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Let’s say you’re
a drug dealer in Colorado. You’ve just
lost your entire stash and funds. You’re
in deep. But you’re offered a chance to break
even with your supplier if you trek down to Mexico to retrieve more drugs. What do you do? You hire a stripper, a runaway and a nerd in
your building to pose as your family to retrieve the “smidge” of pot.
That’s exactly what David Clark
(Sudekis) does. With the newly
single/unemployed/homeless stripper Rose (Aniston), teen runaway Casey
(Roberts), nerdy, virgin hanger-on Kenny (Poulter) and a brand new RV, they
travel together, masquerading as a family.
Their mission is simple: sneak into Mexico, get the stash and sneak back
to Colorado.
The journey is far from simple. The “Miller family” battles other drug
kingpins over the deal. They also
constantly run into a typical Midwest American family anchored by Ron Swanson
(fine, Nick Offerman). Not to mention,
David deals with his extremely uncooperative drug lord and his increasing
ridiculous requests.
I know, 150+ words but I never
answer the all important question: Is it funny?
Simply put, yes and at times, uproariously funny. But don’t let the “family” element fool you,
WE’RE THE MILLERS earns its ‘R’ rating.
Swearing out the wazoo with innuendos every 90 seconds on average, WE’RE
THE MILLERS has a perfect situation for an ‘R’ rating, unlike another ‘R’ rated
“comedy” in 2013, whose IDENTITY shall remain unknown.
Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber of DODGEBALL fame, MILLERS does lag for a while
multiple times. The introductions to the
primary villains are almost minimal but the villains themselves are rather
pathetic. I am not against a movie
having multiple antagonists, but they must be of quality & near equal in
terror. A gag reel straight out of the
mid/late 90’s, while featuring the two biggest laughs of the night, lessened
the preceding movie.
Luckily, there are plenty of laughs
to garner a recommendation. The
material, especially anything involving the bad guys, falters occasionally; but
when a movie surprises me, I admit it. I
had zero expectations. It’s a comedy and
I laughed, a lot. Enough said.
***1/2
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