By turns pointless and pointlessly mean-spirited.

| Mar 31, 2009

The single punch line that sparks genuine laughter comes three minutes into the film; after that, these marriages are made in comedy hell.

| Aug 16, 2007

Nothing's quite so painful as failed comedy, and this atrocity is equivalent to a compound fracture.

| Jan 5, 2007

This is the spectacularly inept directing debut of writer-producer Gary Priesler, who is said to have 12 other movies in development. God help us.

Full Review | Original Score: 0/4 | Sep 20, 2004

So stupefyingly hideous that after watching it, you'll need to bathe in 10 gallons of disinfectant, get a full-body scrub and shampoo with vinegar to remove the scummy residue that remains.

| Sep 17, 2004

Don't waste your money. Please. Spare our culture some last semblance of dignity by ignoring National Lampoon's Gold Diggers altogether.

| Original Score: 0/4 | Sep 17, 2004

Imagine a horrible parallel universe, where Pauly Shore is allowed to direct a remake of Harold and Maude.

| Original Score: 0/4 | Sep 17, 2004

It all makes Nat Lamp's recent Van Wilder look like an instant classic.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 17, 2004

Not only is there nothing thoughtful or interesting about this latest ultra-crass contribution to the Lampoon shelf, there's not even anything very funny.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 17, 2004

What could have been National Lampoon's Harolds and Maudes grows dumb and dumber.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 17, 2004

This cheap-looking, broad and ultimately unnecessary comedy makes John Landis' benchmark Animal House -- one of the earliest films to bear the National Lampoon brand name -- look like Lubitsch.

Full Review | Sep 17, 2004

A putative comedy that manages to degrade equally those on both sides of the screen.

| Original Score: D+ | Sep 16, 2004

For the most part, The Gold Diggers is not even chuckle-producing. At best, it might warm a cockle or two or provoke a bit of a smile.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 16, 2004