Cameron Boyd, Chris Spain, Conn Horgan

This quirky comedy stars Kylie Sparks and Ethan Embry as misfits who bond during a one-night suburban odyssey. When nobody except her mom and imaginary friend show up at her 18th birthday bash, chubby...( read more  read more... ) Cara (Sparks) strikes up a conversation with philosophizing pizza deliveryman Matt Firenze (Embry) -- who invites her to tag along on his rounds. What ensues is a revelatory evening that gives Cara an education and forces Matt to face reality.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 20 min.

Directed by: Mark Christopher

Release Date: May 27, 2005

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DVD Release Date: October 24, 2006

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  • October 21, 2007
    surprisingly good. it had some really funny parts. kinda depressing in a way....but good.
  • June 15, 2007
    It was a cute, quirky movie. I enjoyed it. Way to "play" the guitar off-screen Ethan! They sure snuck a lot of "fucks" into this "PG-13" movie.
  • February 25, 2007
    Some independent movies are independent for a reason - they're just not very good, yet their creators just have to get it made; in their mind it is a good movie. "Pizza" is one of those movies. Its not one of the worst movies i've ever seen, but then again I've seen alot of mov...( read more)ies. The acting is subpar, and the dialogue is inane and thinks it reaches a level of importance that it misses by a mile. Mark Christophers writing is bad, but i'm not sure which is worse, the script of the direction. Its hard to criticize the actors when their given such hackneyed dialogue. Somewhere in here there is a noble message about confidence in yourself no matter who you are, but its too skewed to really be of any significance.
    Now, I didn't hate this movie, i did laugh a couple times and i felt bad for Kylie Sparks character a couple times, but still incredibly annoyed by her the rest of the time. If this movie were just a little bit worse, it might be a deliciously bad movie, but its at that unfortunate state of bad where it gains nothing from it. There is somthing to be said of about being quirky and awkward, but there is also somthign to be said about being quirky and awkward in a self congratulatory and poorly made film.
  • September 8, 2008
    I didn't get the chemistry between the characters.
  • October 18, 2009
    Didnt like this movie when I 1st saw it & I still dont
  • September 7, 2009
    Cute story with alot of heart.
  • June 13, 2009
    what a sad, great, funny, peculiar movie.
  • May 31, 2009
    Cara-Ethyl: Pizza: sustenance of youth, rite of teenage social bonding, and it's very tasty indeed.
  • February 4, 2009
    The PG 13 rating is appalling. In the first 10 minutes you hear, "Are you two going to FUCK?", followed by "stick it up your hairy hole!"

    PG 13? Maybe for Rosie O'Donnell's kids (gawd only knows what they're exposed to), but not mine. Unbelievable!
  • December 10, 2008
    no thanks not my kinda thing

Critic Reviews


January 20, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Among slacker comedies, Pizza is never much more than mildly amusing; it isn't as witty as Slacker or as uproarious as Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, but it's a keeper. full review

January 12, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

If Pizza were an actual pizza, it would be half-pineapple, half-broccoli. At times, this coming-of-age comedy is quirkily saccharine, at others good-for-you sophistic. full review

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  • movietiffany
    April 4, 2007
    Yeah he is one of the mean kids. You don't really notice him off the bat, but there he is :)
  • starwarsqueen
    March 28, 2007
    This is a really good movie. It has a lot of adult humor in it, but besides that it is great! Just woundering, is Jesse McCartney in this flim...as one of the mean kids snorting sugar?? I also noticed that his song Beautiful soul was playing...so the movie had to be out in 2005

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