Rod Kimble is a naïf, a slacker living in a small US town with his mom, his younger brother, and his stepfather whose respect he craves. He also misses his dead dad, whom he thinks was Evel Knievel's back-up. Rod, a man-child, believes that he is a stunt man. When his stepfather needs an operation, with help from his brother and his slacker pals, Rod hatches a plan to set a school-bus-jumping record on his moped. First, his crew and he have to raise money to rent the buses a... (Full plot summary below)
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Rod Kimble is a naïf, a slacker living in a small US town with his mom, his younger brother, and his stepfather whose respect he craves. He also misses his dead dad, whom he thinks was Evel Knievel's back-up. Rod, a man-child, believes that he is a stunt man. When his stepfather needs an operation, with help from his brother and his slacker pals, Rod hatches a plan to set a school-bus-jumping record on his moped. First, his crew and he have to raise money to rent the buses and build the ramp. Trouble is, Rod's inept at his chosen career. Looming failure is complicated by the return of Denise, Rod's next-door neighbor and secret heartthrob, who is home from college. Is public humiliation at hand?
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| Movies.comDave WhiteThat the movie begins with Samberg barely managing to jump the bike off a curb, freeze-framing him in mid-hop while the retro graphics flash the title onscreen is pretty much all you need to know. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekAims to be goofily anarchic...but it's sloppily written, lazily staged and annoyingly dumb...like a home movie slapped together by a bunch of half-addled bar pals. |
| PremiereJonah WeinerThe fantasy here – dubious as life choices go, but great for a 90-minute comedy – is that you can stay 16 forever. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonOnly fitfully amusing. More often, it feels like a mediocre attempt to reprise the central elements of the infinitely funnier "Napoleon Dynamite." |
| 7M PicturesKevin CarrPeople like me who are fans of sophomoric humor, it's a hoot. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerHot Rod is a cousin to the comedies of Will Ferrell (for whom it was developed) with a younger skew, a kooky '80s nostalgia (complete with a pitch-perfect synthesizer score by Trevor Rabin) and a low-key amiability that keeps you rooting for Rod and company to triumph. |
| MSNBCAlonso DuraldeHot Rod emerges as a daffy, dorky summer surprise, a silly comedy of non sequiturs that feels like a cockeyed collaboration between Will Ferrell and Mel Brooks. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...comes off as precisely the sort of silly and nonsensical piece of work that one might've expected... |
| Detroit Free PressTerry LawsonDirector Akiva Schaffer apparently thinks that by adding stupid stunts to the formula, Hot Rod also can attract the Jackass crowd. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderYou're either going to wet your pants laughing, or you're going to scratch your head and wonder if you're getting too old. |
