Genius road trip comedy film!

Rating: 9/10 (12 August 2013)

'WE'RE THE MILLERS': Four and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
Genius road trip comedy film about a pot dealer who hires a stripper, a neighbor kid and a homeless girl to pose as his family in order to smuggle drugs from Mexico into the U.S.. Jason Sudeikis stars as the drug dealer and Jennifer Aniston, Will Poulter (of 'SON OF RAMBOW' fame) and Emma Roberts co-star as his fake family. The film was directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber (who also directed the 2004 hit comedy film 'DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY') and written by Steve Faber, Bob Fisher, Sean Anders and John Morris. Faber and Fisher co-wrote the 2005 hit comedy film 'WEDDING CRASHERS' together and Anders and Morris co-wrote such hilarious comedy flicks as 'SEX DRIVE', 'SHE'S OUT OF MY LEAGUE' and 'HOT TUB TIME MACHINE' (they're two of my favorite comedy writers). The film is just a grade A production all around and it's hilarious!
Sudeikis plays a pot dealer named David Clark who's been selling weed since he was a kid (and now does it for a living). He works for a rich drug lord named Brad Gurdlinger (Ed Helms) and when he's robbed (by three thugs) he loses a bunch of Gurdlinger's drugs and money as well as his own cash savings. Gurdlinger threatens to kill him for it unless he agrees to transfer a small amount of marijuana over the border for him (from Mexico into the U.S.). Clark reluctantly agrees and comes up with the idea of hiring people to pose as his family so he's not overly questioned (or searched) by authorities. He hires a down on her luck stripper named Rose (Aniston), who lives in his apartment building, to pose as his wife, a local homeless girl named Casey (Roberts) to pose as his teenage daughter and an 18-year-old boy named Kenny, who also lives in his building, to pretend to be his son (Kenny is also mostly to blame for David being robbed). Things go as planned at first but then they run into many complications and end up having ruthless drug dealers chasing them.
The movie really surprised me! Watching the trailer and commercials for the film I thought it had a clever premise but didn't think it looked all that funny. Often the best comedy films don't sell that well though (but obviously this one did because it's making a killing at the Box Office. It just didn't sell that well to me, but I still went and saw it I guess). Thurber does a great job directing the film but I think it's the script that's even more impressive. It's just packed with great comedy setups and even better payoffs and all four of those writers are pros (especially Anders and Morris). The cast is probably what really makes the film work though. Sudeikis is quickly becoming one of my favorite comedic actors and he's great in this. Aniston does a lot of bad films but for such a popular actress she also does a surprising amount of good ones as well, especially clever and smart comedy films (and she's great in this too). Roberts is cute and effective here and Poulter really shines (he's a scene stealer). The movie is just an all around grade A production (like I said) and one of the funniest comedy films this year!
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