Hot Rod
Rod Kimble, a talented but unlucky stuntman, who struggles against collecting money, in order to save the life of his stepfather, who needs a transplant, but incidents come to inspire him, as he receives help from his good friends, who stand by him, and his beloved, Denis, the thing that supports him a lot.
21 January 1991, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
13 February 1989, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
25 August 1976, Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
3 January 1987, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
31 October 1970, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 June 1951, Wainwright, Alberta, Canada
21 October 1984, Bridgetown, Barbados
December 13, 2008
...comedy is a subjective thing, and what makes one person laugh may simply bore someone else. Hod Rod bored me.
August 03, 2007
Samberg can't carry this, though director Akiva Schaffer supplies some hilarious, Jackass-style wipeouts.
May 13, 2009
What works, wonderfully, are the falls, the punch-outs (his brawls with Stepdad are brutal throw-downs) and waiting for that next accident to happen.
November 15, 2011
A perennial problem with comedy from regular collaborators is that the results feel too much like friends' in-jokes.
August 09, 2007
We know from the Lazy Sunday bits Samberg's a funny guy, but he doesn't have enough to work with here.
December 18, 2010
Awesomely dumb slapstick is for teens and adults only.
August 03, 2007
Imagine a Stand by Me on wheels, with dialogue spoken by 20-something actors instead of 12-year-olds, and you have the essence of the script.
July 06, 2010
The results are barely worth an illegal download.
August 05, 2007
Started to go bad about the time someone in casting said, "You know what? I'll bet America is just about ready for the comedy stylings of Sissy Spacek."
January 01, 2009
Oh, Napoleon Dynamite! What have you wrought? [Blu-ray]
April 28, 2014
People like me who are fans of sophomoric humor, it's a hoot.
September 01, 2007
If you're looking for plausibility, this is not your movie. If you're looking for laughs, this is not your movie. If you like seeing delusional overgrown adolescents fall down a lot, then this one's for you.
