It's just your average drug smuggling road trip in We're The Millers

Rating: 7/10 (7 August 2013)

The rated R comedy is one that either really pushes the limits and succeeds or just falls apart. The latest brings Horrible Bosses stars Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston back together once again letting Aniston unleash her inner sex symbol, but does deliver more than that and go above and beyond or is all the funny in the trailer?
We're the Millers follows a pot dealer who is forced to move a huge shipment of weed from Mexico to the U.S. In order to divert attention of the law he takes up with a stripper, a homeless girl, and a geeky kid that lives next door to create a fake family on vacation. The trailer was funny, but this movie is even funnier that it lets on. The beginning of the film struggles a bit and looked as though it was going to be a dud, but once they hit the road things pick up and finds its stride. This cast has some great chemistry as both friends and enemies as things progress. The film is somewhat of reminiscent of National Lampoon's Vacation, with Sudeikis delivering a similar deadpan character that works really well, especially when he begins to lose it. Aniston showcases her comedy chops and really let's lose as well as delivering one of her sexiest characters to date. Emma Roberts and Will Poulter are great as the "kids" but it's Poulter he really steals most of the scenes. His character is so innocent and confused that he is a laugh riot. The real treat of the whole film is the inclusion of the always great Nick Offerman and Kathryn Hahn whose uptight strange family creates a camping experience for them all that steals the film. Ed Helms, who is usually great, isn't given all that much to do and feels a bit miscast at times, but still manages to entertain.
With any film like this there is some heart to the story that does keep it from ever going as far as it could have, but it still manages to create one of the funniest R rated comedies to come along in a while. There are numerous moments that are over the top and unbelievable on some level, but they all fit the formula to make a film like this work. Stick through the credits for some fun bloopers and a great practical joke moment played on one of the cast.