Movie 43 released on January 25, 2013

Movie 43

Movie 43 is a 2013 American sketch comedy anthology film co-directed and produced by Peter Farrelly, and written by Rocky Russo and Jeremy Sosenko among others. 
Initial release: January 1, 2013 (Russia)
Directors: Jonathan van Tulleken, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, more
Running time: 98 minutes Cine21
Screenplay: Jonathan van Tulleken, James Gunn, Greg Pritikin, more
Awards: Razzie Award for Worst Picture, Razzie Award for Worst Director, Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay

Movie 43 is a 2013 American sketch comedy anthology film co-directed and produced by Peter Farrelly, and written by Rocky Russo and Jeremy Sosenko among others. The film features sixteen different storylines, each one done by a different director, including Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, Will Graham, and Jonathan van Tulleken. It stars an ensemble cast that includes Kristen Bell, Halle Berry, Gerard Butler, Anna Faris, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Knoxville, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Seann William Scott, Emma Stone, and Kate Winslet among others.
The film took almost a decade to get into production as most studios outright rejected the script, which was eventually picked up by Relativity Media for $6 million. The film was shot over a period of several years, as casting also proved to be a challenge for the producers. Some actors, including George Clooney, immediately declined to take part, while others, such as Richard Gere, attempted to get out of the project.[citation needed]
Released on January 25, 2013, Movie 43 has been widely panned by critics, with Richard Roeper calling it "the Citizen Kane of awful", joining others who labeled it as one of the worst films of all time. The film won three awards at the 34th Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture.





Directed by Steven Brill
Peter Farrelly
Will Graham
Steve Carr
Griffin Dunne
James Duffy
Jonathan van Tulleken
Elizabeth Banks
Patrik Forsberg
Brett Ratner
Rusty Cundieff
James Gunn
Produced by Charles B. Wessler
John Penotti
Peter Farrelly
Ryan Kavanaugh
Written by Steve Baker
Ricky Blitt
Will Carlough
Tobias Carlson
Jacob Fleisher
Patrik Forsberg
Will Graham
James Gunn
Claes Kjellstrom
Jack Kukoda
Bob Odenkirk
Bill O'Malley
Matthew Alec Portenoy
Greg Pritikin
Rocky Russo
Olle Sarri
Elizabeth Wright Shapiro
Jeremy Sosenko
Jonathan van Tulleken
Jonas Wittenmark
Narrated by Eric Stuart
Phil Crowley
Starring Elizabeth Banks
Kristen Bell
Halle Berry
Leslie Bibb
Kate Bosworth
Gerard Butler
Josh Duhamel
Anna Faris
Richard Gere
Terrence Howard
Hugh Jackman
Johnny Knoxville
Justin Long
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Liev Schreiber
Seann William Scott
Emma Stone
Jason Sudeikis
Uma Thurman
Naomi Watts
Kate Winslet
Music by Christophe Beck
David J. Hodge
Leo Birenberg
Tyler Bates
William Goodrum
Cinematography Frank G. DeMarco
Steve Gainer
Matthew F. Leonetti
Daryn Okada
William Rexer
Mattias Rudh
Eric Scherbarth
Newton Thomas Sigel
Tim Suhrstedt
Editing by Debra Chiate
Patrick J. Don Vito
Suzy Elmiger
Mark Helfrich
Craig Herring
Myron Kerstein
Jonathan van Tulleken
Joe Randall-Cutler
Sam Seig
Cara Silverman
Sandy Solowitz
Håkan Wärn
Paul Zucker
Studio Relativity Media
Virgin Produced
GreeneStreet Films
Charles B. Wessler Entertainment
Distributed by Relativity Media
Release dates
January 25, 2013
Running time 94 minutes 
Country United States
Language English
Budget $6 million

Box office $29,926,388




A series of interconnected short films follows a washed-up producer as he pitches insane story lines featuring some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.Ineffectual, 'has-been' film-maker (Dennis Quaid) swindles his way into an interview with a film executive (Greg Kinnear) in order to pitch an outrageous and controversial comedy manuscript. After pitching the first of his thirteen offbeat fables, the dejected artist forces the rest of his disjointed allegory on the executive at gunpoint. He tells stories of a woman on a blind date with a man who has testicles growing from his neck, in another a smitten woman offers her neck to her boyfriend to 'poop' on -as a sign of commitment and love. In yet another two parents take home-schooling to a whole new level of indecency, striving to give their isolated teenage son all the 'regular' torment and humiliation of puberty by bullying, peer-pressuring and even seducing him themselves. An off-beat, elephant-in-the-room type film.


I have never written a review before, but I feel that writing one is the best way to clean my mind of the crappy film I have witnessed. This movie was extremely awful. The humor attempts to be "offending", but it instead sounds like something an 8th grader finds humorous. In fact, even an 8th grader would tire of the pathetic nonsense that is Movie 43.

The plot centers around two teenagers that make up an outrageous picture. However, I've heard it's different for other parts of the world. I'm currently in the UK, so the kids wraparound is what I saw. Their little brother looks for it on the world wide web and ends up finding lots of clips that we get the displeasure of seeing. There's one called "The Catch" where Kate Winslet goes on a blind date with Hugh Jackman. However, get this: Hugh Jackman has penises where penises aren't supposed to be! Just hear the crickets sing. I can hear the screenwriter just laughing and laughing as he adds more unfunny jokes about poop and semen.

Also, the hilarious basketball sketch where they comment on the fact that basketball players are mostly black! Wow! It's so funny! Naked women and iPads! It's funny too!


In short, Movie 43 is a disjointed mess, full of lousy jokes, terrible writing, and actors that no doubt deserve to be in something else. Now, I'm going to rally up Best Actor/Actresses winners to be in my new screenplay, "Boners of Fire". Just kidding, of course. I'm not THAT evil.