The Onion Movie

The Onion Movie (2008)

  • 47% of users liked it
    (7,321 ratings)

America's most popular satirical newspaper makes the leap from the printed page to the silver screen in this political comedy that explores what happens when journalistic integrity is compromised by corporate sensibility. Onion News anchorman Norm Archer (Len Cariou) is s principled journalist,… More

Unrated,
Directed By
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Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 7, 2008 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com

    It's easy to see why nobody wanted to finish The Onion Movie. But why did anybody want to start it?

  • Brian Gibson, Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

    At worst, a sketch comedy film, with some much-needed social and political bite, that's far superior to any Saturday Night Live movie. (Only Deleted Scenes and two outtakes suggest how senselessly offensive the movie could have become.)

  • Bruce Dancis, Sacramento Bee

    The Onion may continue to thrive as a satirical, fake news Web site, newspaper and publisher of books, but The Onion Movie, a straight-to-DVD release, is a tired sketch-comedy collection.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • ♥Robyn


    some hillarious moments and i did laugh heaps but overall pretty stupid!!!

  • KJ P


    The seatbelt made me laugh almost harder than I laughed in any movie! After that, I was asking myself if this was even supposed to be a comedy? My jaw dropped at the end and I was ready to eat the dvd!

  • Dean M


    Poor and ridiculous spoof movie about the news source. Lack of laughs. This is the worst spoof movie I ever watched.

  • Nani V


    Some of it were funny, some of it weren't.

  • Emily A


    I was kind of expecting a little more subtlety from The Onion writing staff, but all in all this was a damn funny sketch film. There is so much in the world to make fun of, and I think the Onion must have trouble deciding what to choose. The things they left in really were golden… More

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