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Short summary

A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
After being robbed of a week's take, small-time pot dealer David is forced by his boss to go to Mexico to pick up a load of marijuana. In order to improve his odds of making it past the border, David asks the broke stripper Rose and two local teenagers to join him and pretend they're on a family holiday.

Trailers "Les Miller, une famille en herbe (2013)"

Will Poulter (Kenny) stayed up late while listening to "Waterfalls", by TLC, to have his character rap along in a scene involving the song. Poulter personally chose the song because he considers himself a hip-hop fan.

The cast played a prank on Jennifer Aniston by playing the Draugai (1994) theme song ("I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts) instead of TLC's "Waterfalls" during a take. This was the last clip used in the bloopers.

Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Will Poulter all won best on screen kiss at the MTV movie awards for the kiss scene the 3 of them had in the RV.

Jennifer Aniston used a butt double for the stripping scene. All parts of the scene are Aniston other than butt close-ups.

Despite the subject matter, no character is ever seen consuming marijuana.

Make-up artists made a prosthetic replica of Will Poulter's genitalia for the tarantula bite.

David referenced having seen the show Deksteris (2006) while standing on the plastic sheets. Both Matthew Willig (One Eye) and Mark L. Young (Scottie P) were on Dexter.

During Rose's stripper routine to distract the bad guys, Jason Sudeikis breaks the fourth wall by giving a smirk and head nod to the camera.

It can be assumed that David named his family the Millers after his apartment complex, 200 Miller Street Apartments, located on N. Miller Street.

Scottie P. says "You know what I'm saying?" a total of 11 times during the movie (Extended Cut).

One of 3 movies in which Emma Roberts has co-starred with a female lead from Draugai (1994). Here, she worked with Jennifer Aniston. She previously worked with Lisa Kudrow in Šunu viešbutis (2009) and with Courteney Cox in Klyksmas 4 (2011). Her aunt Julia Roberts once also starred in an episode of friends

Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Steve Buscemi were all considered for the lead at various stages of development before Jason Sudeikis was cast.

Luis Guzmán, while not tall (5'7 1/2"), is not as short as the dwarf cop he plays in this movie. His face was scanned and superimposed over that of a shorter actor.

When David is in the strip joint trying to convince Rose to go with him to Mexico, he mentions that it would be "like Pretty Woman." Emma Roberts who plays Casey in this movie is the niece of Grazi moteris (1990) star Julia Roberts.

Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis have been in FIVE movies together thus far: We're the Millers, Horrible Bosses, Horrible Bosses 2, Mother's Day, & The Bounty Hunter.

At the beginning of the film, Jason Sudeikis wears two shirts showing Kansas City (his home town) BBQ places that include Oklahoma Joe's and Arthur Bryant's.

The 16th biggest grossing film of 2013.

Adam Driver was originally cast in the role of Scottie P, but had to drop out due to scheduling issues with Girls (2012).

The coffeehouse scene at the beginning is actually Port City Java on Market Street in Wilmington, NC. The coffee cup seen being held by a character is an actual Port City Java cup with the logo turned to the side.

A large number of the film's main cast members have portrayed characters on one or more NBC comedy series throughout the years. Examples include Jennifer Aniston in Draugai (1994), Jason Sudeikis in Saturday Night Live (1975), Ed Helms in Biuras (2005), Nick Offerman in Parks and Recreation (2009), Kathryn Hahn in Parks and Recreation (2009) and Free Agents (2011), and Scott Adsit in 30 Rock (2006).

Emma Roberts was nervous when she first met Jennifer Aniston.

Don and Edie (Nick Offerman and Kathryn Hahn) play husband and wife in this movie, the same actor and actress are also in Parks and Recreation (2009) together (Nick plays Ron Swanson and Kathryn plays Jennifer Barkley).

The front license plate of the Volkswagen Bus, the driver of which gets searched because of a joint, is a German license plate of the city of Wolfsburg, the headquarters of Volkswagen. It also has the numbers 1976, which might indicate the birth year of the owner.

