Movie Review: MacGruber
SNL’s character MacGruber stars in his own movie. The ex-special operative MacGruber must take on his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth, after Von Cunth obtains a nuclear warhead and prepares to destroy Washington, D.C.
Saturday Night Live skits do not always make the best movies. In the case of MacGruber it is a movie based on a one joke skit, funny, but not earth shatteringly original. Will Forte reprises his SNL character here and does it well. Forte, who was one of the screenplay writers, had a chance to expand the short skit MacGruber, making him into a full fledged, incompetent crazy person. Kristen Wiig plays her skit character Vicki St. Elmo, who apparently has a talent for musical numbers. Forte and Wiig have great comic timing together, and make the most of the screenplay.
The cast is solid, there are laughs and physical slapstick along the way, quite a bit of nudity and definitely some adult humor. If you are looking for a mindless, goofy comedy, MacGruber may be up your alley.
2010. Directed by Jorma Taccone. Starring Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, Val Kilmer, Powers Boothe, and Maya Rudolph.
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