Best Comedy this year!

Rating: 9/10 (18 November 2007)

It's not very often i feel compelled to document my opinion on anything i watch,read or listen to,but Hot Rod is an exception to the rule. This movie was a hoot from start to finish.... With movie newcomer Andy Samberg at the helm this film is a roaring success. The film has a great foundation and story from the quirky relationship between brothers Rod(Samberg) and Kevin to the highly amusing love/hate relationship between Rod and step dad Frank(Ian Mcshane)and then there's Rod's crazy buddies! . The film basically follows the pursuit of Rod's 2-bit Stuntman career trying to follow in his belated real father's foot steps. I won't elaborate on the story too much but the journey involved is highly amusing,engrossing and emotional. All of the cast put in a solid performance with Samberg & McShane steeling the show. The pace and quality of content barely dips through out. Although a lot of this film has a familiar layout to other comedy's such as Billy Madison and Nacho Libre and has the usual clichés such as Rod competing with a rich, highly successful jerk for Denise's hand, the film still manages to offer something different, a new energy a unique blend of humour and the strange. For me it had echoes of Ghost World, Nacho Libre, Freddy got fingered amongst others. With a great sense of the 80's present from the soundtrack(Europe,John Farnham) to the attire, it's wonderful personality and side splitting humour i urge everyone to give this Film a chance you won't be disappointed.
Samberg the new Sandler?