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Hot Rod Reviews

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Movie Info


Genre :

Action, Comedy

Release Date :

August 03, 2007

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Akiva Schaffer

Starring :

Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, Sissy Spacek, Ian McShane, Brittney Irvin, Mark Acheson, Danny R. McBride

Critics Reviews :  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Reader's Reviews :  4 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 5

“..not every joke hits the mark, but there are enough very funny bits here to warrant a recommendation..”
by David Mercier [Film Judge]
1.5 of 4

“..Just when you want Hot Rod to rev, it stalls..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
1.5 of 4

“..another self-consciously quirky comedy desperate to be "Napoleon Dynamite."..”
by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]
2 of 4

“..an inferior Napoleon Dynamite..”
by Stephen Cole [Globe and Mail]
1.5 of 4

“..a tired rehash of every SNL alum's big-screen debut since Adam Sandler's Billy Madison..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
2.5 of 4

“.."Hot Rod" is Hollywood's first real YouTube movie: a bunch of moments clothes-pinned to a line of plot..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Tony Wong [Toronto Star]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Sue Pierman [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Reviewed by Ethan Alter [Film Journal International]
Reviewed by A.O. Scott [NY Times]

Reader's Reviews


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i would say this is a really funny movie.

posted by isaiah on Mar 25, 2008

What is the name of the song in the preview for hot rod that has the synthesizer sound and it plays when he is gettin in shape and gettin ready and stuff?

posted by bradleybassett on Jul 09, 2007
 
 

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