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Comedy
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Director:
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Akiva Schaffer
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Actors:
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Sissy Spacek,
Andy Samberg,
Jorma Taccone,
Ken Kirzinger,
Brittany Tiplady,
Alana Husband,
Chester Tam,
Bill Hader,
Danny McBride,
Isla Fisher,
Ian McShane,
Will Arnett,
Chris Parnell,
Mark Acheson,
Brittney Irvin
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Duration:
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88 min.
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Rating:
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(6.5/10)134
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Plot Summary:
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Rod Kimble, a self-proclaimed stuntman, grew up believing he's the son of Evel Knievel's test-rider, a plucky stuntman who died in his prime. Cane is committed to fulfilling his father's legacy. Only conundrum is--he sucks! Rod lives at welcoming comfortable with with his loving mom Marie, jerk of a stepfather Frank and nerdy stepbrother Kevin. He doesn't get a job, and can usually be bring about doing stunts on his moped, attempting to skip in caboodle from out trucks to public swimming pools. Rod remains optimistic in spleen of the abuse he suffers from his stepfather. Art... less has a penchant pro beating the tar unconfined of Independent, who just keeps coming back with a view more in the hopes of earning Unabashed's reverence by besting him in one of their plumb knock-down brawls. When Frank gets fed up with and needs a $50,000 deal, Rod attempts to raise the money by venture his biggest feat in any case--jumping 15 buses, story more than Evel Knievel himself in any case dared. He'll land the jump, hear Free better, and then fight him stiff.
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Hot Rod
Peter Debruge
It worked for Will Ferrell in Anchorman and Talladega Nights: Devise a cocktail-napkin sketch of a character and hope the movie falls in place around it. But by the time Hot Rod reached the screen, Ferrell had stepped aside, leaving "Saturday Night Live's" Andy Samberg to play amateur stuntman and accident magnet Rod Kimble. Those hoping for feature-length doses of Samberg's Lazy Sunday wit will have to settle for just plain lazy, as Hot Rod aims low and still manages to miss its target. Even if pic crashes and burns at the box office, it should emerge unscathed on DVD.
In one of Napoleon Dynamite's more memorable gags, Jon Heder set up a sweet bicycle jump, only to nosedive on liftoff. Hot Rod repeats the same joke ad nauseum as Samberg's unflapp...
HOT ROD
wot a laff we ad watchin this. rod and crew r hilarious geeks, gud acting from Borats wife, Isla, she better in this than wedding crashers. dint stop the laffs rite thru. great gags, u wil luv it 2
Spare yourself the 'Rod'
This is a goofy comedy, and to be totally honest with you, not particularly in the best of ways. Loser Rod has issues with his stepdad and the girl next door, he wants to become something worthwhile so they have to sit up and take notice of him. His plan is a simple one, for him aided by his friends (or erstwhile back-up crew) to leap various objects... Evil Knivel style... on a moped... you get the idea. There are flashes of fun to be had in this, but they bite the dust as quickly as this guys latest stunt. If you just have to go out and watch a funny 'loser' movie there are better out there, example 'Superbad'. Its not a total flop, but I wouldn't jump through a blazing ring o fire to go see it.
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