The Onion Movie
A fictional news network battles corporate cross-promotion in a wildly uneven, deliberately outrageous assault on American media culture.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- irreverent
- absurdist
- sardonic
- comedy marathon
- cult movie night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Onion News program structures the film while its anchors, commercials, and commentary expose its satirical targets.
Global Tetrahedron attempts to insert corporate products and cross-promotion into Norm Archer's news broadcast.
News parody, bizarre commercials, terrorist training, and the recurring toy penguin turn social criticism into surreal sketches.
The feature combines news segments, commercials, commentary, and separate comic scenarios into a movie-length presentation.
Films like The Onion Movie, and why
The Kentucky Fried Movie
sketch-based satire, irreverent American media parody, and deliberately chaotic comic structure
Network
surreal news satire, exaggerated societal hypocrisy, and absurdist political humor
Amazon Women on the Moon
episodic parody, broad media satire, and deadpan comic escalation
UHF
corporate-media absurdity, sketch-like comic invention, and irreverent social commentary
Movie Details
- Directors
- Mike Maguire, Tom Kuntz
- Release Date
- 2008-05-31
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (264)
Cast
- Len Cariou
- Ken Takemoto
- Steven Seagal
- Larissa Laskin
- Don McManus
- Michael Bolton
- Ahmed Ahmed
- Brendan Fletcher
- Daniel Dae Kim
- Meredith Baxter
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Onion Movie about?
- A fictional news network battles corporate cross-promotion in a wildly uneven, deliberately outrageous assault on American media culture.
- What is The Onion Movie like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Onion Movie as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Onion Movie violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Onion Movie as moderate.
- Which films are like The Onion Movie?
- Films with a similar feel include The Kentucky Fried Movie, Network, Amazon Women on the Moon, and UHF.
- How long is The Onion Movie?
- The Onion Movie runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Onion Movie?
- In United States, The Onion Movie is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube.
