Synopsis
Ex-special operative MacGruber is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth, who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, DC.
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Cast
- Will ForteMacGruber
- Kristen WiigVicki St. Elmo
- Ryan PhillippeLt. Dixon Piper
- Val KilmerDieter Von Cunth
- Powers BootheCol. Jim Faith
- Maya RudolphCasey Janine Fitzpatrick
- Rhys CoiroYerik Novikov
- Andy MackenzieHoss Bender
- Jasper ColeZeke Pleshette
- Timothy V. MurphyConstantine Bach
- 75
Rolling Stone
How the hell can you take an SNL skit that runs 90 seconds and stretch it to a 90-minute feature? Sounds excruciating. But MacGruber breaks the jinx by putting the skit in the context of a 1980s action movie and creating its own brand of explosive lunacy. - 75
Premiere
MacGruber is crude. It’s obscene. The dialogue is puerile and the jokes adolescent. And for the most part, it's hilarious: a bawdy riot drunk on impropriety, which is why the movie works. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Utterly disposable but diverting, MacGruber manages to spin feature-length product out of an idea that few would try expanding beyond a "Saturday Night Live" skit. - 60
Variety
How much mileage can a comedy get from a single joke? Quite a bit, judging from the guffaws-to-groaners ratio in MacGruber. - 50
Orlando Sentinel
Kilmer makes a worthy, if somewhat underscripted villain. And some of the bits -- MacGruber idiotically setting traps that the bad guys never fall for -- tickle. But this still feels instantly dated, a "Hot Rod in a Role Models" era. - 50
Boston Globe
All thing considered, MacGruber’ is a lot better than it should be. That still doesn’t mean it’s all that great. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
The result is a naughty throwaway in all senses of the word. - 25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Think of a really bad, uncensored Saturday Night Live comedy sketch. Then make it worse – make it longer.