Is It Worth Watching: We're The Millers

Before we begin.

SPOILER ALERT


Well, this is awkward. I'm a fan of movies. I'm especially a big fan of comedy. But this movie was...meh.

Our story begins by introducing three of the four main characters in pretty slim detail, the fourth character is "introduced" later on. We don't even get to know her real name, I don't think. Anyways, I guess I should run over the main characters, but in the movies spirit. So very, very briefly. David Clark is the drug dealer, played by Jason Sudeikis. Jennifer Aniston plays a stripper called Rose. Casey, a runaway and thief is played by Emma Roberts and finally a random person from the building called Kenny who is played by Will Poulter.

So, somehow David gets roped into a drug smuggling to pay off a debt that isn't explained and he heads back to think about how he'll get across the border and back. He then sees a motor home family by some sort of crazy coincidence. Now, I'm telling you all now. Coincidences happen a lot in this movie, coincidentally. Now, he recruits his family, they take a plane ride and get their motor home. They cross the border, take the drugs and leave. Smooth sailing, until their van breaks down, they then find the people they saw at the border. Don, Edith and Melissa. Played by Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn and Molly Quinn.

They tow their RV to a repair shop but find out it's closed on Saturdays. What a coincidence. They spend the night playing Pictionary and, other... things. Really, saying anything else would spoil the movie. They finish up that, the other family go on their way and then more comedic actions occur when the drug dealers find them and want to kill them. It ends up with a high speed get away to a carnival because Kenny got bitten by a tarantula. How convenient that it gives the drug barons time to catch up.

They go to the hospital and then they find out how much David is being paid and they all have a family argument. Then the other family that towed them shows up. Convenient. The the drug barons show up. Convenient. Then there was actually a fairly decently choreographed fight scene which wasn't that bad and they arrest the two drug barons. Because Don is in the DEA. Conveni-you get the idea. Anyways, Don finds out that they're smuggling drugs and let's them go. Which could get you fined, fired and arrested.

He gets the drugs back to whatever his name is and is told that he is too late. Then the DEA RUIN his roof window thing and break it, crashing the party and arresting him. Don shows up and thanks David for his assistance and they were put on a three to six month protection service. He then lives with his fake family and call themselves the Millers.

There you have it. We're the Millers. While it's short on humour, has loose ends in the story and fairly forgettable characters, I can forgive it for making certain characters stand out, the parts of the story that made sense were good and the comedy was fairly entertaining I did enjoy the movie. But...

Is It Worth Watching?

Yes.