On girls in their own clumsy way and desperately trying to get past Roxbury security is part of their daily routine, but when each of them finally The movie is centered on Steve and Doug's relationship,īrothers who are all but joined at the hip and so committed to their dreams that they have no idea what happens, or what to do, when they Them or reinforce who they know themselves to be?Ī Night at the Roxbury isn't a clubbing movie or even a Comedy: it's a Bromance. When theyĪre accidentally in a fender-bender with club regular Richard Grieco (himself) of 21 Jump Street fame, they get in when Grieco realizes heĬan leverage his way out of a court appearance and costly settlement by claiming them to be his guests. After all, it's their dream to open one of their own. They need to see how a great club operates. Try as they might, they're not on 'the list,' and they The music), they hit whatever clubs they can but dream of getting into the famed Roxbury. With their spiffiest clothes and relentlessly upbeat attitudes (and constant movement Theįilm's got a hip and happening score working in its favor and the beats alone are enough to pull the audience into the clashing worlds of SoCal glitzĪnd glamour and the lovable buffoons who so desperately want to be a part of a social scene when they really, deep down, desperately just want to beīy day, brothers Steve and Doug Butabi (Ferrell and Kattan) work at their father's (Dan Hedaya) Southern California flower shop. Otherwise an empty vessel, but its leads are infectiously likeable, even if all of that nodding has jarred loose the few operating brain cells inside.

But maybe the film was hit a little too hard. Music and everything in between yields little deviation from their rhythmic tandem movements. The film begins and ends with the brothers moving to the

And that's why the film was critically panned upon release: the movie rarely veers away from that central idea that these guys just move to theīeat, their own beat, and the rest is just filler to get them to that next head bob. Saturday Night Live sketch, reuniting the head bopping, skit starring duo of Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan as they live their lives one beat at a Reviewed by Martin Liebman, July 20, 2021ĭirector John Fortenberry's ( Jury Duty) A Night at the Roxbury is the film adaptation of the

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