Fanboys (film)

Fanboys
A person wearing a Darth Vader mask and a plaid shirt
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKyle Newman
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Ernest Cline
  • Dan Pulick
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLukas Ettlin
Edited by
  • James Thomas
  • Seth Flaum
Music byMark Mothersbaugh
Production
companies
Distributed byThe Weinstein Company[1]
Release date
  • February 6, 2009 (2009-02-06)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Box office$960,828[2]

Fanboys is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Kyle Newman, and starring Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, and Kristen Bell. The story follows a group of Star Wars fans who head on a road trip to Skywalker Ranch to steal a rough cut of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) for their dying friend. The Weinstein Company released it in the United States on February 6, 2009.

Metacritic assessed the critical reception as "mixed".[3] Rotten Tomatoes, another aggregator, said it received negative reviews and called it "undercooked [and] sporadically funny".[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Fanboys (2009)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  2. ^ "Fanboys (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
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