
All his life, Dan Landsman (Jack Black) has never been the cool guy. That's about to change - if he can convince Oliver Lawless (Marsden), the most popular guy from his high school who's now the face of a national Banana Boat ad campaign, to show up with him to their class reunion. A man on a mission, Dan travels from Pittsburgh to LA and spins a web of lies to recruit Lawless. But he gets more than he bargains for as the unpredictable Lawless proceeds to take over his home, ... (Full plot summary below)
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All his life, Dan Landsman (Jack Black) has never been the cool guy. That's about to change - if he can convince Oliver Lawless (Marsden), the most popular guy from his high school who's now the face of a national Banana Boat ad campaign, to show up with him to their class reunion. A man on a mission, Dan travels from Pittsburgh to LA and spins a web of lies to recruit Lawless. But he gets more than he bargains for as the unpredictable Lawless proceeds to take over his home, career, and entire life. Showcasing Jack Black and James Marsden's most outrageous performances to date, THE D TRAIN serves up the question: how far would you go to be popular? Co-starring Kathryn Hahn and Jeffrey Tambor.
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| GeekNationEric D. SniderJust another raunchy bromantic comedy that earns a few laughs before petering out. |
| NY1-TVNeil RosenOverall, The D Train is a wacky, welcome and very funny surprise. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip MartinBefore it inevitably runs out of nerve, for a while it presents as a well-observed rumination on the pathetic dynamics of male egoism and the caste-setting function of high school. |
| Illinois TimesCharles Koplinski...it dares to make us uncomfortable, forcing the viewer to shed their own sense of denial to examine the falsehoods we embrace that keep us afloat, and the damage they do. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonThe laughs are sporadic and the concept is too detached from reality to yield any nostalgic resonance. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNothing about The D Train feels the least bit authentic, and worse, little about it is funny. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordThe film's single funniest bit is a quick cutaway to Tambor, seen from his hotel room TV's POV eating a room service dinner. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertA bromantic comedy with a sharp edge of melancholy, this indie casts Jack Black and James Marsden in the sort of parts they play frequently, then pushes them toward pathos. |
| OregonianMarc MohanMaking a movie with a sad-sack protagonist this hard to root for is like laying track for the main line express to nowhere. Watching it is like taking a ride so bumpy, with scenery so boring, that you end up hoping for a derailment. Either way, buying a ticket for The D Train is something to regret. |
| Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundThe film uses its male-on-male boundary-leaping to give the shopworn man-boy narrative a refresh. |