Saving Silverman

2001
PG-13
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

43K

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Romantic Comedy Slapstick Comedy Crime Romance

A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman.A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman.A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

43K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,262

457

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
According to Steve Zahn on Couch Surfing (2018), the "COME ON AH YEEEEEEEH-HA!" line was from the middle of a Neil Diamond performance. Neil asked about that line, and they replied they were saying his words. Neil didn't believe this and they had him listen to the part of his performance and he realized he did say that.

Goofs
When Judith is being fed the sandwich from Arby's you can see that the bun switches back and forth between a sesame seed bun and a kaiser bun.

Quotes
J.D.: Dude, if you get the nachos stuck together, that's one nacho.

Crazy credits
At the end there is a concert with Neil Diamond and all the actors and the end titles.

Alternate versions
The R-rated cut includes about four minutes of added footage, consisting mainly of two scenes: one in a Subway restaurant where JD is showing his trainees to his boss, and another in a laundromat where Darren and Sandy are drying their clothes after falling in the water. Also, three uses of the word "fuck" are added, among other dialogue. Also, the scene with the hookers playing ping-pong has them topless, rather than wearing the bras they had in the PG-13-rated theatrical cut.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Hannibal/Saving Silverman/In the Mood for Love (2001)

Soundtracks
Stop The Rock
Written by Noko, Ian Hoxley, Trevor Gray and Howard Gray
Performed by Apollo 440 (as Apollo Four Forty)
Courtesy of Epic Records/Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

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Featured review

6/10

Now that's an evil woman...

I remember that I saw this movie many years ago, but couldn't really recall whether it was a funny movie or not. I happened to find it again on Netflix, so I decided to sit down and watch it again.

It turned out that the movie was actually funny, and I did recall the basics of the storyline. Darren (played by Jason Biggs) is about to marry Judith (played by Amanda Peet), a thing that Darren's two best friends, Wayne (played by Steve Zahn) and J.D. (played by Jack Black) does not want to see happen.

The cast in the movie was good, and I especially enjoyed the roles played by Jack Black, Steve Zahn and Amanda Peet, because they really carried the movie so well.

There are some good laughs here and there throughout the course of the movie.

"Saving Silverman" can be watched more than once; you just have to wait a significant amount of years before doing so.