A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial rappers.
If the context of Marci X were more realistic, a lot of these gags would soar. But the context is drag-show dinner theater.
– David Edelstein,
Slate,
30 Aug 2003
fresh:
It's no masterpiece, but I found it consistently good-hearted and sometimes hilarious, and the sparse crowd I saw it with was laughing as much as I was, especially at the outrageous rap numbers.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
28 Feb 2007
rotten:
Rudnick can be an extraordinarily clever writer, but he doesn't seem to understand that a screenplay has to entail more than a series of skit ideas strung together.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
29 Jul 2014
rotten:
[it] might better have been called Marci Why.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
29 Jul 2014
rotten:
Marci X, though, is just clueless and sad, seemingly having missed the point that hip-hop is no longer a novelty to be slapped on the cheek with a white glove.