![]() An Indian-American character is referred to as “Slumdog,” which struck me as being a joke they must have known wouldn’t age well. Much of the dialogue, too, feels tired, dated, specific to the era. (Speaking of norms getting caught up in the criminal underworld, Date Night came out the year before. The movie holds a low-40s score on Rotten Tomatoes from both critics and audiences. If you loved James Franco and Seth Rogen getting caught up in some criminal nonsense in Pineapple Express, you’ll probably enjoy this movie starring…their friends! Except that, mostly, people didn’t. Also starring Nick Swardson and Danny McBride, it feels a little bit like the B-team, the junior varsity squad of the bro comedies of the era. There was Jesse Eisenberg’s brief, fitful career as an action-comedy star ( Zombieland came out in 2009, not to be confused with Adventureland, which also came out in 2009 Now You See Me would premiere in 2013, followed by American Ultra in 2015), and Aziz Ansari’s brief stab at stardom, playing sidekicks in this, Get Him to the Greek the year before, and This Is the End two years later. I’m so happy you’re here.Ģ011’s 30 Minutes or Less arrived at the intersection of a few cultural trends that have since gone by the wayside. ![]() ![]() Welcome to Rearview Mirror, a monthly movie column in which I re-view and then re-review a movie I have already seen under the new (and improved?) critical lens of 2021. ![]()
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