Movie 43 (2013)
Storyline
The film is composed of multiple comedy shorts presented through an overarching segment titled "The Pitch", in which Charlie Wessler, a mad screenwriter, is attempting to pitch a script to film executive Griffin Schraeder. After revealing several of the stories in his script, Wessler becomes agitated when Schraeder dismisses his outrageous ideas, and he pulls a gun on him and forces him to listen to multiple other stories before making Schraeder consult his manager, Bob Mone, to purchase the film.
Directors
Writers
Elizabeth Wright Shapiro, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Ricky Blitt, Will Carlough, Patrik Forsberg, Matt Portenoy, Greg Pritikin, Jeremy Sosenko, Rocky Russo, Steve Baker, Jonathan van Tulleken, Bill O'Malley, Will Graham, Jack Kukoda, Claes Kjellstrom, Jonas Wittenmark, Tobias Carlson, Olle Sarri, Jacob Fleisher
Cast
J.B. Smoove, Jason Sudeikis, Kate Winslet, Elizabeth Banks, Gerard Butler, Michelle Gunn, Seann William Scott, Hugh Jackman, Justin Long, Anna Faris, Common, Uma Thurman, Kate Bosworth, Dennis Quaid, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Emma Stone, Halle Berry, Naomi Watts, Josh Duhamel, Chris Pratt, Liev Schreiber, Patrick Warburton, Jimmy Bennett, Richard Gere, Katie Finneran, Kieran Culkin, Bobby Cannavale, Chloë Grace Moretz, Kristen Bell, Matt Walsh, Johnny Knoxville, Leslie Bibb, Aasif Mandvi, Jack McBrayer, Greg Kinnear, Stephen Merchant, Will Sasso, Terrence Howard, Emily Alyn Lind, Sayed Badreya, Seth MacFarlane, Jarrad Paul, Odessa Rae, Julie Ann Emery, Zen Gesner, Sean Rosales, Roy Jenkins, Eric Stuart, Zach Lasry, John Hodgman, Maria Arcé, Katrina Bowden, Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi, Caryl Lippman West, Mark L. Young, Arthur French, Rightor Doyle, Esti Ginzburg, Jeremy Allen White, Charlie Saxton, Liz Carey, Eddie Napolillo, Mike Meldman, Julie Claire, Rocky Madigan, Anna Madigan, Alex Cranmer, Austin Cope, Aaron LaPlante, Brooke Davis, John Shuman, Cathy Cliften, Cherina Monteniques Scott, Darby Lynn Totten, Marc Ambrose, Will Carlough, Phil Crowley, Ed Blythe, Olivia Roberts Payne, Monique Delee, Jaron Henrie-McCrea, Sebastian Brodziak, Severyn K. Brodziak, Raven Burnett, Montana Byrne, Jarrett Carter, Phillip Michaels, Coleen Hoffman, Elbe Van Der Merwe, Ricki Lander, Paloma Felisberto Bilson, Jasper Grey, Ben Harris, Aaron Jennings, Jared Dudley, Corey Wayne Brewer, Larry Eugene Sanders II, Jay Ellis, Brian Flaccus, Brett Davern, Evan Dumouchel, Logan Holladay, Mandy Kowalski, Christina Linhardt, Devin Eash, Julie McNiven
Trailer
Reviews
58
At its best, Movie 43 resembles a risqué episode of Saturday Night Live - a comparison reinforced by the presence of both parody ads and Jason Sudeikis. At its worst? Let's just say that Hugh Jackman fans who want to remember the actor as Jean Valjean and not as a guy with a scrotum sprouting from his neck should make alternate plans this weekend.
50
An oddity recommended for only the most fervent, undemanding comedy junkies.
30
The kindest thing to be said of Movie 43, a star-saturated collection of crude one-joke vignettes made with big-time directors, is that most of the participants seem to relish being naughty.
20
Quite why A-listers Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman and Emma Stone (among others) aligned themselves with this excruciatingly moronic compilation of shorts is anybody's guess.
20
Empire
Just no.
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