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"Rick and Morty Ruin a Fan Film" is an American live action short film from 2017 that runs for slightly over 6 minutes and this includes credits already, so it really is not a long movie. The director and one of several writers is Chris R. Notarile, who is maybe not among America's best fan film directors these days, but probably among the most prolific. I think his own comment about this film to the audience that "we've been had" is somewhat true, even not in the way he meant it. In fact, we've been had because we spent over 6 minutes on this horrible film. I am not even a fan of Rick & Morty, but I still thought it was really lame and too much over the top, and the real fans must hate it even more. I also felt that Rick was maybe the only character who slightly looked like his animated version here. (Maybe they thought that this could make the moment work when he is finaly the one at the center of it all. Of course I am talking about when the character breaks the fourth wall. But nope, it did not work well.) And this includes Johnny Bravo too, who really looked nothing like he does in the cartoons. Shockingly bad that they were actually trying to sell the audience that it is him. The "boyfriend material" line and several other quotes weren't helping either. The one female character in this film seemed at least somewhat realistic and not as garbage as everything else early on, but she turned into a mess quickly too after R&M showed up. The epilogue here is also pretty underwhelming. So don't be fooled by thee title here: Of course, Notarile wanted as many people as possible to watch and like this movie. And he is just joking that it is a ruined film. He definitely saw some quality in it when he decided to release it. Well, I do not and neither do most other people judging from the rating here on imdb that is still way too high. I mean I am not a fan of Notarile or something, but he rarely made a film that is as bad as this one here, but this statement is just meant in a way where I am referring to how bad this one is and not that the others are any good. Just not as high on the garbage scale. Then again, it is pretty self-explanatory how Notarile still has to do fan-made movies after all these years and even with his experience won't get a studio to hire him for a "real" movie. I am not even talking big budget. Also pretty telling how his films are always about established characters from all kinds of other movies and this shows how he does not have a great deal of creativity on his own. Skip this one here. Highly not recommended.