A Night at the Roxbury (1998)

A Night at the Roxbury: Directed by John Fortenberry. With Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Raquel Gardner, Viveca Paulin. Two dim-witted brothers dream of owning their own dance club or at least getting into the coolest and most exclusive club in town, The Roxbury.

“Iu0026#39;m going out on a limb here. Iu0026#39;ve just bombed u0026quot;Joe Dirt,u0026quot; and now Iu0026#39;m going to do an about-face on modern comedies and argue that u0026quot;A Night at the Roxburyu0026quot; is brilliant. Most critics didnu0026#39;t see a distinction between these two bombs, but I do.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eComedy oftentimes depends on suffering. Comic protagonists always take a beating, and we either laugh with them, or at them, or maybe we laugh not at all because we couldnu0026#39;t care less. The essential question is, are the protagonists of u0026quot;A Night at the Roxburyu0026quot; lovable losers or just totally annoying dweebs who deserve all the grief they get? u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYou know my answer already. I love the Butabi brothers. They have a strong fraternal bond, theyu0026#39;re obsessed with Emilio Estevez, and they canu0026#39;t get any play. Whatu0026#39;s not to love? u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDan Hedaya is great as the brothersu0026#39; disgruntled dad, and Chazz Palminteri does a hilarious cameo as an entrepreneur obsessed with ass-grabbing. Richard Grieco demonstrates a remarkable sense of humor about himself by allowing the Butabis to build him up as a big celebrity, when the joke is obviously that heu0026#39;s a total has-been. What a sport, eh?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNice song, too. I like this stupid movie. Really, I do.”