Who is this movie for?

Rating: 3/10 (24 August 2008)

I realize in the US this is a PG-13 movie, but I live in Manitoba, Canada where it is rated PG, because in Canada we enjoy corrupting 7-year-olds. This movie has physical comedy that maybe your average 7-13 year old (13 at the OLDEST) would find hilarious, it deals with adolescence in a fairly wholesome way that maybe Young Republicans or Young Tories would find compelling, and it is also the billionth Hollywood movie to deal with a man stuck in his youth who won't grow up. So it seems like trying to appeal to everyone and pleasing no one, I would've loved to see a harder edge to this movie instead of the kiddie/family values stuff.
The only reason I saw this movie is because I'm a fan of The Office, and I wanted to see how far Rainn Wilson could carry a starring role in a movie that I wasn't expecting much from. And he's pretty adequate, but actually funnier in the Youtube clips where he kidnaps Jenna Fischer on the set of The Office and says he won't set her free unless "The Rocker" grosses $18.7 million in its opening weekend. Kind of sad when amateurish Internet promotion of a movie is funnier than the movie.
Rainn Wilson and Jason Sudeikis (I'm too lazy to look up the spelling of his name) have some good lines, and Emma Stone may have a pretty bright future, but as a big Superbad fan I could be biased about that...other than that, pretty much nothing of value in this movie.
I hope Rainn Wilson manages to get better starring roles, the awfulness of this movie isn't his fault.