The Orca in Brad's office, the first time we see the office, appears to have a shark in its jaws as it passes to our right.

Rose doesn't wear an engagement ring, only a wedding ring.

Emma Roberts plays Johnny Depp's daughter in Kokainas (2001), the story of a real life drug dealer.

The movie is supposed to take place on 4th of July weekend but in 2013 the 4th of July was on a Thursday. On David's phone in the beginning it shows July 1 meaning it was Monday.

Jason Sudeikis character is also in the TV-series Last Man on Earth, where he also plays a Miller. Also they depart from Tucson (where Last Man on Earth is taking place)

Will Poulter in a scene says the hindi word "Namaste". Emma Roberts had also used the same word in "Wild Child" (2008).

In the scene where the main characters are revealing their real names to one another, David asks if Rose's real name (Sarah) is spelled with an 'h'. This seems to be a direct reference to the same query which was made to 'Elizabeth Shue''s character in Paliekant Las Vegasą (1995) by Nicolas Cage's character. (Shue's response was that her name is spelled with an 'e': "Sera".)

When David (Jason Sudeikis) is in Brad's (Ed Helms) office in the beginning of the movie, David mentions seeing Dexter. Later in the movie, David meets One-Eye (Matthew Willig). Willig played Little Chino on the second season of Dexter.

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  • comment
    • Author: deadly claw
    There's nothing to it, if all you're looking for witty/clever/subtle/deep humor, and you hate sexual/stupid/slapsticky type humor...you will probably still like We're The Millers.

    It's not a gold mine of comedy by any means, but it did the job it told us it would do: Make us laugh and give us a fun ride. They really brought together a dysfunctional family and did it in a way that allowed for some suspension of disbelief. A lot of comedies nowadays have those hit or miss scenes where you either laugh, or you just can't suspend your disbelief and you're sitting there like "Really? Really? She's gonna poop in the sink?" (guess the reference). We're The Millers is pretty much a compilation of those kinds of scenes that hit just the right tone to pull it off as funny, clever and it just kinda grows on you.

    The "family" we see on screen for most of the surprisingly high 109 minute runtime is in a lot of ways funny, in some ways disgusting, and in a few ways charming. The film just works with the pairing of Sudeikis and Aniston, as we saw for a tiny bit in Horrible Bosses, which to me is one of the funniest movies in a long while. If you liked Wedding Crashers, or Hot Tub Time Machine, chances are you'll like this one, which was written by the 4 screenwriters who worked on those films. The 2 pairs of writers who have a history with comedy throw some subtle humor in the dialog which you probably won't get if you're not paying enough attention, which allows for every comedy lovers dream: To be laughing out loud, then hearing an ever so subtle joke causing you to laugh harder, then hearing another one and another and another. The film was consistently funny in a sense that when it got me, it REEALLLY got me.

    Overall, the film is just a slight bit lovable, with characters you actually kinda like...not too common for a modern comedy. More so than the story, the laughs came interspersed well enough to where I can't complain because I did way more laughing than I expected. It wasn't "rolling on the floor" funny, but I did have some hearty laughs out loud.

    Recommended to anyone who enjoyed the previous works by the screenwriters.

    7/10

    EDIT: I ended up seeing it a second time and tried to pay attention to all of the funny subtlety of one-liners and witty remarks by characters throughout, and I laughed very hard at quite a few things I didn't catch the first time. I liked it more the second time and raise my rating to an 8/10. Is truly a very funny film.

    8/10
  • comment
    • Author: Golden freddi
    If you've seen enough movies you know exactly how this is going to end a few minutes in, so the fun is watching how they work the plot towards that conclusion.

    It's an enjoyable movie with humor that sometimes made me cringe and other times laugh out loud. Jason S. is typecast in this role, but he has good screen chemistry with Jennifer A. The two kids play their roles well, the boy maybe too well.

