Review of MacGruber (2010) by Dana Stevens for Slate — 23 May 2010
The SNL skits get laughs from combining the grandiose scope of an action movie with the cramped, bare-bones stage of a live late-night comedy show. It's funny because it looks dinky, cheap, and fake. By showing real buildings really exploding, and real throats—or a believable simulacrum thereof--ripped open by real bare hands, MacGruber commits the deeply MacGruber-esque mistake of shooting itself in the foot.
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This review of MacGruber (2010) was written by Dana Stevens and published by Slate on 23 May 2010.
MacGruber has generally received mixed reviews.
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