Career criminal and total loser John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) has figured out the best way to get revenge on the judge who sent him to jail: watch the official's obnoxious son, Nelson Biederman IV (Will Arnett) survive some time inside. When Nelson is wrongly convicted and sent to prison, John happily gets sent back with him to .. Read more
| Starring | Chi McBride, Dylan Baker, David Koechner, Dax Shepard |
|---|---|
| Director | Bob Odenkirk |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Career criminal and total loser John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) has figured out the best way to get revenge on the judge who sent him to jail: watch the official's obnoxious son, Nelson Biederman IV (Will Arnett) survive some time inside. When Nelson is wrongly convicted and sent to prison, John happily gets sent back with him to become his cellmate and ensure his new buddy gets the "full treatment". Let the games begin!
| Starring | Chi McBride, Dylan Baker, David Koechner, Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Michael Shannon, Bob Odenkirk, Michael Hitchcock |
|---|---|
| Director | Bob Odenkirk |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 24 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | French, Russian |
| Subtitles | English, French, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Ukrainian |
| Released | DVD: 04 Jun 2007 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
I was hoping that Will Arnett would bring some of his 'Arrested Development' form into this film, but it wasn't to be. Instead Arnett & Shepard go through the motions of an all to predictable attempt at a comedy movie.
Comedy has become more intelligent over the last couple of years and movies like this are a dying breed in an arena that only the classics such as 'Airplane!' will survive. There are possibly one or two moments where you will laugh out loud, but the rest of the time will be spent watching one sub-standard joke after another. You will know why they are meant to be funny but you won't laugh because it's all too obvious.
There are plenty of other, much better, comedies for you to rent, so unless you are really desperate I'd give this one a miss.
I was hoping that Will Arnett would bring some of his 'Arrested Development' form into this film, but it wasn't to be. Instead Arnett & Shepard go through the motions of an all to predictable attempt at a comedy movie.
Comedy has become more intelligent over the last couple of years and movies like this are a dying breed in an arena that only the classics such as 'Airplane!' will survive. There are possibly one or two moments where you will laugh out loud, but the rest of the time will be spent watching one sub-standard joke after another. You will know why they are meant to be funny but you won't laugh because it's all too obvious.
There are plenty of other, much better, comedies for you to rent, so unless you are really desperate I'd give this one a miss.