Out Cold (2001)

8% of critics liked it
(49 reviews)
83% of users liked it
(45,879 ratings)

Four wacky guys take on a pack of rich stuffed shirts (does this premise sound at all familiar?) in this broad comedy. Rick (Jason London) is a slobby but good-natured snowboarder who is mending a broken heart after splitting up with Anna (Caroline Dhavernas), a girl he met while on vacation in… More Four wacky guys take on a pack of rich stuffed shirts (does this premise sound at all familiar?) in this broad comedy. Rick (Jason London) is a slobby but good-natured snowboarder who is mending a broken heart after splitting up with Anna (Caroline Dhavernas), a girl he met while on vacation in Mexico. Rick has headed back to Bull Mountain, AK, where he and his buddies Luke (Zach Galifianakis), Anthony (Flex Alexander), and Pig Pen (Derek Hamilton) spend their days riding the slopes and their nights partying hard. Rick and his pals hope to someday open a hangout for fellow boarders, but after Papa Muntz, the city's founder and largest landowner, passes on, his son Ted (Willie Garson) sells most of his property to John Majors (Lee Majors), a wealthy but pompous developer who wants to convert Bull Mountain into Snownook, an upscale ski resort catering to yuppies. Determined to keep Bull Mountain safe for like-minded burnouts and radical skiers, Rick and the gang declare war against Majors and his associates, though Rick feels a bit conflicted by the fact that John is Anna's father -- and his daughter is tagging along with her father as he relocates to Alaska. Anna, however, has a rival for Rick's attention, as Jenny (A.J. Cook), a cute ski bum, has shown her interest in him. Out Cold was the first feature film from sibling directorial team Brendan Malloy and Emmett Malloy, who previously worked in television commercials and created several snowboarding videos. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 29 min.
Directed By: Brendan Malloy, Emmett Malloy
Written By: Jon Zack
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Nov 21, 2001 Wide
On DVD: May 21, 2002
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

Critic Reviews

Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
As if to justify a serious discussion of this comedy before dissing it, some reviewers have pointed out that it evokes Casablanca.
, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Its only redeeming value is the killer snowboarding scenes.
Don Irvine, Globe and Mail
Funnier than Woody Allen's last four movies, more exciting than Tarkovski's The Sacrifice, Out Cold will play best if your first legal beer is still far enough into the future to seem a vision of the promised land.
Bruce Fretts, Entertainment Weekly
The result is so derivative, they should've called it Eskimo Pie.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Basically a low-rent remake of the 1984 low-rent teenage sex comedy Hot Dog ... The Movie.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Even though no one in the film breaks a leg, Out Cold is as lame as it gets.
John R. McEwen, Film Quips Online
Although its main plot is a disposable low-rent ripoff and its leading players generally bland and undistinguished, there are some truly amusing supporting characters.
Michael Dequina, Film Threat
In failing in every base it tries to cover, there's no point in seeing Out Cold, for such preferable alternatives exist.
Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
Out Cold is basically Porky's in the snow, and it's a pale imitation at that. You can't go into this movie expecting anything innovative.
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Out Cold is essentially a spineless, unfunny Animal House. The pretence of plot is distracting and insulting.
Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
Just don't waste your time or money.
Ethan Alter, Film Journal International
There's really nothing to recommend about Out Cold.
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
I would mention that Out Cold boasts some pretty impressive snowboarding sequences, but so do most TV commercials.
Elias Savada, Nitrate Online
How appropriate this overcooked turkey opened over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend! And I'm here to give it a basting.
Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
What can you say about a movie that includes its outtake bloopers reel before the closing credits?
Eric D. Snider, EricDSnider.com
If you've made a movie in which former TV star Lee Majors ... is the funniest person present, then you have surely made a movie that sucks a lot.

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Rachel F

This is such a funny movie. It's full of sick,twisted,and fantastic humor.
Dean M

Great and wild comedy on winter sports action. Plenty of parties and girls that are alike "National Lampoon's Animal House".
William G

Casablanca on the slopes earns chuckle here and there, ends soon enough.
Jason R

A very underrated comedy starring Jason London, and Lee Majors. Great cast, memorable scenes, and lines one of those movies that come around every so often that have no critical success what so ever, and yet is better then half the shit that's out in theaters now a day's. So… More
A very underrated comedy starring Jason London, and Lee Majors. Great cast, memorable scenes, and lines one of those movies that come around every so often that have no critical success what so ever, and yet is better then half the shit that's out in theaters now a day's. So I recommend you grab a beer, channel your inner jacuzzi casanova, and watch this movie because it never gets old, always fun to watch, now go seize the carp.
Leo L

Love this movie!