    If you like sexually charged humor, or want something to tune out with, I can recommend it. The biggest compliment I can give it is saying I hope they make a sequel.
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    • Author: Gold Crown
    I have to admit I didn't expect to like this movie as much as I did. I laughed during the whole movie and truly didn't notice how did the time pass by. For me this is the best American comedy I've seen in the past couple of years. Very well directed, very good cast. The movie is very casual but at the same time so full of content. I can't come up with any flaws in it. It was not gooey like you would normally expect. Jennifer Aniston was just marvelous as always. I also liked Will Poulter very well.

    I recommend the film to everyone, not only comedy lovers (I'm surely not one of those).
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    • Author: Pad
    I was really excited to see this movie when I saw the trailer, because I thought it looked hilarious, and I'm a huge fan of Jason Sudeikis and I absolutely adore Jennifer Aniston, and I can guarantee that it does not disappoint. It was actually better than I was expecting it to be, because you don't usually expect much from drug dealing comedies. The plot in this was actually pretty clever, and to be honest Will Poulter's character Kenny really makes the entire movie. He played it so well, and he was perfectly awkward and strange, it was hilarious. It was definitely one of the best comedies I've seen in a while. Sure it did have some corny moments that are unrealistic, but I overall enjoyed the movie.
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    • Author: hardy
    Went to hate it, left loving it. Great funny "real" movie. Starts and ends like everyone movie, you know it from the beginning, but the laughs and the experiences this gang faces is well don. Not over the top , just laughs and a somewhat sentimental story. Not sure why all the bad reviews, went in with an opened mind and walked Out laughing and talking with friends about how much we enjoyed it. I encourage anyone in the edge to go catch this film. Good for Jen and good for Jason, more daughter and this would be great. Kenny almost stole the show... Man has no heart finds family and gains one. Worth watching Do it!
  • comment
    • Author: Helo
    We're the Millers (2013)

    Okay, this seems like just another goofy comedy, but it's pretty great. It's funny, has lots of fun twists, and some good comic lines. But more than that, it creates a kind of intimacy and sense of real family (a sense of it) that makes you realize what family is all about. Yeah, unlikely, I know, but it works. When the two "fake" parents start to act like real ones, it's funny but also moving.

    Who woulda thought?

    It's hard to say who pulls this off—clearly the "parents" are terrific, Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis. And the two kids are pretty good too, if clichéd. But what makes it all happen is the breezy comic writing. The basic set up is filled with clichés, and you have to like corny humor to really enjoy the play on these. So there are drug lords and immigrations officials. There are dorky RV tourists and clueless bystanders everywhere. But kick back and don't' expect too much and be surprised.

    And don't miss the bloopers in the final credits. Among them is a great moment where they play the theme to "Friends" on the RV radio, and it seems to catch Aniston by surprise. Group admiration.
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    • Author: fire dancer
    We're the Millers is going to make you laugh. The movie is more hilarious than you would think. You will be surprise how creative some of those "stupid", funny and ridiculous scenes are. The girls are doing a great job. Emma Roberts as an angry teen with a big mouth and Jennifer Aniston as a sexy stripper with mother instincts. Loved the stripper scenes with Jennifer who looks as hot as ever. Kenny (Will Poulter)is just so perfect for the part of virgin, sweet teenage guy and of course Jason Sudeikis as David - the drug dealer - is the one and only who can pull that character as good as he did. The Millers are just the perfect "family". They picked just the right people for this comedy. You can expect dirty, funny, sexy, ridiculous! Just go and see it so you can have a good summer laugh!
  • comment
    • Author: Anazan
    Its supposed to be a funny summer movie and it is. It delivers laugh out loud jokes with lots of sexual undertones and overtones. The story- line is set up for an off beat road movie; pick up a smidge of Mary Jane South of the border, down Mexico way and return it to Denver to pay off a debt to the drug dealer. Jason Sedakis is the drug dealer. He assembles a unlikely cast of characters as an ersatz family and off they go to Mexico. Jennifer Anniston plays a stripper, recruited to be the mom, and of course, she ends up in various situations wearing skimpy costumes and making penis jokes. What more could you possibly want?The other family members are a nerdy boy and a homeless girl. Both of them are hilarious for different reasons, the nebbish kid is sincere, honest and of course a willing dupe for all of the drug dealers schemes. Tension is added to the film by the appearance of a drug dealer who has been tricked into allowing his product to be sold to the wrong dealer and a DEA Agent and family that the Millers happen to befriend.
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    • Author: Frei
    I came into this movie expecting not-too-good things about it, and might I say I was surprised. It involves a drug smuggler who has to run a job across the Mexican border for a dealer. Knowing he'd look suspicious by himself, he puts together a makeshift "family" with three people he's familiar with:his stripper neighbor, a teenage girl runaway, and a horny teenage boy. They fly to Arizona and rent an RV. Hilarious complications ensue. Despite their characters and predicaments, they are shown to think fast on their feet with the bad guys sometimes, and the bad guys manage to track them down after they get the drugs, and some DEA agents find them and wind up accompanying them on their trip.

