IGN.com|AskMen.com|Rotten Tomatoes|GameSpy|FilePlanet|TeamXbox|CheatsCodesGuides|GameStats|Direct2Drive|Green Pixels
RottenTomatoes.com
Log In | Register | What is RT?
  • Home
  • Movies
  • DVD
  • Celebrities
  • News
  • Critics
  • Trailers & Pictures
  • The Vine
  • Forums
  • Box Office
  • | Best Of
  • | Certified Fresh
RT Search Powered by Google
help icon Enhanced RT
searches on Google
Click here to turn on enhanced search results from RT on your Google searches by subscribing to our Google Subscribed Links profile.
 
Movies / On DVD / Postal
Postal

Rate this Movie Help Icon

  • Write a Review
  • Read Reviews
  • Email to a Friend
  • Add to List
  • Bookmark and Share
  • Buy Poster External Icon
  • Visit Official Site External Icon

Postal (2008)

  • T-Meter Critics
  • Top Critics
  • RT Community
  • My Critics
  • My Friends
  • DVD
8 %
Tomatometer

How does the Tomatometer work Help Icon

Reviews Counted: 37

Fresh: 3

Rotten:34

Average Rating: 3.1/10

Consensus: An attempt at political satire that lacks any wit or relevance, Postal is nonetheless one of Uwe Boll's more successful films -- for what it's worth.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for extremely crude humor throughout, including strong sexuality, graphic nudity, violence, and for pervasive language and some drug use.

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release: May 23, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: A religious charlatan (Foley), his mild mannered nephew (Ward) and a gang of bosomy commandos face off against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban in an epic battle that will determine the fate of the world in POSTAL, the latest film from... A religious charlatan (Foley), his mild mannered nephew (Ward) and a gang of bosomy commandos face off against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban in an epic battle that will determine the fate of the world in POSTAL, the latest film from controversial director Uwe Boll (“BloodRayne”). Boll roasts an entire herd of sacred cows and smashes taboos to smithereens in this over-the-top and hilariously subversive critique of modern day America. Inspired by the notorious videogame of the same name, POSTAL is a jaw-droppingly original spoof of contemporary culture and an equal opportunity offender, lampooning religious extremists, minorities, bureaucrats, immigrants, cops, women, the Holocaust, gun nuts and more with evenhanded abandon. The outrageous political and social satire stars Zack Ward (“Transformers”), Dave Foley (“News Radio”), J.K. Simmons the (“Spiderman”) trilogy, Jackie Tohn (“On the Lot”), Larry Thomas, the Soup Nazi from (“Seinfeld”), Erick Avari (“Mr. Deeds”) and Verne Troyer (“Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”). The film is produced by Boll, Dan Clarke and Shawn Williamson. --© Event Film [More]

Starring: Verne Troyer, Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola

Starring: Verne Troyer, Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Jackie Tohn, J.K. Simmons, Larry Thomas, David Huddleston

Director: Uwe Boll

Director: Uwe Boll
Screenwriter: Uwe Boll
Producer: Uwe Boll, Daniel Clarke, Shawn Williamson
Composer: Jessica De Rooij
Studio: Event Film

[See More Credits]

  • Trailers
  • Pictures
  • Uwe Boll (SDCC 07)
    >
    Jackie Tohn (SDCC 07)
    >
    Zack Ward (SDCC 07)
    >
    Trailer
    >
  • DVD Featurette
    >
1 - 4 of 5

See More Movie Trailers & Pictures

DVD Info

 
 
 
 
Release:

Jan 13, 2009

[DVD Details]
 
 

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame

Audio:

  • (unspecified) English

Reviews for Postal

  • T-Meter Critics
  • Top Critics
  • RT Community
  • My Critics
  • My Friends
  • DVD
 
 
1 - 20 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Text View | 1 2 >> >|
Arrange By: Fresh | Rotten | Comments | Name | Source | Date
 
