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The American sketch comedy TV series Saturday Night Live, which debuted on NBC in 1975, has been the genesis of 12 feature-length films. These films are based on some of the more popular sketches and characters from the show and have achieved varying levels of success.
FilmYearDetails ...(saturday Night Live Sketches Based On)Details(director (s))2023Please Don't Destroy by Martin Herlihy, ...Paul Briganti2010MacGruber by Will Forte, John Solomon & ...Jorma Taccone2000Leon Phelps, The Ladies Man by Tim ...1999Mary Katherine Gallagher by Molly ...Oct 9, 2024 · Here’s a rundown of every Saturday Night Live-based movie to date. The Blues Brothers (1980)
Oct 7, 2024 · In the gallery on this page, we rank all of the SNL -based films that have come out (beginning with The Blues Brothers in 1980) according to their Metascores, which encapsulate the critical reaction to each film upon initial release (with higher numbers on our 0-100 scale equating to better overall reviews from top professional critics).
3 days ago · We’re ranking all movies that got their start on Saturday Night Live! Sketches on SNL that made the transition into comedy movie classics include the chaotic musical Blues Brothers...
- The Blues Brothers
- Wayne’s World
- Bob Roberts
- Coneheads
- Wayne’s World 2
- It’S Pat
- Stuart Saves His Family
- Blues Brothers 2000
- A Night at The Roxbury
- Superstar
The first SNL film adaptation also became the one that set the precedent for all others to come. The Blues Brothersis a lot of things: a gonzo road movie, a musical revue, and an action film. But mostly, it’s just an excuse for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd to bounce off each other for two hours. With a massive budget just for cocaine and enough car...
The 1980s was a tumultuous period for SNL. Constantly shifting personnel and pervasive threats of cancellation made the decade a difficult one in Studio 8H. But by the end of the 1980s, a renewed sense of stability made SNL extremely successful once again. Nothing embodies that better than Wayne’s World, the iconic sketch that became SNL‘s biggest ...
In 1986, Tim Robbins produced a short film for SNLfeaturing the character of Bob Roberts, a blowhard far-right businessman who used folk songs and protest music to convey his messages. Robbins kept wanting to revisit the character, and eventually, a big-screen adaptation turned Roberts into a politician seeking to unite the right through song. Bob ...
Although it was only in its early stages, SNL films could do no wrong in the early 1990s. With the success of Wayne’s World and the continued cult fandom around The Blues Brothers, Dan Aykroyd decided to revive a decades-old sketch for the next feature film adaptation from SNL. Coneheads was the moment it all went sideways. Hackneyed, laboured, and...
After the success of the first Wayne’s World movie, Mike Myers and Dana Carvey jumped right back into Wayne’s World 2. Unfortunately, the pair’s chemistry had become strained through disagreements, leaving a slight tension in the air that is palpable on screen. That being said, Wayne’s World 2 is goofier and sillier than its predecessor, containing...
Julia Sweeney’s signatureSNLcharacter Pat had a one-joke pitch: was he/she a he or a she? It would have taken some Herculean efforts to stretch that out over a full-length runtime, but it was decided that Pat was worth rolling the dice on in 1994. It’s Pat is more bizarre than it is bad. Featuring cameos from goof-rock legends Ween and uncredited s...
Al Franken had one of the most extensive resumes at SNL. As a writer and featured player during the show’s original run, Franken was tagged to be Lorne Michael’s successor in 1980 before a sketch attacking NBC president Fred Silverman cost him the job. Franken would return in 1985 but permanently left the show after losing out on hosting Weekend Up...
Everything about Blues Brothers 2000 is confusing. From its title that jumps the gun by two years to its reliance on John Belushi stand-ins to a plot that is somehow even less organised than the original, Blues Brothers 2000is among the least necessary sequels of all time. A Blues Brothers film without John Belushi was always going to fail, but Dan...
Something bizarre was happening at SNL in the late 1990s. Will Ferrell was easily the biggest star on the show, but when it came to making the leap onto the silver screen, Ferrell was relegated to second banana duty. His first trip into this niche came when he and Chris Kattan starred in the film version of A Night at the Roxbury. Although it recei...
A year after A Night at the Roxbury, Ferrell was once again tasked with supporting one of his fellow cast members in a feature film. This time, it was Molly Shannon and her perpetually clumsy Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher in Superstar. Once again trashed by critics, Superstar has just about everything a film needs to be revived as a ...
11 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Blues Brothers. 1980 2h 13m R. 7.9 (215K) Rate. 60 Metascore. Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
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Feb 14, 2017 · Wayne’s World, the blockbuster comedy starring Mike. Myers and Dana Carvey based on the now-classic Saturday Night Live. recurring sketch, turns 25 on Tuesday, Feb. 14 -- Happy Valentine’s...
