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superhero · #1 Post by **superhero** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:27 pm

Nice to get a last minute preview tonight and at a decent time

Website · #2 Post by **Beate** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:29 pm

If you could get tickets that is.

elski · #3 Post by **elski** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:36 pm

Thankful it's just London five minutes of it was bad enough http://www.fmuk.org.uk/forum/viewtopic. ... ss#p123311

TheDude · #4 Post by **TheDude** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:54 pm

I saw this at the Big Screen where it got a pretty positive reaction from the audience. I liked it a lot and gave it 8/10. It helps if you like Danny McBride's crude style of humour though! And Eisenberg is always fun to watch even if this isn't the most demanding role. Annoyingly I missed the post credits extra scene having to rush out to catch something else..

kevinknapman · #5 Post by **kevinknapman** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:10 pm

Yes, saw it at Big Screen too. I enjoyed it quite a lot. It has two fine separate double acts in Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari who are the good guys caught up in the robbery plot of Danny McBride and Nick Swardson who play the opportunistic bad guys.
It's a bit hit and miss in it's humour and some of the cruder stuff doesn't always work but both double acts have their moments and it is often very funny.
The love interest for Eisenberg is perfunctory, but there's a nice cameo from Fred Ward as McBride's dad.
It's an entertaining action comedy in the same vein as Pineapple Express and like that is a bit of a throwback to those kinds of films that were made in the 80's.
It's not quite as satisfying a film as Zombieland, Ruben Fleischer's first film, but it's worth seeing. Although I wouldn't mind catching it again as I was a little tired towards the end. Not a reflection on the film itself just that the whole weekend was quite tiring.
And yes, make sure you stick around for the post-credits scene which is hilarious.

a_person · #6 Post by **a_person** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:18 pm

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Directed by Ruben Fleischer
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride and Nick Swardson

Plot: Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...

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EthanRunt · #7 Post by **EthanRunt** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:12 pm

Really really enjoyed the film, as an Aziz Ansari nerd, it was great to see him in a quasi-lead role, especially in a film that is genuinely funny, instead of all those 'funny' films.
Nick Swardson and Danny McBride aren't even awful in the film, in fact they too get laughs going, which is nigh-on unheard of. In fact, the film's weakest element was the overly broad performance of Michael Pena.
(Of course Eisenberg is awesome in it because, well, he's Eisenberg)

Short, swift and really funny, I loved it.
9/10

superhero · #8 Post by **superhero** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:14 pm

Well that's encouraging with lots of good reviews from other FMUKers

evilzadi · #9 Post by **evilzadi** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:17 pm

True, I didn't expect these reviews, when I saw the poster and the info on SFF. Now i'm hoping there will be another screening!

Website · #10 Post by **Beate** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:21 pm

No offence to our resident film critics, but all we have so far are reviews from guys, and this seems to be a film for the male audience. The reviews on imdb are hilariously unbalanced, some quite good, some unbelievably bad, so I would suggest reading those as well.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1622547/reviews

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