
Despite being a one-trick pony with a horrible ad campaign, this is one of the funniest flicks of 2003! ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Supercala.com (John Venable)
Movie-Vault.com (Scott Spicciati)
PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
DVD Verdict (Bill Gibron)
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Anderson and Diggs may be the best thing about it. Their characters are actors hired by Brad’s father to carjack Brad and take him to the real ghetto, basically to scare the white back into him. Consequently, P.J. and Sean scramble to find anyone ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
Brad Gluckman, a.k.a. B-Rad (JAMIE KENNEDY), is a privileged white kid who lives in Malibu with his parents Bill (RYAN O'NEAL) and Bess (BO DEREK). Like his friends, Hadji (KAL PENN), Mocha (NICK SWARDSON) and Monster (KEILI LEFKOVITZ), B-Rad has ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
eFilmCritic Reviews
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
eFilmCritic (Scott Weinberg)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"This is my ghetto--the mall," Brad Gluckman explains at the beginning of "Malibu's Most Wanted." He's the son of a millionaire who is running for governor of California under the slogan ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Bubakar Awards (Brian Owens)
Parent Previews
Taking a satirical jab at everyone from imitators to politicians, Malibu's Most Wanted stages some comedic moments on the advantaged avenues of this sunny resort town. But despite the brief moments of domestic enlightenment and paternal ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Parent Previews
Steve Rhodes
Since BRad's outlandish behavior is causing Bill to drop like a stone in the polls, something must be done. In order to scare BRad white, Tom Gibbons (Blair Underwood), Bill's campaign manager and chief spinmeister, hires a couple of actors, Sean (Taye ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Steve Rhodes
Reel Movie Critic (David Spielman)
Gibbons hires two out of work actors to play gangstas and kidnap B-Rad. Julliard trained Sean (Taye Diggs), and PJ (Anthony Anderson), a regular at the Pasadena Playhouse accept their mission: to give B-Rad a tour of what the Compton, California hood is ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Reel Movie Critic (David Spielman)
Bullz-Eye.com
The racial stereotype theme has been popular in recent comedies, including Chris Rock's
"Head of State" and Martin Lawrence's ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
Reel.com
Usually, one of the sure signs of a bad movie is its length. With only a few exceptions, any movie that's under 90 minutes is going stink worse than burnt popcorn. Malibu's Most Wanted is one of the exceptions. At only 80 minutes, it's little more than ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at Reel.com
TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
A surprisingly likeable farce that suggests a cross between BULWORTH and 8 MILE; it's not as smart as the former, but it's considerably funnier than the latter. Spoiled rich kid Brad "B-Rad" Gluckman (Jamie Kennedy) — a character first seen on TV's ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)
TeenHollywood.com (Lynn Barker)
B-Rad's dad, Bill (Ryan O'Neal), is campaigning to be the next California Governor and the rapper and his crew are an big embarrassment. ...read the complete Malibu's Most Wanted movie review at TeenHollywood.com (Lynn Barker)
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