Review of MacGruber (2010) by Tom M — 15 Nov 2016

MacGruber has its moments but it tries way to hard to be funny and tries to take a 10 minute sketch and make it into a full length film.

This review of MacGruber (2010) was written by Tom M on 15 Nov 2016.

MacGruber has generally received mixed reviews.

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