Title aside, Disaster Movie may be the first Airplane!-style parody that has no overriding concept beyond...skewering a bunch of recent hit films. It should have been called I Love the First Half of 2008. Since many of the targets (Cloverfield, Hancock, Kung Fu Panda) already have a cheeky self-consciousness, the comedy rarely seems more than a hasty patchwork of cheap-shot allusions. But a few arrows hit their marks. The movie is merciless sending up Juno's self-satisfied hipster gobbledygook, and it's quite funny to see Hannah Montana still promoting her tie-in products as she lies crushed and dying under a meteor. C+
Disaster Movie (l-r) Nicole Parker, Matt Lanter, Garry ''G-Thang'' Johnson, and Crista Flanagan
EW's GRADE
C+Details Release Date: Aug 29, 2008; Rated: PG-13; Length: 90 Minutes; Genre: Comedy; With: Carmen Electra and Kim Kardashian; Distributor: Lions Gate Films
Advertisement
Today's Most Popular
-
Inside TV Fox's 'House' will end this season
-
Photo Gallery 'Vampire Diaries': Exclusive pics!
Our Partners
Movie Calendar
- January 3
- January 4
- January 6
- January 13
- January 20
- January 27
- February 3
- February 10
- February 17
- February 24
- March 2
- March 9
- March 16
- March 23
- March 30
- April 4
- April 6
- April 13
- April 20
- April 27
- * Dates subject to change
Add your comment
The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. An asterisk * indicates a required field.