Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller, Anna Kendrick, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Ten years after graduation, a former high school musical superstar who insists on living in the past discovers that there's more to life than the bright lights of Broadway as his former teacher and me... read more 
DVD Release Date: November 3, 2009
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Flixster Reviews (100)
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November 17, 2009"Okay, here's what you don't understand: things just don't stay the same. Not on their own they don't. It's like grandma used to say: "If you leave the door wide open, everyone's just gonna walk right out." Just like Rob Gentry did!"
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November 2, 2010The Marc Pease Experience is a typical underdog story with the atypical Schwartzman at the helm, producing a unique adventure into the life of what appear to be normal people. Without Stiller, Marc Pease would truly feel like the low budget film that it is, but with the star powe... read more
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January 3, 2012This one is watchable, but also slightly hard to take, as the lead character of Marc is so ridiculously clueless about his music career, to the point that he's still living in the past and hanging out around the high school as if this isn't completely creepy and something you;d g... read more
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October 28, 2009Well I would suggest everyone run right out and avoid this movie at all cost . I found this movie long boring and as funny as being laid up with the swine flu .
Critic Reviews
August 24, 2009
Rob Nelson, Variety
August 21, 2009
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The film is an all-you-can-eat buffet of mediocrity. A spiraling vortex of boredom. A deflated Whoopee cushion. Full Review
August 20, 2009
David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer
Consider: A bad movie about cheesy a cappella and awful musical theater. What could be more excruciating? Full Review
August 20, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It's badly written and inertly directed, with actors who don't have a clue what drives their characters. Full Review
December 17, 2009
William Goss, Cinematical
No character is worth caring about, worth pitying, worth paying attention to; no dilemma they face is too petty. Full Review
August 29, 2009
Austin Kennedy, Sin Magazine
No wonder Paramount Vantage decided to bury this. Full Review
August 27, 2009
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Louiso's misfiring comedy feels less like a comic feast than a thrown-together assemblage of haphazardly nuked leftovers. Full Review
August 21, 2009
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
This is a slight and unessential picture, but its quirky, compassionate tone seems destined to attract a cult following, and members of high-school drama clubs everywhere will be riveted. Full Review
August 21, 2009
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
The Marc Pease Experience is likable enough; it's just no Rushmore. Full Review
August 21, 2009
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press
If anyone were going to like The Marc Pease Experience, it would be me, and I didn't. Full Review
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