


It’s a thin premise that’s employed to mostly watchable yet exceedingly hit-and-miss effect by John Fortenberry, as the filmmaker, working from a script by Ferrell, Kattan, and Steve Koren, delivers a relatively brisk comedy that benefits from its stars’ likeable work and an ongoing emphasis on admittedly amusing gags and set-pieces – with the movie, in addition, certainly receiving plenty of mileage out of the appealing efforts of an eclectic supporting cast that includes Dan Hedaya, Molly Shannon, and Michael Clarke Duncan.

Based on the Saturday Night Live sketch, A Night at the Roxbury follows Will Ferrell’s Steve and Chris Kattan’s Doug as they attempt to overcome a series of obstacles to own their own nightclub.
