Never tell them the odds.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell, David Denman, Christopher McDonald |
| Director |
Kylie Newman |
| Screenplay | Ernest Cline, Adam F. Goldberg, Dan Pulick |
| Music | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Cinematography | Lukas Ettlin |
| Editing | Seth Flaum |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2008 |
| Produced by | Trigger Street Productions, Coalition Film, Picture Machine, The Weinstein Company |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large | Scroll down for embedded trailer
| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | Frequent |
| Nudity | Brief |
| Sex | Suggestiveness |
| Violence | Some, mild, comedic |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Some |
| Drug abuse | Brief |
| Comments | Strongish sexual suggestiveness and innuendo |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
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Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Atiyyah Khan | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Ronel Nel | 1 |  |
| Cape Times Michael Sragow | 5 | |
| iAfrica.com James O'Ehley  Fanboys is a comedy by geeks, for geeks... | 5 | |
| The Citizen Annette Bayne | 14 |  |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 10 | |
| 24.com Jean Barker This so-called comedy is too tired and tediously immature it makes an evening of medieval role playing games seem almost... exciting. | 1 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert An amiable but disjointed movie. | 8 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs The end result is mediocre at best. | 8 | |
| Metacritic.com 22 critics | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 75 critics | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer This undercooked, sporadically funny road movie is a sop to Star Wars fanatics, but the uninitiated will find little to enjoy. | 6 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 1186 Netizens | 16 | |
Average .. 39% | 8 | |