National Lampoon's Gold Diggers


National Lampoon's Gold Diggers is a 2003 American black comedy film written and directed by Gary Preisler. It features two friends who marry two elderly sisters so they can inherit their fortunes when they die.

Plot

Two dimwitted friends try to get rich through small crimes, including an unsuccessful attempt to mug two elderly women.
They agree to get married, the women scheme kill them off and collect on a life insurance policy, the men think the elderly women will die and leave them a big inheritance.

Cast

Reception

Box office

The film was considered a dismal failure, with a theatrical run of only 1 week, and earning less than $400,000 as opening weekend receipts.

Critical response

The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with 44 reviews, the film has a rare approval rating of 0%meaning no favorable reviews whatsoeverreceiving an average rating of 1.8/10. The film was included on the site's Worst of the Worst list of movies of the decade.
According to film review website Metacritic, which compiles and averages critics' review scores, the film is the 11th worst reviewed film of all time. It also holds a score of 6 out 100 based on reviews from 14 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".
Janice Page of the Boston Globe panned the film, and wrote: "Put it this way: National Lampoon's Gold Diggers makes "The Anna Nicole Show" look sophisticated. Page continued "Not only is there nothing thoughtful or interesting about this latest ultra-crass contribution to the Lampoon shelf, there's not even anything very funny."
Luke Sader of The Hollywood Reporter called it "Cheap-looking, broad and ultimately unnecessary comedy."
Justin Chang of Variety described it as "By turns pointless and pointlessly mean-spirited."

Home media

An unrated DVD was released in 2005. National Lampoon's Gold Diggers brought in $1.29 million during its first week on the rental market.