'We're hilarious...but little else'

Rating: 6/10 (29 August 2013)

'We're the Miller's' is a terrible film but excellent comedy packed full of humour with incredibly likable characters meaning that this insensitive pile of senseless piece is actually quite entertaining and painfully funny!
Jason Sudeikis is a small time drug dealer who owes his crack pot fellow dealer Brad (Ed Helms) a heap of cash (which he has just been mugged for and lost). In desperation he is sent on a wild goose chase by Brad to get him a "smidge and a half" size of marijuana from Mexico. In order to do this he gels together a quick "family" out of a stripper (Jennifer Aniston), a reckless young adult (Emma Roberts) and the innocent 18 year old (Will Poulter). On their journey they encounter a number of twists which threaten to tear this poorly patched together family apart!
Sudeikis starred in 'Horrible Bosses' with Charlie Day and Jason Bateman and in my opinion this was a great example of how modern day comedy can be funny and have an entertaining plot. While 'We're the Millers' is no doubt funny, it lacks the excitement of 'Horrible Bosses' and and is a tad inferior to Sudeikis' previous work.
Saying that - apparently Jason Bateman's recent comedy 'Identity Thief' hardly won rave reviews from the critics and when you compare this to some of Adam Sandler's stinkers and some of the drivel directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer have galvanised then its pretty good.
Anniston is fabulous as Rose the stripper - in not just her acting - while Will Poulter is certainly becoming a rising star. He has shown experience in a variation of genres which make him a very versatile actor. Sudeikis is also good and Emma Roberts is sound. However, of all of the sub-cast I loved the cameo from Mark L. Young's Scotty P; for people who have watched it "you know what I'm sayin'" this for.
Please don't watch this if your are a humourless bore because you will find nothing in the film to your taste except perhaps certain characters. But if you are the opposite then get ready for 110 minutes of consistent giggling and then prepare to forget everything about the film by the end of the week.