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Hot Rod

2007

Akiva Schaffer

Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Isla Fisher, Bill Hader ...

5.0

1,530

Comedy. Action Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble (Andy Samberg) is preparing for the jump of his life. Rod plans to clear fifteen buses in an attempt to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank’s life-saving heart operation. He’ll land the jump, get Frank better, and then fight him, hard.

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"The movie is funny because it is sincere (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"If you're looking for laughs, this is not your movie"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"'Hot Rod' might be called the poor man's 'Eagle vs. Shark'. Poor certainly describes the quality of the filmmaking."
		Susan Carpenter Los Angeles Times	"'Napoleon Dynamite' fans are sure to like Rod Kimble (...) a funny and irreverent movie that’s likely to create the same sort of adoring, if temporary, fan base as the movies it spoofs."
		Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer	"A mashup of the random violence of Adam Sandler movies with the dimwittage of Will Ferrell's - and lacking the charms of both"
		Desson Howe The Washington Post	"There's no question Samberg has a future in movie comedy, but this caper amounts to a false start."

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