Absolutely no slapstick gags and crude innuendos are passed up in outrageous comedy We're The Millers lead by recent Saturday Night Live's ex-cast member, Jason Sudeikis.
After having his stash-and-cash stolen by a bunch of youths, marijuana dealer David Clark (Sudeikis) is forced to take on a job for his drug-overlord (The Hangover's Ed Helms) which has him planning to smuggle an enormous amount of cannabis over the Mexican border back into the US. Realising he'll look suspicious if he goes alone, he bribes three other low-lifes into pretending to be his family, "the Millers" for the trip, disguising it as a holiday, but of course, things don't quite go as smoothly as he first expected.
Viewers expect this type of comedy from Horrible Bosses' Sudeikis or School Of Comedy's Will Poulter who have both exhibited this kind of silly, "fart humour" before but this film sees a very different Jennifer Aniston to the one we are used to. Seemingly trying to abandon her "girl-next-door" stereotype that has afflicted her since Friends, Aniston plays rock-chick stripper Rose, complete with black eyeliner and filthy one-liners and she plays the part well.
Viewers expect this type of comedy from Horrible Bosses' Sudeikis or School Of Comedy's Will Poulter who have both exhibited this kind of silly, "fart humour" before but this film sees a very different Jennifer Aniston to the one we are used to. Seemingly trying to abandon her "girl-next-door" stereotype that has afflicted her since Friends, Aniston plays rock-chick stripper Rose, complete with black eyeliner and filthy one-liners and she plays the part well.
What's refreshing about We're The Millers, which audiences have not really seen with a mixed ensemble for a long time is it's not at all gushy and about a romance that you could never see coming. The humour is evidently the first-and-foremost important part of the movie. There are aspects of a blossoming relationship between the leads (as you would expect from a movie with this premise), but it never really amounts to much, meaning that the audience focus is completely on the 'funny'.
It's evident from many scenes (and the hilarious outtakes at the end of the film) that not one member of the cast took themselves too seriously when shooting this and that has definitely made it more of a successful piece.
Nick Offerman, best known for playing Ron Swanson in American hit, Parks and Recreation has slowly become a bit of a cult favourite amongst comedy fans and no doubt pulled in a lot of ticket-buyers at the box office as Don Fitzgerald, a DEA agent blissfully unaware of the Miller's real intentions in Mexico. Partnered with Stepbrothers' Kathryn Hahn, the pair are equally as funny as the main cast and provide many of the movie's biggest laughs.
Whilst a very different style of funny, We're The Millers draws similarity to comedies such as Pineapple Express. Rather than being a stoner comedy, and more of a comedy that focussed on people who get other people stoned, there are still scenes that are trying so hard to be funny but it works. Whilst deadpan, situational comedies rule in the television world, it's clear that cinema audiences like their comedy a little more obvious and easier to catch.
Not at all that smart or a movie that makes you think, but it's sure as hell, a bloody funny one that will have you laughing so hard, your cheeks will hurt when the credits roll.
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