# Paris Hilton made a movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298 "2008-02-12T17:42:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/1 "2008-02-12T17:42:51Z")
Just heard on the news this morning that a film starring Paris Hilton premiered this weekend: > **[The Hottie & the Nottie (2008) ⭐ 2.0 | Comedy, Romance](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804492/)** > > 1h 31m | PG-13 111 screens; total weekend take: a whopping _$25,000_ ! I like to think that I keep up on movie releases, but I never even heard about this. Did anyone? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/2 "2008-02-12T17:46:40Z")
She’s been in a few movies. _House of Wax_ and _The Hills_ were even starring roles. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/3 "2008-02-12T17:52:27Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] Just heard on the news this morning that a film starring Paris Hilton premiered this weekend: [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804492/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804492/) 111 screens; total weekend take: a whopping _$25,000_ ! I like to think that I keep up on movie releases, but I never even heard about this. Did anyone? [/QUOTE] Wow. I saw that poster online somewhere, and I thought it was a parody. I’ll rush right out to miss that one. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/4 "2008-02-12T17:56:01Z")
Entertaining review of it here: > **[The A.V. Club | Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed.](https://www.avclub.com/)** > > Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. It actually got a rare F. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/5 "2008-02-12T18:37:01Z")
They had to work hard to make Christine Lakin homely. She is hot. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/6 "2008-02-12T18:52:21Z")
While I’m not doubting its a bad film, my guess is there is an obvious Gigli-esque pile-on at work with the dozen or so metacritic reveiws giving it an average of 6 (out of 100)- substitue any other actress for PH and they wouldn’t be as savage. For comparison, literally the worst movie I have seen out of thousands, Strange Wilderness, is averaging a 12 on the same scale. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/7 "2008-02-12T20:47:32Z")
The only reason I knew about it was that she wore something stupid to the premiere and Go Fug Yourself caught it. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/8 "2008-02-12T21:02:44Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] While I’m not doubting its a bad film, my guess is there is an obvious Gigli-esque pile-on at work with the dozen or so metacritic reveiws giving it an average of 6 (out of 100)- substitue any other actress for PH and they wouldn’t be as savage. For comparison, literally the worst movie I have seen out of thousands, Strange Wilderness, is averaging a 12 on the same scale. [/QUOTE] Well, substitute any other actress for PH and it would be (a) better acted, or (b) released straight to DVD. I personally don’t have any problem believing it’s really that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/9 "2008-02-12T21:09:50Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] Just heard on the news this morning that a film starring Paris Hilton premiered this weekend: [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804492/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804492/) 111 screens; total weekend take: a whopping _$25,000_ ! I like to think that I keep up on movie releases, but I never even heard about this. Did anyone? [/QUOTE] Wow! I think that beats _It’s Pat!_ for the record of the worst opening box office ever. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/10 "2008-02-12T21:14:19Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] Entertaining review of it here: > **[Home](https://www.avclub.com/)** > > The A.V. Club digs deep into film, TV, music, games, books and more. It actually got a rare F. [/QUOTE] Hilarious. > [@Keith Phipps](#): > > Now, on to the question everyone is wondering about: Is the dialogue recorded clearly? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/11 "2008-02-12T21:20:03Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Wow! I think that beats _It’s Pat!_ for the record of the worst opening box office ever. [/QUOTE] No, worst box office (opening or otherwise) ever is [Zyzzyx Road](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyzzyx_Road). Total gross: [$30](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=zyzzyxroad.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/12 "2008-02-12T21:26:33Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] Entertaining review of it here: > **[Home](https://www.avclub.com/)** > > The A.V. Club digs deep into film, TV, music, games, books and more. It actually got a rare F. [/QUOTE] The review itself didn’t strike me as being nearly as harsh as it could have been, but the last line was very rewarding. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/13 "2008-02-13T02:29:27Z")
IMDB has it with an unbelievable rating of 1.2 out of 10. No way the rating could be that high. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/14 "2008-02-13T02:43:54Z")
While there’s no doubt this movie is awful, Paris is actually in another movie coming out in April that I’m looking forward to, in spite of her. It’s a horror-musical called _Repo: The Genetic Opera_, and she’s appearing (singing and all) alongside Anthony Stewart Head (who played Giles on _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_, and who is also a hell of a singer), Sarah Brightman, and Paul Sorvino. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/15 "2008-02-13T02:56:42Z")
My, how she’s fallen from the days when [1 Night in Paris](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412260/awards) won Best Overall Marketing Campaign - Individual Project, Best Renting Title of the Year, and Best Selling Title of the Year. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/16 "2008-02-13T05:44:24Z")
The question I have is why they even bothered with a theatrical release. True a lot of bad movies get shown in theaters. But if you have a movie with a tiny promotional budget, no good reviews, and a very limited release why don’t you just go straight to DVD? The money they spent on printing and shipping film probably cost more than the theatrical take. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-made-a-movie/437298/17 "2008-02-13T06:23:09Z")
[QUOTE=Terminus Est] No, worst box office (opening or otherwise) ever is [Zyzzyx Road](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyzzyx_Road). Total gross: [$30](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=zyzzyxroad.htm). [/QUOTE] That’s pretty amazing.