 
N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
10/18/08
Newsday
Ratings Image

The end result is a film that feels as though it's been conceived and executed by a third grader...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
10/06/08
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
Ratings Image

Boll mistakes shock for satire and crudity for cleverness in this desperately unfunny, hopelessly clueless catalogue of the ills of America... that ends up rejoicing in what it believes it is sending up.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
08/26/08
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher
Ratings Image

The second half of the movie is a mess with only light humor and some audacious bits to liven up the mood.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
06/12/08
Chris Carle
IGN Movies
Ratings Image

I guess you could call it a "satire," but it doesn't particularly care to take the time or energy to spin the satire in any meaningful way; it merely thunders over all its ideas like a rabid elephant.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
06/05/08
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
Ratings Image

If this movie had been made by an unknown young director, a lot of critics would still be panning the movie for its inconsistencies -- but many others would be praising his courage.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment 1 Comment
05/30/08
Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle
Ratings Image

Boll's self-inflicted dose of Schadenfreude is the only sure shot in this miserable misfire of a satire, which aims for "campy," but hits "crappy" instead.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
05/30/08
Chad Greene
Boxoffice Magazine
Ratings Image

Is it funny? Not really, but it has isolated flashes of inspiration. Elsewhere, the film is a jumbled, needlessly violent mess, sloppily edited and feckless in its attempts at political satire.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
05/29/08
Rossiter Drake
San Francisco Examiner
Ratings Image

Almost worth watching because it's so unbelievably abysmal that you can't believe any filmmaker, let alone one as hated as Dr. Boll, would deliberately make light of such subjects in order to shock and offend.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
05/23/08
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net
Ratings Image

Fearlessness isn't inherently funny: Postal's touches of wit are lost in the flying body parts, gross-out gags, and the full frontal spectacle of Foley's no-longer-private parts.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
05/23/08
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Ratings Image

Postal strikes me as marginally superior to Morgan Spurlock's merely boneheaded Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? But that's like saying Moe is smarter than Curly.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment 1 Comment
05/23/08
Kyle Smith
New York Post
Ratings Image

It's hard to imagine a worse movie will come out this year, and yet Boll's growing notoriety has already earned the trailer millions of hits on YouTube. Ed Wood never had it so good.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
05/23/08
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
Ratings Image

Postal is largely just a byproduct of Boll's self-promotion, rendering the film itself, in essence, beside the point.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
05/23/08
Mark Olsen
Los Angeles Times
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image

In short, we have a trainwreck of a comedy that goes on far longer than you'd care to watch an actual trainwreck, trying too hard to be offensive the entire time and delivering its jokes with the timing of a 2-year-old with a mixing spoon and a soup-pot.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
05/23/08
Jim Slotek
Jam! Movies
Ratings Image

Infantile, irreverent and boorish to the max, Postal explodes with bad attitude and lousy filmmaking.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/23/08
Nathan Lee
New York Times
Top Critic Icon Top Critic
Ratings Image

This reviewer is not easy to offend, but is very easy to bore. And I was bored out of my tree for most of Boll's lamely conceived, cliché-ridden debacle.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
05/23/08
Michael Harris
Globe and Mail
Ratings Image

Indeed, Postal is THAT kind of movie, one that substitutes rancor for real wit, that utilizes splatter when a few script rewrites would have worked much better.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
05/23/08
Bill Gibron
PopMatters
Ratings Image

What's wrong with Postal can be summed up pretty easily - it's a comedy that's never once funny.

