Simple, no-brainer with sufficient laughs & the best balls on screen this year.

Rating: 6/10 (5 September 2013)

When small-time dope dealer, David (Jason Sudeikis), is robbed of his stash and cash he is forced to undertake a dug smuggling run for his boss, Brad (Ed Helms), to bring a small quantity of marijuana across the Mexican border. He recruits stripper Rose (Jennifer Aniston), geek Kenny (Will Poulter) and homeless dropout Casey (Emma Roberts) to be his clean-cut 'family' for the trip but what looks to be a milk run rapidly descends into dangerous farce when the 'package' fills their RV.
We're the Millers is a comedy of recompense where Sudeikis goes some way to making amends for his inexplicable appearance in the execrable Movie 43 while Aniston restores our confidence in her ability after her lukewarm flop, Wanderlust. There's not a lot of depth, it's a ridiculous premise with dubious morals that you know from the outset Hollywood will feel the need to temper but, you know what? It's funny! From the trailer We're the Millers gives the impression of being the hilarious sleeper hit that The Hangover was in 2009. Alas, it falls far short of that but Helms is on his best form since his big screen breakout hit and it works as a simple, no-brainer Friday night flick.
Sudeikis holds the film together as the selfish manchild with some deeply hidden morals and is wonderfully deadpan when the mania around him needs to be played down. Aniston gets to be both sexy and bitchy while playing the mumsy role and Roberts has the opportunity to pout and give her 'mum' a run for her money.
The funniest moments, however, come courtesy of Poulter who's come a long way since his debut, Son of Rambow. His Kenny is embarrassing, nerdy, sincere and very funny at times presenting us with plenty of opportunities to cringe or wince at his expense. Oh, and he has the honour of owning the funniest balls seen on the big screen this year so far.
There are plenty of enjoyable cameos from Helms, Luis Guzmán (as a Mexican cop) and Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn and Molly Quinn as the RV-freaky Fitzgerald family ensuring We're the Millers ambles along at an enjoyable pace and providing sufficient laughs to keep the attention.
Unfortunately, there is too much reliance on old jokes badly reworked and pretty obvious scenarios for We're The Millers to be anything more that a fun evening and a distant recollection, but it is fun, you WILL laugh and it's worth a small amount of effort.
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