The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of 13 Spartans to defend their homeland against the invading Persians (whose ranks include Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Transformers, and a hunchbacked Paris Hilton). No one is safe when the Spartans take on the biggest icons in pop culture!
It's a MADtv or Saturday Night Live sketch dressed up in feature-length clothing. It's way too much of an OK thing. And the way-too-much-ness goes on and on.
– Mark Feeney,
Boston Globe,
28 Jan 2008
rotten:
It's so bad even Carmen Electra should be embarrassed.
– Adam Graham,
Detroit News,
28 Jan 2008
rotten:
I'm moving to Europe.
– Aaron Hillis,
Village Voice,
29 Jan 2008
rotten:
This was the worst movie I've ever seen, so bad that I hesitate to label it a 'movie' and thus reflect shame upon the entire medium of film.
– Josh Levin,
Slate,
30 Jan 2008
rotten:
The result in Meet the Spartans is less classic Mel Brooks than middling Best Week Ever.