Good way to kill about 2 hours. Not great though.

Rating: 6/10 (24 December 2013)

I had recently heard a lot of hype about "We're the Millers," and loved the idea of Jason Sudekeis and Jennifer Aniston together in a comedy so I had to check out the movie. Overall, I'd say it was a funny movie, but it's execution was fairly sloppy.
THE GOOD: - Some funny one liners; Some of the random one liners thrown out had me rolling on the ground laughing (Blackcock down LOL).

Relatively like-able cast. The chemistry between the main characters was palpable and well rehearsed. They did a good job casting the Millers.

THE BAD: - This movie relied WAY too much on one liners and shock value. The comedy at times seemed forced. The characters and acting were there and had potential, but the script just never seemed to take advantage of the cast, instead relying on cheap gags.

I don't like seeing male private parts...especially underage ones...It's pretty nasty. I didn't enjoy that too much. Could have done without that scene.

The plot was kind of eh. It was straightforward yet not exciting in the least. Guy gets drugs, guy loses drugs, guy gets drugs back. Guy gets double crossed by jerk "former dorm mate," blah blah blah.

Maybe I'm just being picky, but the locations were off. On the drive back to the Mexican border there are re-used pick up shots of ARIZONA. They would have been able to get away with it, but they featured the highland desert of Arizona (near Flagstaff/Grand Canyon), not the southern desert which is typical of Mexico as well. Again, I'm being picky, but how hard would it be to send a second unit out there? Lazy film making. The Locations did nothing for me.

THE UGLY: - Ed Helm's character was AWFUL. Seriously, it was borderline creepy, definitely over acted as well. If he was going for the creepy as hell Willy Wonka drug lord thing, he nailed it...Other than the office, Ed Helm's just isn't funny. Maybe that's just my opinion though.

The, "Pablo Chacon character," was garbage as well. Totally flat. For being a Mexican drug kingpin, he inspired about as much fear as a constipated chihuahua. Also, since when does a kingpin actually chase down people himself? Doesn't he have guys for that on both sides of the border? How about all the guys with Ak-47's? Nah, he'd rather just take his numb nuts lackey who is also boring. Very lazy writing and acting. I never expect or WANT pure logic in movies, but seriously, this was dumb.

Luis Guzman is a funny guy and a great comedic actor. When I saw him as a Mexican cop, I got excited and knew I was about to laugh it up. Boy, was I wrong. Guzman's role was reduced to asking for a blowie (again involving the underage kid...(THAT KID WAS NOT 18)) or $1000..OH WAIT. I meant 1000 pesos...that was the big punchline. Hilarious... Total waste of a good comic actor and screen time.

My consensus is that "We're the Millers," is generally a pretty funny movie. It does just enough to be considered a comedy. If you are into gags and raunchy one liners (nothing wrong with that just not me), you'll think this is the Holy Grail of comedies, but if you prefer more character driven comedy, you might want to shy away from this one. I thought it was decent, but I definitely don't get the hype. It was very lazily written. Long story short; The Millers were good, the villains were BAD, and the story is sub par. The movie had GREAT potential, but ultimately fell short.