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National Lampoon's Gold Diggers

2003 · 87 min

A silly, lowbrow sex comedy that coasts on absurd scheming and cheap laughs, best enjoyed with low expectations.

Directed by
Gary Preisler
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
A comedy about two guys who'd do anything to be on top.
Overview
Calvin and Leonard, two broke losers, are arrested for trying to rob rich old sisters Doris and Betty. The women have a change of heart, drop the charges and invite the the boys over to their mansion. Calvin decides he and Leonard should marry the women, and, when they soon die, live off the inheritance. The ladies, however, have run into their own financial troubles and wed the boys with plans of murdering them for insurance money.

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Directed by
Gary Preisler
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • family
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism3
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity2
Emotional weight1

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Will Friedle, Chris Owen, Nikki Ziering, Louise Lasser, Renée Taylor, Rudy De Luca, Jack Ong, J.J. Cole
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
87 min
Country
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Languages
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