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With the exception of Stuart Saves His Family, I’ve seen all the Saturday Night Live spin-off movies, and while none of them can be considered good movies (nope, not even Wayne’s World or The Blues Brothers), they are in a strange generic way, enjoyable. A Night At The Roxbury was the first of three SNL movies from the late 90’s era of the show (followed by Superstar and The Ladies Man), and while I enjoyed it mildly at the time of its release, it’s not been something I needed to watch again. Alas, awake late with the little one, it was really the only thing on that I could kill 40 minutes with.
It’s weird seeing Will Ferrell in a movie from before he was “Will Ferrell”. He’s completely reigned in throughout the film, and while he inhabits the character he plays with the same dedication he always has, he’s the more demure of the Roxbury boys (Chris Kattan playing the more energetic and volatile brother) which I think makes the film less entertaining then it could have been. Not that there was really a lot of mileage in the Roxbury boys to begin with.