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Men in White

  • TV Movie
  • 1998
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
2.8/10
1.3K
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Men in White (1998)
Alien InvasionParodyComedySci-Fi

Spoof of recent science fiction films including all of the obvious choices and "Dr. Strangelove" finds two garbage men defeating an alien invasion.Spoof of recent science fiction films including all of the obvious choices and "Dr. Strangelove" finds two garbage men defeating an alien invasion.Spoof of recent science fiction films including all of the obvious choices and "Dr. Strangelove" finds two garbage men defeating an alien invasion.

  • Director
    • Scott P. Levy
  • Writers
    • Rob Kerchner
    • Scott Sandin
  • Stars
    • Tom Wilson
    • Karim Prince
    • M. Emmet Walsh
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.8/10
    1.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Scott P. Levy
    • Writers
      • Rob Kerchner
      • Scott Sandin
    • Stars
      • Tom Wilson
      • Karim Prince
      • M. Emmet Walsh
    • 36User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Tom Wilson
    Tom Wilson
    • Ed Klingbottom
    Karim Prince
    Karim Prince
    • Roy Dubro
    M. Emmet Walsh
    M. Emmet Walsh
    • Junior Assistant Dispatch Trainee Stanley Snyder
    Brion James
    Brion James
    • General
    Wigald Boning
    Wigald Boning
    • Strangemeister
    Ben Stein
    Ben Stein
    • Men in Strangemeister's Head
    George Kennedy
    George Kennedy
    • General Vice
    Donna D'Errico
    Donna D'Errico
    • Press Secretary
    Barry Bostwick
    Barry Bostwick
    • President Smith
    Rodger Halston
    Rodger Halston
    • Glaxxon
    Don Stroud
    Don Stroud
    • Old Bob
    John Bishop
    John Bishop
    • G-Man
    Charles Philip Moore
    • Alien #1
    John Rizzi
    • Alien #2
    Sebastian Mitzig
    Jennifer Coolidge
    Jennifer Coolidge
    Patricia Elliott
    Patricia Elliott
    • Girl Scout Leader
    Melissa Rivers
    Melissa Rivers
    • Female Reporter #1
    • Director
      • Scott P. Levy
    • Writers
      • Rob Kerchner
      • Scott Sandin
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    User reviews36

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    chimera-4

    This is without a doubt one of the worse films ever..

    This film was a complete waste of time, totally unfunny and just about everything in the movie has been seen before ( ok I know that's the point up to a degree but Spaceballs managed to show us a load of stuff we'd seen before in an original and entertaining manner ). Obviously the only reason anyone decided to slap National Lampoons onto the title is because no-one would otherwise touch this pile of cack with a barge pole. I know Tom Wilson is deserving of better than this sorry effort and although he does well with the really naff dialogue he gets it's still not enough to save this turkey......AVOID!!! On the plus side though my kids (3, 5 & 6) thought it was quite amusing.
    PIBB

    Sadly, all you people do not appreciate good humor.

    This is a good movie and I care NOT what ANYONE says. I mean its watchable! If any of you fools that says this movie sucked have seen hobgoblins than you can talk. I mean, I've seen better, and I've seen worse, and I've seen Men In White. this movie was not meant to be directed at older audiences. I first saw this movie on FoxFamily channel and halfway through the electicity went out. I rode my bike 5 miles to my friends house because he was recording it.

    "PLEH HE NEEDS PLEH! GIVE ME PLEH"
    JBoze313

    Not THAT bad considering the target audience

    Let's be honest, this is not a great movie...it's not a very good movie. There are a few laughs here and there, and, for the target audience (kids), it's not too bad. I'm not sure what network this movie was actually made for (I know I first heard of it when Fox took control of the Family Channel.)..so, it's clearly aimed at children. I watched it myself (I was probably 18 or 19 at the time?) and I enjoyed it somewhat. Overall it's lacking in humor, but there are some funny bits here and there. The premise itself is pretty funny, and could have worked with a good script. Bostwick's career never really went very far after Rocky Horror, I see...but he's enjoyable here.
    1johnny_ultimate

    Poop on Toast

    This film is so bad, it made me want to vomit. Poorly produced, a complete laugh free zone. Why in the name of god would you spoof a movie which to a degree is a spoof (and a damn funny one at that) as it stands? The sets are laughable, the effects so bad that they aren't even laughable, and the acting farcical. It is a complete mystery why you would even consider watching this lump of garbage. National Lampoon once made Animal House, which people still consider to be completely and utterly hilarious. Now they've been relegated to making TV movies like this lump of ****. Name your expletive, and it could be accurately used to describe this film.
    SnnttR

    Dire, dreadful, disastrous, but please watch it anyway!

    I saw this film back in 99 when it was first on in the UK, and here I am writing about it in 2004. Since then I consider myself a little bit older, a little bit wiser but one thing still remains the same- This film is one of the worst ever to grace (or is that disgrace?) celluloid. I understand a few of the gags more, most notably since I watched the likes of 2001 and that but they are still absolutely abysmal. Gags should appeal to everyone of the target audience (bit of advice for you Mr writer) but jokes about smoking aren't really going to make the kids laugh are they? So what else is terrible in this film? Well I only have a 1000 word limit on the IMDb so I will keep it brief so let us start with the dreadful plotting.

    One previous writer is correct, a dead cat could write something better. Then we have the characters, two idiotic morons which worked well in Dumb and Dumber because they had the dialogue but in this film I won't even go there, OK then I will as you insist..."We've been saving the Earth from alien invasion", "I hope you don't expect any extra bonus for this..." you get the picture in this dire picture. Another previous writer was correct also, Tom Wilson is a decent actor as he showed us in Back to the Future, but since then work has kind of dried up. He shouldn't be getting this guff at all, but the question we need to ask ourselves is WHY Mr Wilson decided to do this film in the first place? If you haven't seen this diabolical mess of a film, then I have a surprise for you...watch it! Seriously, watch this film, I kid you not. And why? Well if you are a budding screenwriter it is truly a lesson of how NOT to make a film.

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    Related interests

    Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black (1997)
    Alien Invasion
    Bill Pullman, John Candy, Joan Rivers, Daphne Zuniga, and Lorene Yarnell Jansson in La Folle Histoire de l'espace (1987)
    Parody
    Will Ferrell in Présentateur vedette: La légende de Ron Burgundy (2004)
    Comedy
    James Earl Jones and David Prowse in L'Empire contre-attaque (1980)
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    • Trivia
      If you turn on the closed captions on your television every time the cow that the Men in White befriends appears, you can read the cow's thoughts when they interact.
    • Goofs
      In numerous scenes where Roy and Ed are in the truck while it is being driven, the emergency brake is clearly on.
    • Connections
      Features Power Rangers: Dans l'espace (1998)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 16, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • National Lampoon's Men in White
    • Production companies
      • National Lampoon
      • Saban Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 23m(83 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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