    90s songs and allusions pop up during this movie. It was fairly funny from start to finish, and the main cast works well together. I think this was a great idea for a movie! *** out of ****
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    • Author: TheJonnyTest
    As far as comedies go this is certainly one of the best I've watched over the last few months. It is an interesting combination of characters which work really well together. You've got the drug dealer, the geek, the stripper and the runaway (who in my opinion is more of a rebel than anything else).

    The story itself isn't the strongest element of this movie, however in my opinion Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston and Will Poulter all deliver a really great performance.

    As funny as Ed Helms is in 'The Hangover' I feel the script didn't really allow for his character to emerge as much.

    Overall I really enjoyed watching this movie and I recommend it to anyone looking for a good laugh.
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    • Author: Dyni
    The smalltime drug dealer David Clark (Jason Sudeikis) is robbed by a gang while helping his nerd teenage neighbor Kenny Rossmore (Will Poulter) in an assault. David has to pay a large amount to his supplier Brad Gurdlinger (Ed Helms ) that offers a chance to David to quit his debt and raise some money. David should smuggler a large shipment of marijuana in Brad's nickname of Pablo Chacon from Mexico to him.

    David offers some money to the stripper Rose O'Reilly (Jennifer Aniston) and to the juvenile delinquent Casey Mathis (Emma Roberts) and invites Kenny to travel with him posing as the Miller family on vacation in an RV to not call the attention of the authorities. After a couple of incidents in Mexico, they befriend the Fitzgerald family that is traveling on vacation in an RV and they cross the border back to the USA. Soon they discover that Don Fitzgerald (Nick Offerman) is a DEA agent and David leans that he was lured by Brad and the real Pablo Chacon (Tomer Sisley), who owns the shipment, is chasing them with his right-arm.

    "We're the Millers" is a politically incorrect comedy that made my Saturday better with many laughs. The story is very funny and most of the situations are hilarious. The conclusion is very well resolved. For those that have not seen this movie yet, watch the credits that there is a joke with Jennifer "Rachel" Aniston. My vote is eight.

    Title (Brazil): "Família do Bagulho" ("Family of the Pot")
  • comment
    • Author: Dianaghma
    I grew up in the 80s and 90s. Comedies were so great back then. I would actually laugh out loud at scenes from movies back then. I honestly don't know what happened!!! I haven't seen a good new comedy in I don't know how long. "We're the Millers" is no exception. It's just average. I didn't laugh or smile once. Not even when Kenny's ball blew up like a ballloon from a spider bite.

