Rated: R
Run time: 1 hr 35 min
Starring: Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom
Arnold, Kristin Chenowith, Beau Bridges
This was a good way to spend 1 ½ hours, it really was. I can’t
completely explain it, but I enjoyed this movie. It isn’t going to win any
awards but it is worth watching. It will probably enjoy a bigger following when
it’s released to DVD and cable.
I read somewhere that this movie took 10 weeks from concept
to finish, don’t know if that’s true or not but it sounds interesting. Dax
Shepard (Crosby of Parenthood) wrote, directed and stars in this movie, and it’s
rumored that he used his own cars while making it. It is also rumored that the
other stars deferred their respective salaries as a favor to Dax. I don’t know
how much is true and how much is hype, but this is a fun movie. You’re not
going to roll on the floor laughing but you will probably chuckle out loud a
few times. The film is fast paced and doesn’t drag down anywhere, in other
words, use the bathroom before the movie starts or you may miss something if
you leave the theater.
One word (or several actually) of warning, if you don’t want
to see full frontal nudity of several 70-somethings, then you need to avert
your eyes anytime you see a character go to room 119 when they are at the
motel. I don’t usually give spoilers but that scene happens not once but twice.
The characters reactions are kind of funny but the image is forever burned in
my brain. On the other hand, it did make me want to start spending more time at
the gym.
All of the actors do a good job, Bell and Shepard (as Annie
and Yul aka Charlie Bronson) have chemistry together (but they should since
they’re together in real life too). It’s weird seeing Bradley Cooper in dreads,
but it’s Tom Arnold who steals most of the laughs as the bumbling US Marshall
overseeing Charlie’s witness protection detail. And if it’s not him stealing
the scenes it’s Kristen Chenowith as Annie’s boss.
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