Full Review Source: The Deadbolt | comment Comment
05/23/08
Brian Tallerico
The Deadbolt
Ratings Image

Twice as violent and half as funny as anything resembling a good movie, it's still a hell of a ride

Full Review Source: I.E. Weekly | comment Comment
05/23/08
Amy Nicholson
I.E. Weekly
Ratings Image

Imagine what "Catch-22" might have been like if it had been written by that creepy grade-school classmate of yours who was always talking about how cool it would be to stick a cherry bomb under that dead squirrel he found on the side of the road

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
05/22/08
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com
1 - 20 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Text View | 1 2 >> >|
all

Latest News for Postal

August 30, 2008: InfoAddict.com: Along the way to its parking lot showdown, a wacky property damage conspiracy to commit insurance fraud is uncovered between Osama and Bush. The darker, zany recesses of America as viewed from the Twilight Zone. Move over, Borat. Opens in new window
More...

August 27, 2008: Along the way to its parking lot showdown, a wacky property damage conspiracy to commit insurance fraud is uncovered between Osama and Bush. The darker, zany recesses of America as viewed from the Twilight Zone. Move over, Borat. Opens in new window
More...

August 25, 2008: RT on DVD: Watch Uwe Boll Box Critic, Heroes Season Two Clips
It's a good week to catch up on your favorite shows before the new TV season begins (Heroes Season Two) and a good week to satisfy your curiosity for a certain guilty pleasure... More...

May 23, 2008: Interview: Uwe Boll Talks Postal, Kevin Costner, and Answers Reader Mail
It's time to share our exclusive interview with the one, the only, Uwe Boll! Read on for our candid chat about his latest flick, Postal, how he almost cast Kevin Costner, the... More...

See More Topics...

Related Forums for Postal

Just like the game..
by: ortucis 9/17


blue_watermelon_juice
Thank God this went down in flames...
by: blue_watermelon_juice 9/6


Robbie29
When will Boll give up!?!
by: Robbie29 9/2


BREAKING NEWS! Wide release of 'Postal' from Uwe Boll CANCELED!!!
by: Doyouseemenow 8/27


Tapewormz
I smell another movie funded by a tax loophole
by: Tapewormz 5/25
See All

More DVDs

Top Rentals
Tomatometer Percentage Movie
FRESH: 1 88% Hellboy II: The Golden…
FRESH: 2 89% Kung Fu Panda
ROTTEN: 3 53% Get Smart
FRESH: 4 61% Journey to the Center …
FRESH: 5 67% The Incredible Hulk

More Rentals…

New On DVD This Week
Tomatometer Percentage Movie
FRESH: 96 96% WALL-E
FRESH: 83 83% Tropic Thunder
FRESH: 63 63% Sisterhood of the Trav…
FRESH: 93 93% Encounters At the End …
FRESH: 88 88% Gonzo: The Life and Wo…

More New Releases…

What’s Hot On RT

Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace

Watch the latest Bond clips and trailers.

Dance Flick Trailer

Dance Flick Trailer

The latest spoof from the Wayans bros.

Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro

Five favourite films with the Hellboy director...

NEW Watchmen Pics

NEW Watchmen Pics

You watch the Watchmen

Other News

  • Top Stories
  • Popular
  • Interviews
 
 

Comments

 
 
Top Stories
Headlines Comments
  
  • Weekly Ketchup: Writers for Captain America and X-Men: First Class
24
  • Spielberg's Oldboy Isn't a Remake Source: Film School Rejects
32
  • Fox Hires Josh Schwartz for New X-Men Movie Source: Variety
40
  • Neveldine and Taylor Exit Jonah Hex Source: Variety
2
  • First Look at Terminator Salvation Source: IGN Movies
17
  • Trailer Bulletin: Exclusive Star Trek TV Trailer!
51
  • Weekly Ketchup: Jaden Smith to be The Karate Kid
58
  • Ratner Puts Brakes on Conan Reports Source: Los Angeles Times
8
  • Del Toro Plans Stop-Motion Pinocchio Project Source: Bloody Disgusting
3
  • RT Sees Star Trek Footage!
36
Popular
Headlines Comments
  
  • Five Favorite Films with Twilight's Robert Pattinson
59
  • Trailer Bulletin: Exclusive Star Trek TV Trailer!
51
  • Twilight Headed for $30 Million Opening Day