Saturday, September 7, 2013

We're the Millers ***


A small time drug dealer (Jason Sukeikis) must repay a big debt to his supplier, so he recruits a stripper (Jennifer Aniston), a runaway (Emma Roberts) and a virgin high-school student (Will Poulter) to impersonate a typical American family so he can drive an RV loaded with marijuana across the border from Mexico. It's a road picture premise fraught with possibilities, and the writers and producers of "We're the Millers" shamelessly cash in on all of them. And it's hilarious.

Despite the occasional passing thought along the lines of "I can't believe they actually went there," the situations and jokes keep coming. So of course the drug run turns into something far bigger than they imagined, of course there's mortal danger and the threat of incarceration. Of course the runaway will meet a boyfriend. Of course the virgin will gain some experience. Of course the stripper will fit easily (maybe a bit too easily, Jennifer) into the suburban mom role. And of course the "dad" will do what it takes to keep this show organized and on the road.

It's not a great movie, but it's an entirely enjoyable if predictable bit of fluff, and will do very well at the box office.

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