30 MINUTES OR LESS (2011) (dir. Fleischer) (Eisenberg, McBride, Ansari)
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Re: 30 MINUTES OR LESS (2011) (dir. Fleischer) (Eisenberg, McBride, Ansari)
42% on RottenTomatoes (55 reviews)
Consensus:
"It's sporadically funny and it benefits from a talented cast, but 30 Minutes or Less suffers from a disjointed narrative, and too often mistakes crude gags for true lowbrow humor."
Roger Ebert: "Moral of the story: If you occupy the demographic that this film is aimed at, Hollywood doesn't have a very high opinion of you." Ouch
Consensus:
"It's sporadically funny and it benefits from a talented cast, but 30 Minutes or Less suffers from a disjointed narrative, and too often mistakes crude gags for true lowbrow humor."
Roger Ebert: "Moral of the story: If you occupy the demographic that this film is aimed at, Hollywood doesn't have a very high opinion of you." Ouch
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Re: 30 MINUTES OR LESS (2011) (dir. Fleischer) (Eisenberg, McBride, Ansari)
Best part of the movie is Bianca Kajlich's tits. And they are very great.
The rest is meh.
The rest is meh.
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The dude 30 Minutes or Less is loosely based on actually died.
http://www.forkparty.com/16847/the-g...ut-really-died
http://www.forkparty.com/16847/the-g...ut-really-died
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Re: 30 MINUTES OR LESS (2011) (dir. Fleischer) (Eisenberg, McBride, Ansari)
yeah, I remember that when it happened. When I saw the 1st trailer for it..I thought..is this a comedy off that guy? And it was.
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Re: 30 MINUTES OR LESS (2011) (dir. Fleischer) (Eisenberg, McBride, Ansari)
My wife thinks that the existence of this movie is "sick" and she'd "rather watch Zookeeper."
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Re: 30 MINUTES OR LESS (2011) (dir. Fleischer) (Eisenberg, McBride, Ansari)
even though this isn't getting good reviews i'll probably check it out over the weekend...
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^ Eh, Comedy is ridiculously subjective.
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Re: 30 MINUTES OR LESS (2011) (dir. Fleischer) (Eisenberg, McBride, Ansari)
I thought it looked pretty good but the whole "comedy about a guy that got his head blown off" thing has made me feel a little sour about it.
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considering the true story behind that collar bomb, i'm kind of sad they aren't going a more literal route with it. That story is ripe for full blown parody.
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Me (***½): http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/51820...nutes-or-less/
Jason Bailey (**½): http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/51792...nutes-or-less/
Orndorf (**½): http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/51803...nutes-or-less/
Jason Bailey (**½): http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/51792...nutes-or-less/
Orndorf (**½): http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/51803...nutes-or-less/
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Re: 30 MINUTES OR LESS (2011) (dir. Fleischer) (Eisenberg, McBride, Ansari)
I enjoyed it. I didn't laugh much for the first 30 minutes, but pretty much laughed the rest of the way. The car chase was great (ok, it was mostly the Beverly Hills Cop music..haha) and seeing that chick from Greek brought back great memories of that show.
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This and The Change Up bombing at the box office doesn't bode well for R rated comedies not The Hangover related.
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I thought Bridesmaids was PG-13 for some reason. I can't remember anything too bad about it with the exception of Annie saying **** once.
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Not quite a fully fleshed out movie script, though they spent about 20 minutes trying to set up the premise and the characters' somewhat flat motivations, but the film does pick up some momentum and builds to a decent conclusion. Structure-wise, it feels like it's missing a middle act, so at best, I'd recommend it as a matinee or later as a rental.
I give it 2.5 stars, or a grade of C+.
I give it 2.5 stars, or a grade of C+.
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Re: 30 MINUTES OR LESS (2011) (dir. Fleischer) (Eisenberg, McBride, Ansari)
Props to a working TV actress for busting out the boobies, was not expecting them (or just creative cutting/editing of a boob double, but that was not the case).
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Saw 30 this weekend. My biggest regret, next to trying out some thai that didn't go over well. Glad this one will more than likely tank.





