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Saving Silverman

They swore nothing would come between them. Then she came along.

2001 1hr : 30m Comedy · Crime · Romance ★ 5.8

A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.

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Why it may be worth watching

  • Saving Silverman combines Comedy and Crime elements in one feature.
  • The principal cast includes Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Jason Biggs.
  • Viewers currently rate it 5.8/10 from 663 votes.

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Best suited to viewers looking for Comedy, Crime, Romance. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.

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kidnappingharassmentfiancémarriagedark comedymale friendshipdatinggroup of friends

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KamuraiExternal review · ★ 5.0/10

Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can really only recommend for big Steve Zahn fans.

This movie is a lot of trash, fun trash, but trash none the less. It makes sense that these actors would band together to do a comedic project, but I can't imagine why they did an "idiot boys club" trope with a "gay as comedy" twist.

I'm not a fan of Amanda Peet (but do watch "A Lot Like Love" and "Brockmire", oddly both baseball subjects), but she is the best actor in this by about a factor of 10. She plays a highly intellectual character th…

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Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can really only recommend for big Steve Zahn fans.

This movie is a lot of trash, fun trash, but trash none the less. It makes sense that these actors would band together to do a comedic project, but I can't imagine why they did an "idiot boys club" trope with a "gay as comedy" twist.

I'm not a fan of Amanda Peet (but do watch "A Lot Like Love" and "Brockmire", oddly both baseball subjects), but she is the best actor in this by about a factor of 10. She plays a highly intellectual character that just doesn't fit in the same world as these other characters (most likely by design), and even manages to do some action sequences with other people involved without them also doing the action sequences.

While I like Jason Biggs, Amanda Detmer, and R. Lee Ermey, I'm not a Steve Zahn fan, and this is not Jack Black's best work. Being as the majority of the movie is the latter and Amanda Peet, there is a lot of "this is kind of annoying" as opposed to "this is kind of funny".

The structural writing is actually good, but the premise and the comedic writing is ludicrous, and it is pretty hit or miss.

I can't recommend it just because there are too many other options: just the number of abuse humor comedies starring Jason Biggs is enough to give you a list of suggestions for other movies.

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