Marci X (2003)

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Studio: Paramount Pictures Studio: Paramount Pictures Studio: Paramount Pictures

Rating: R

Release Date: Aug 22, 2003

Running Time: 97 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans, Richard Benjamin, Christine Baranski, Paula Garces, Jane Krakowski, Sherie Scott, Veanne Cox, Charles Kimbrough, Reginald William Footman

director: Richard Benjamin

Marci X

Marci, a spoiled Jewish American Princess, is forced to take control of her father's hard-core rap label, Felony Assault, when her mogul dad, Ben Feld, has a stress-induced heart attack due to the controversy surrounding the label's hip-hop song "Shoot Ya' Teacha" by Dr. Snatchcatcher. To rescue her father's plummeting stock, Marci attempts to tone down the rapper's bad-boy edge. Over time, the unlikely pair fall in love just as a conservative senator vows to banish the rapper and his offensive lyrics from the airwaves forever.

In what universe does a New York Jewish socialite and a hardcore, streetwise rapper sound like a good pairing for a romantic comedy?

Story

Oy, is Marci X an awful movie. Not a single shred of intelligence in it. But if you need to know the story, here it is. Marci Feld (Lisa Kudrow) is a somewhat spoiled Jewish-American princess, thanks to her father Ben Feld (Richard Benjamin), a corporate mogul. She has lived an extremely pampered life but also has been fairly successful in her altruistic…