Epic | Movie (2007)

Despite being slammed by critics, the film was a massive commercial hit, grossing against a modest $20 million budget. It remains a polarizing relic for several reasons:

Released in January 2007, is the ultimate time capsule of mid-2000s pop culture chaos. Directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer—the duo behind Date Movie and Meet the Spartans —this parody film trades a traditional plot for a rapid-fire series of "look-alike" gags and slapstick riffs on the era's biggest blockbusters. The "Plot" (In a Nutshell) Epic Movie (2007)

It features a "who’s who" of 2007-era celebrities (or at least their eerily accurate look-alikes), including parodies of Paris Hilton, Borat, Jack Sparrow, and P. Diddy . Despite being slammed by critics, the film was

A mutant at an "X-Men" style school, bullied for having chicken wings instead of real wings. Why It's a Cult (Anti-)Classic The "Plot" (In a Nutshell) It features a

Jennifer Coolidge plays the villainous parody of Narnia’s White Witch, tangling with Fred Willard as Aslo (a very lusty version of Aslan the lion).

The film moves so fast it rarely explains why it's spoofing a movie. Within the first few minutes, it jumps from The Da Vinci Code to Nacho Libre and Snakes on a Plane without a second thought. It even finds room to parody MTV Cribs , Punk'd , and The Hills —cultural artifacts that have mostly faded into obscurity today.

The humor relies heavily on gross-out gags, including one infamous scene involving characters vomiting on each other. A Patchwork of 2007's Biggest Hits