Drug-dealer needs family for drug-run in this crude comedy.

Rating: Null/10 (2 September 2013)

A local drug-dealer does a good turn and is then forced to do a drug-run.
The drug-dealer is an ex-college drug-dealer who has never grown up. Whilst others have settled down with families or become big business-men, this guy is still dealing. Just like John Goodman in 'Flight', this guy goes around dispensing happiness. This drug-dealer though, is not as flamboyant as Goodman, he dresses down, he is anonymously scruffy so that he fits into his environment.
He is a busy, content, friendly, happy-go-lucky, single guy. However his life is turned upside down by a single event and he faces the daunting prospect of 'going down ol' Mexico way' to pick up a drug consignment and smuggle it back into the USA.
Realizing he requires a disguise, the drug-dealer has a 'eureka' moment, and decides that he needs a family. So it is then that this is how the Miller family came into existence. This was the plan, but when he tried to get the family together, there was some reluctance. Mr Miller, a regular all-American working-stiff, is of course in reality this drug-dealer. Mrs Miller is really a hard-up stripper, Master Miller is an abandoned kid, and Miss Miller is a homeless kid. However, together, they are 'The Millers'.
In the recent '2 Guns' the plan was to go to Mexico to get drugs, but that did not happen, and instead the film veered off in another direction. However, in 'We're the Millers', this is where the drug-smuggling plot starts and continues. In 'WTM', the drug consignment is picked up, however things do not proceed as planned.
A brief appearance by Luis Guzman is just one of many problems faced by the Millers. If you enjoyed the gross sex-scene in 'Identity Thief', then you are going are going to love this film, as sex rears it's ugly head, again, and again, and again. NB. In the UK this is rated at 15.
'IT' is an inferior film to 'WTM', as it relied on a nasty woman destroying a nice guy as the subject matter for generating humour. 'WTM' is also superior to both '2 Guns' and 'The Heat' because it is just a comedy. As such therefore the mood is never dampened by the intrusion of realism. This is not an action-comedy but a comedy played strictly for laughs. This does not mean there is an absence of bad guys however; there are bad guys!, and they act bad!, and look bad! Some have questioned the ability of Jennifer Aniston to play a stripper. However, this film is not about the ability of Miss Aniston to dance like a stripper, but rather it is about her playing the character of a stripper, who is in turn playing the role of an all-American mom. This is the central part, and joy of this film, all of the Millers are in fact playing two roles, and it is in the contrast between the two roles, in which much of the comedy lies.
The Millers are a perfect family and all members of the family play their twin-roles perfectly. The supporting cast members too, are, without any exceptions, great. Suspension of belief is almost total. As a scene develops the Millers seem doomed to be exposed, or even just doomed. Now the audience doubts "but surely ...", but as the tension builds to a conclusion, total suspension of belief is restored, as the Millers escape, or explain, and the plot veers off into another direction.
Taste is a subjective matter, however this reviewer, before going to the cinema, had heard other reviews, which stated that this comedy is not funny. Wrong! Do not listen to those bad-mouthing this film. After the first few minutes, this reviewer howled with laughter right through the film, as did the rest of a packed audience.
So!, climb aboard with the Millers, and share their journey! This comedy road movie is much funnier than 'IT', 'TH' or '2G'. Meet, and get to know, the family. Find out the back-story to the greeting "We're the Millers"! This crude, funny, gross, comedy is a must see! A perfect film from start to finish. At the end there are also a few out-takes too. 10/10.
Warning: This film is very funny but viewers are advised not to try to replicate the scenes from this film, either at home, or abroad.