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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 CriticUltimately 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.
Hot Rod emerges as a daffy, dorky summer surprise, a silly comedy of non sequiturs that feels like a cockeyed collaboration between Will Ferrell and Mel Brooks.
Hot Rod isn't so much a comedy as it is an exclusive clubhouse for those who define their existence by the articulation of their zany. It's a wild one, but not without its charms.
Truly funny, even though most viewers (who are as much the movie's targets as the characters we see onscreen) just aren't going to get it.
Hot Rod is a fresh, hip take on the Bumbling Idiot genre that made Will Ferrell a superstar, and Samberg throws himself into the role with an amiable mix of birthday-entertainer goofiness and klutzy bravado.
With a little help from his friends, [Samberg] has landed his jump with ease the first time on the ramp. Rod would love it. Hells yeah.
...comes off as precisely the sort of silly and nonsensical piece of work that one might've expected...
You need to see Hot Rod just so you can say you were on the Danny McBride bandwagon a year early.
Ferociously stupid and often very funny.
You're either going to wet your pants laughing, or you're going to scratch your head and wonder if you're getting too old.
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.
Hot Rod is probably going to be like Billy Madison where it grows on me after multiple viewings.
Cell phones, the Internet, '80s fashion and '70s style are all thrown together for a winning combination.
Hot Rod is pretty dumb, and a good half of its gags fall flat -- but homages to cheesy '80s cinema and television are worth a couple of chuckles.
The movie may be a bizarre goof, but the effort -- second-hand material included -- is utterly sincere.
A good time flick, one that didn’t really blow me away, but featured a sweet loser chasing a cutie-pie chick with a number of laughs and a quick pace.
Uneven but often funny.
...just the sort of stuff an unapologetically idiotic comedy needs.
Still, Hot Rod keeps a sweet tone that's filled with affection for its characters, and enough laughs to become this summer's most mildly recommendable comedy.
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