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4.0 out of 5 stars
Not too shabby, June 16, 2008
In the typical NL fashion yeah, there is a little TnA, but what lampoons film doesn't contain a little? It is a bit hurried at the beginning, but there are some good jokes and in the end it really wasn't too bad.
If this were a blockbuster it would have been in the theaters, it is straight to DVD. Grab some beers, and enjoy, it is National Lampoon's it's supposed to be fun.
If you're comparing movie tastes...I loved such classic films as NL Vacation (all of em), Ski School (both), NL Animal House, NL Van Wilder, Weird Science, Dr Alien (aka I Was a Teenage Sex Mutant), American Pie (1 & 2)...eh you get the picture. This type of film is appealing to a certain audience, if you are that audience, get it. If not, skip fair enough?
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Laughs, Eye Candy... typical Lampoon Fun!, December 11, 2008
National Lampoon Presents Cattle Call
This film is what you would normally expect from the Lampoon Brand... A lot of laughs, sexual humor, some nudity, and girls girls girls. HaHa!
This film is not for those serious and nerdy film gurus to review for depth, etc. >>> Instead this is a movie to pick up for some laughs and eye candy!
I thought Thomas Ian Nicholas did a great job playing, and Deidrich Bader was odd and funny as usual. The hottness factor on the leads Jenny Mollen, Chelsea Handler, and Nicole Eggert is DEF an A- to A!!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Painful, September 1, 2010
3 D-Bags hold a fake casting call so that they can sleep with as many willing and naive women as possible. With names like Richie Ray (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Sherman Oaks and Glen Dale (Diedrich Bader) you can about imagine how stupid and sleazy these guys are. But wait, Richie is actually a hopeless romantic searching for his soul mate. Whereas Sherman just wants to get laid and Glen is too creepy to meet women any other way, Richie is tired of not making any matches through his online dating profile. He thinks this fake casting call will net him an honest, caring and hardworking girl. Hey, what's more romantic than a relationship built on lies and deception? After the boys hook up with 3 actresses (Jenny Mollen, Nicole Eggert and Chelsea Handler) the girls start to suspect there isn't really a movie. Despite the guys' best efforts to convince their new leading ladies that they're Hollywood hotshots, the girls call their bluff and come up with a plan to get revenge against the pigs who tricked them.
This movie is not funny in the least. Bader is a very funny actor as is Handler (who's also quite sexy). But they're only as good as the material they're given. Suffice it to say, this isn't good material. Nobody could make this work. These 'National Lampoon' films are nothing but crass "comedies" that promise juvenile toilet jokes and, if you believe their 'Unrated' banner all over the DVD case, plenty of gratuitous nudity. There's like 3 topless women in the whole movie, so it doesn't even deliver in that department either. I stopped watching 'Lampoon' movies when guys like Chevy Chase, John Hughes, John Belushi and John Landis (basically any guy named John) stopped making 'em. The only reason I picked this one up was for Chelsea. She scores a few laughs but not enough to save the movie. The only thing that could have saved it would be if things had taken a turn for the worse a'la 'Audition' and one of the vengeful actresses tortured her deceitful director. I think it would have been a fair punishment to watch the guys that are torturing us get tortured themselves.
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