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Reviews Counted:99
Fresh:38
Rotten:61
Average Rating:4.9/10
Consensus: A few funny scenes can't save the disjointed Hot Rod, which is too silly and sloppy to hold up.
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $13,920,741
Synopsis: Amateur suburban stunt man Rod Kimble (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's Andy Samberg) believes he's destined to follow in the footsteps of his late father, who made test runs of Evel Knievel's stunts before... [More]
Starring: Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader
Director: Akiva Schaffer
Prepare to be dazzled, we are told in the first few minutes, as fireworks are lit in eager anticipation. But the fireworks fizzle big time, as does this tedious, tired comedy that is short on appeal and laughs. Wacky and low-brow it is, but fun it ain't
Top CriticThrough Hot Rod's manic weirdness, its take on young suburban males is completely authentic. It's the summer's happiest screen comedy.
It's funny pretty much all the way through, even in the final showdown between Rod and his stepdad. I have seen countless movie fights that stagger the imagination, but this one goes over the top and comes down on the other side.
Top CriticSilly at best, stupid at worst, and surprisingly unfunny overall, Hot Rod is a classic example of what's wrong with 'SNL.'
It isn't just throwing joke darts at a board in the hopes that a few stick. It's throwing them at the pool table, the bartender, your face, then dynamiting the wall to go after the building next door.
No one seems to have told the Lonely Island boys that the stakes are a little higher in features than they are in music videos, and that underlighted shots and sloppy editing are more distracting on the big screen than the TV monitor.
If you're looking for plausibility, this is not your movie. If you're looking for laughs, this is not your movie. If you like seeing delusional overgrown adolescents fall down a lot, then this one's for you.
Top CriticThe presence of a relatable hero would go a long way towards making this feel like a real movie rather than a collection of skits.
Aims to be goofily anarchic...but it's sloppily written, lazily staged and annoyingly dumb...like a home movie slapped together by a bunch of half-addled bar pals.
a fitfully funny comedy that's neither a must-see nor a must to avoid.
So lazy and so void of even the most rudimentary sense of storytelling that it showers the viewer with contempt...I've never felt as abused by a filmmaker as I did in Hot Rod.
Andy Samberg is tolerable in a 90-second Digital Short on Saturday Night Live, but very, very far from tolerable in a 90-minute feature film.
My dog has the common sense to know his limitations. But then he's probably got an IQ point or 50 on poor Andy, if Hot Rod is indicative of how deep the waters of Lake Samberg go.
Started to go bad about the time someone in casting said, "You know what? I'll bet America is just about ready for the comedy stylings of Sissy Spacek."
Samberg proves to be less than big screen-ready (hardly surprising, given his most notable SNL work has come in music video shorts and not any sketch work).
About half of the jokes in it made me laugh or at least giggle, while the other half of the jokes fell flat on their face. The movie is funny, but not consistently so.
As messy and as playful as a box of puppies.
At least Hot Rod proves one thing: Even with the lowest expectations, it's possible to be disappointed.
Director Akiva Schaffer apparently thinks that by adding stupid stunts to the formula, Hot Rod also can attract the Jackass crowd.
Ultimately it’s Samberg, whose youthful enthusiasm and infectious goofiness has been one of SNL’s strongest assets of late, who makes the whole thing work.
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