We're the Millers

When you think of the comedy genre of late, you would come up with a word that is used to describe activities that may exceed boundaries of common sense.  In case you are still wondering about what I am talking about, the word would be "slapstick".  And that is exactly what I expected from “We’re The Millers” when I walked in to the hall.  Surprisingly, I was in for much better than what I expected.

Now don’t go about expecting too much from the movie and then disappointed.  It is just a refreshing change from the otherwise crappy sense of humour that we see these days.  It is very basic.  The humour is oriented a lot around profanity (something that we have come to associate with movies that have Jason Sudeikis in the lead).  It is nevertheless not offensive and in fact comes across as enjoyable more often than not.

Rawson Marshall Thurber narrates the story of a small time drug dealer David Clark (Sudeikis) who gets into a spot of bother when his stash gets stolen along with his savings.  His boss, Brad Gurdlinger (Ed Helms) is as slimy as can be.  But Clark is not given much of a choice in the matter of being a mule for shipping “some” marijuana across the Mexican border.

To minimize suspicion, Clark enlists the services of Rose (Jennifer Aniston), a local stripper, to play the role of his wife for $10K. He then convinces Casey Mathis (Emma Roberts), a homeless teenager to be his daughter for a princely sum of $1K.  Completing the quartet would be his make believe son Kenny Rosermore (Will Poulter) who is an 18 year old virgin and joins the adventure for free.

The story of course traces the comedy of errors that our “family” is faced with through their journey.  Between the fear of the Mexican drug lord Pablo Chacon (Tomer Sisley) and the “sexual” tension with the average Amercian family of the Fitzgeralds, there is a lot of fun in store for you through the story of the Millers. 

Of course, no American comedy can be bereft of its weak moments such as the one where the pretend baby is thrown under an oncoming truck or when Kenny is bitten by a poisonous Mexican spider on his family jewels.  They do make you cringe but then script makes up for it through some tasteful humour that quickly follows.

We are the Millers was a refreshing change for me. I am a huge follower of British Comedy and find it very difficult to appreciate its American counterpart (if you can call it that).  I actually found myself laughing quite often with this one.  Definitely one of the better ones for this weekend.  6 on 10.  Safe watch.

Watch the trailer on http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi544319001/?ref_=tt_ov_vi