Idiots

What initially seems to be a stoner comedy about two idiots driving a teen to rehab, reveals itself to be a potent dramedy about accountability. What surprised me was how responsible it felt. Yes, we get jokes about drugs and a big poop one, but it doesn't feel like low-hanging fruit. It feels like these guys are hitting rock bottom, and are trying to maintain a little dignity. It's funny and shocking, you really have no idea where the plot will go next, and we never lose sight of the real goal. We learn early on that our cargo, played by Mason Thames, is a bit of a wild card. He's done some outrageous stuff, and will do more. If anybody else in the movie did just one of these, they'd go to jail. But Sheridan goes to rehab, where they'll help him out. That's the point of it all. Society has a fixation on punishing the wicked. People who commit crimes must be punished, and then used as a warning for future ne'er-do-wells. The wealthy Kimberly's are too valuable to go to prison! We have to help him now, get him on the right path. It's wildly hypocritical, and the filmmakers know it. Everybody in the film is struggling to make money and keep their jobs. Even the worst have friends and something to live for. Where's the justice?

É uma filme idiota, no bom sentido. A estrutura é de road movie e segue aquele estilo "desventuras em série", que várias coisas absurdas acontecem com os personagens em sequência, e vamos nos divertindo com eles lidando com toda a loucura. Tem boas cenas que realmente são engraçadas, mas entre as boas cenas de comédia tem um pacing com cenas de conversas longas e sem muito sentido narrativo, então o ritmo do filme fica quebrado. As atuações são boas, apesar do Dave Franco repetir esse personagem pela milésima vez. Só acho que não entendi o propósito e o final do filme.