from the San Jose Mercury News
DVDs: ‘Onion Movie’ doesn’t hold together
IT’S NOTHING MORE THAN AN EXCUSE TO MAKE FUN OF STUFF
Article Launched: 06/12/2008 01:35:20 AM PDT
“The Onion Movie” isn’t a movie, exactly. It’s more of a dated, satirical train wreck, centered loosely on the 
Onion brand and comprised of random comic vignettes that mock such up-to-the-minute targets as Britney Spears and Al-Qaida. But it’s also oddly fascinating, if only as an example of how an attempt at Hollywood synergy can go drastically wrong.
Written by Onion veterans Todd Hanson and Robert Siegel, “The Onion Movie” was filmed in 2003 and slated to be released in theaters by Fox Searchlight. Fans of the popular fake newspaper, which has given birth over the years to such brilliant headlines as “Gore Already Regretting Promise to Help Clinton Move Out,” were a little perplexed about what a film version might entail. Would it be a cinematic take on the book “Our Dumb Century”? 
A moving, coming-of-age tale inspired by the article “Attempt to Impress Becky Lundegaard Undermined by Interloper”?
For a while, it seemed we would never know; Fox yanked the movie from its schedule, then kept it tucked away on a shelf until it finally has emerged on DVD.
So what is “The Onion Movie” about? The plot, such as it is, focuses on an aging network news anchor who gets increasingly disgusted by Corporate’s focus on promoting its ancillary products, including a ludicrous action flick starring Steven Seagal.
But really, it’s just an 80-minute excuse to make fun of stuff.