Very funny

Rating: 8/10 (16 June 2013)

I wouldn't be too surprised if this turned out to be the funniest movie of 2013. It's kind of shabbily plotted, and its final half hour is a tad weak, but who cares when it's as funny as it is. The concept is pretty brilliant: a bunch of dopey Hollywood actors (everyone playing caricatures of themselves) barricade themselves in James Franco's house during the Biblical apocalypse. The six who are left alive: Franco, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Craig Robinson, Jonah Hill and Danny McBride. Tensions start to rise when McBride, the defacto villain, basically in full Kenny Powers mode, starts eating more than his share of food and wasting water. The film is at its funniest when the guys are just screwing around. At one point, when they're all bored out of their minds, the guys film an impromptu sequel to Pineapple Express. There are some pretty nifty, cheap-looking but fun special effects. The six main actors are all fantastically funny. It'd be hard to pick one out of any of them as the best (well, Baruchel kind of has the straight man role, so one might call him the least good, though he's still plenty funny). Michael Cera, who pops up at the party at the beginning of the film, might be the highlight playing a coke-snorting, woman molesting a-hole who gets his comeuppance in a particularly horrible way. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have built up a nice little career as writers (let's forget about The Green Hornet and The Watch). This is the first time they take the helm as directors, and they do a pretty good job. You definitely have to be a fan of these actors to like this movie, but if you are, you'll definitely enjoy yourself.