Hot Rod

I saw "Hot Rod" for the first time last night, after hearing very similar reviews for a long time; It's stupid, but you'll laugh. And they were absolutely right. This movie deserves no awards and there is almost nothing special about it. However, it's one of the better comedies I've seen in a while. Maybe it just touched on my sense of humor a little more then most feature films do. Actually, some parts seemed to have an SNL feel to them with the help of Andy Samberg, the main character.

Samberg's character, Rod Kimble, is trying to raise $50,000 to get a life-saving operation for his stepfather whom he hates. However, he is only doing this so that he can fight his stepfather once he is back to full strength. Kimble plans on raising this money by having people hire him to do professional stunts for parties and various events.

At various points in the movie, the story strays away from the key plots to include pointless scenes. For example, in one scene, Kimble gets hit by a car going very fast and in the next scene he's perfectly fine. Another one is when him and his stepbrother say "cool beans" to each other and the editor turns it into a song using just the sound of them saying "cool beans". They are all very funny, but have nothing to do with the movie. In fact, it just draws attention to the fact that you are watching a movie and that they are actors. The stepfather, played by Ian McShane, does a great job of portraying a mean and hurtful antagonist. The stunts were very funny as well, most of which were not landed. To sum everything up, don't watch this if you're only interested in seeing a well written and well made movie. The only thing you'll get out of this movie is some good laughs. If you like to play a movie as background noise while you're doing something, this one's perfect.