The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003)

This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Fallon's character is only known as "The Occasionally Interrupting Younger Reporter".He is NOT discovered as The Reporter's son until the VERY END OF THE MOCUMENTARY! Also, the correct credit for Eric Idle's portrayal of the reporter is in fact The Reporter, NOT the Narrator.Even though he narrates.However, his character is ALSO the "Documentarist" and therefore should also be listed as the Interviewer.I think.

Very disappointing. My time would've been better spent watching the first movie and some clips of Rutles cover bands on the Internet.I'm a big Rutles fan. The original movie was great. If you didn't see it, a lot of it is in this pathetic excuse of a movie.It starts out alright but the viewer quickly realizes there's little new here. The SNL influence is felt when you hear the Nth joke about their trousers; repetition does *not* equal funny, gang. At the end of the film, they show some outtakes of actors laughing. One of my boys wondered what movie they were watching.Some of the interviews were slightly funny, but wouldn't be again if someone held a gun to my head and made me watch this a second time. At least it's short.

This movie isn't as funny as the first one, mainly because it contains not that much footage. The only "new" thing is the music. The play some songs from "archaeology".But not in a good way. For example. When the rutles are playing "easy listening" They use the video from "living in Hope".The interviews are very funny, and the video/audio quality is great. When you enjoyed the first rutles film, I think you should see this one. And It's possible to see only this one, and maybe later the first one. Because it is not about the story, It's about the jokes. And the story is pretty much the same as the Beatles's but with jokes.

I grabbed this as a "must have" having been a Rutles fan since the release of the original vinyl album. Idle and Innes had produced a perfect parody... perfect in the sense that it had captured the essence of the subject matter (Beatles) with care and love in a way that stood up as a piece of work valid in its own right. The Rutles gave us an alternative (Pythonesque) reality that we took to our hearts. The Beatles supplied the soundtrack to that part of the twentieth century... The Rutles added to it with a nod, a wink and a smile.Oh my... what happened here? Endless talking heads that no doubt wanted to be part of the Rutles phenomenon (albeit a little late); recycled scenes and cutting-room floor footage from "All You Need Is Cash"; over-extended jokes about the geographical ineptitude of the presenter and some very lame sequences (especially the parts about the odd-shaped albums). Sorry, but the main thing missing from "Can't Buy Me Lunch" is quality control... admitted rip-off or not.When an alternative reality has been so embraced by the public (e.g. the Star Trek phenomenon), there is a burden upon the producers to respect the credo of that alternative. Changing the presented facts and set-up of the original was annoying... I'd say "upsetting" if it didn't make me seem a little too obsessive about the whole thing.I mean... Arthur Sultan was all about Tea... not Curry! (I guess that's a spoiler!)Maybe my expectations were too high. Save the $20 and buy some lunch. As has been said by another reviewer... this one's a rentalCheers