Review

Fanboys follows five friends on a weird road trip across the country to break into the Skywalker Ranch and watch Star Wars: Episode 1 before it comes out. This is Star Wars Nerd utopia, with an unquestionably viva nerd vibe sprinkled over the already undercooked and over expired geek fest.

Let’s be perfectly honest here, Fanboys is nothing to write home about. It’s filled with pro-geek gibberish that most people, like me, who haven’t been able to stay awake through a Star Wars movie will find little to enjoy. We’ve seen the same characters before. There’s the slacker, the two former best friends fighting, the biggest nerd of the group who can’t talk to woman and the girl who has a crush on him. It’s been overdone, overworked and as much as the team tries it’s just too difficult to turn tired jokes into fall of your chair fun.

But let’s look at it from a casual movie goer perspective. It’s not going to be the best movie you’ve seen but it’s certainly not the worst. If there’s nothing better to watch at the movies this weekend Fanboys will provide a few light laughs and may even make you feel better about yourself in some weird way.

4/10

Synopsis

Five friends who need to get a life are about to embark on the mission of a lifetime. In this riotous new road movie from producer Kevin Spacey, a group of friends who are avid Star Wars fans travel west to see the Holy Grail of all sci-fi movies, Star Wars: Episode 1. The year is 1999 and for these Death Star dorks, the Star Wars films are more than just movies; they are a way of life. So, after one of the group takes ill, it is nothing short of a moral imperative that the trio break into George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch to watch the seminal sci-fi picture before its release. Enlisting the help of an estranged friend who has traded in his Darth Vader mask for a proper day job, the adventure lays way to some extremely funny situations, including an outrageous Las Vegas brawl with some hard-core Trekkies.

Release Date

Fri 20 Mar 2009

Age Restriction

13LMA

Trailer

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