Starring: Jason Sudekis, Jennifer Aniston, Will Poulter
Small-time drug dealer, David (Sudekis) loses his stash
of drugs, leading to his boss (Ed Helms) giving David an assignment to pick up
a "smidge" (actually a rather large amount) of marijuana from Mexico.
Realising that families are far less likely to get searched on the Mexican-US
border than lone individuals, he goes south of the border with Rose (Aniston) a
stripper, David's nice but extremely naive and awkward neighbour Kenny
(Poulter) and tough street kid, Casey (Emma Roberts) all posing as a family, the
Millers.
We're The Millers knows the marks that it should hit and
does with little surprise or defiance from what's expected of a mainstream
adult comedy of its kind. That isn't to slate the entire film. Actually, the
film hits the right notes a few times comedically and with a couple of very
laughable moments. But there was an obvious reason to cast Jennifer Aniston as
a stripper and it wasn't based on a character arc. Along the way, the story
trundles through various stock gags with few surprises. Most of the performances
are decent and the characters are likeable (although Ed Helms's role as a
super-rich drug baron seems so over-the-top when he turns up that it clashes
with the tone of the rest of the film). As road movies go, it's also enjoyable
but lacks variety and ultimately, it's a film that just comes and goes causing
little upset or extreme enjoyment. All in all, pretty average.
Next time, Mark Wahlberg
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Anthony Mackie play three
musclebound criminals who find themselves in over their heads in Michael Bay's
latest film, Pain & Gain.
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