    Comedy's today (and I hate how old this makes me sound) seem to try way too hard. Everything is forced. Real comedy is natural. "The money pit", "Madhouse", "Night Shift", and "Bachelor Party" are a few of the good ones from back in the day. Most comedy from today highly relies on stoners, bodily fluids, bodily sounds, vulgarity, fast talking, and ridiculous dialogue. Horrible Bosses is one that relies heavily on ridiculous chatter and none of it is funny.

    The only good thing about "We're the Millers" is Jennifer Aniston and her ridiculous, but sexy strip tease scene. She's beautiful and I've been a fan since "Friends", but I haven't enjoyed any of her comedies from film sadly.

    We're the Millers is a generic copy of every other comedy film in recent years. A rating of 5 is being generous.
  • comment
    • Author: Ishnjurus
    It's amazing to think that nine years ago, director Rawson Marshall Thurber surprised everyone with making a hit film about the sport of dodgeball with the Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller vehicle Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Since then, he hasn't done much worth writing home about until now with the hilarious comedy We're the Millers.

    David (Jason Sudeikis) is a drug dealer who sells little bits to anyone and uses that as his source of income. Rose (Jennifer Aniston) is a stripper who isn't living an ideal life. They know each other from living in the same apartment building. David and Rose are checking their mail at the same time and as David tries to make conversation, Rose rudely pushes him away. David is later talking to another neighbor, Kenny (Will Poulter), as they notice a young girl (Emma Roberts) being harassed by three older guys who refuse to return her phone. David and Kenny find themselves in a compromising situation where their lives are threatened. As they make a run for it, the bullies chase them down and steal David's backpack that had some important possessions. The next day, David is called by his boss Brad (Ed Helms), who forces him into a job that involves David going to Mexico to retrieve some drugs and bringing them back by Sunday night for $100,000. While talking to Kenny, a dorky family in an RV pulls up to ask directions to the zoo. Even though David is rude to the family, he gets the idea to have a pretend family so they are not suspected. Kenny think of himself as David's friend and is on board. They see Casey (Roberts) around and David hires her to pretend to be his daughter. David then tries to hire Rose to be his pretend wife during the job, who rejects his offer. In order to pull of the look, David shaves his face and gets a token white father hair cut and gives Casey money to pull off looking like a regular daughter and thinks Kenny already looks right for the part. After being evicted from her home, Rose agrees to David's offer. For the remainder of the film, David, Rose, Kenny, and Casey have to act like a family so nobody is suspicious, and through it all, start to be a real family to each other.

    The film is hilarious and doesn't stop having good jokes, thanks to a script written by Bob Fisher, Steve Faber, Sean Anders, and John Morris. They do a great job of keeping the script funny and raunchy. Yet there are parts in the film where the script is a sense of too many cooks in the kitchen. There are a couple of scenes that are over the top. However, the writers all do great at giving the actors their chance to show what they can do with the parts that were written.

    From an acting standpoint, this is mostly Jason Sudeikis's show. Sudeikis gives a great character arc of David as a drug dealer who lives for only himself but turns into a guy who proves that he cares about others. Jennifer Aniston is a riot as Rose, a stripper with a heart of gold who learns from others about how to care for other people. Will Poulter is hilarious as Kenny, who is a good kid that needs guidance. Emma Roberts is also fun as the runaway teen who also needs guidance from others and is quick to say the right thing to make the "Miller" situation work in their favor. Ed Helms had played jerks before and shows why he is good at here as the blackmailing boss. Nick Offerman and Kathryn Hahn are also fun and a bit over the top in their roles as a couple who the Millers run into on the way back home.

    Rawson Marshall Thurber does a good job as director and keeps the film running smooth. He does great with handling his cast ensemble and guides them to having their moments at acting and being funny. He also does great with making the over the top moments funny and work with the film.
  • comment
    • Author: Bukus
    Jennifer Aniston plays a stripper in this movie. I think that's all that needs to be said here.

    We're The Millers follows local pot dealer David Clark (Jason Sudeikis) after unfortunate circumstances lead his boss, Brad Gurdlinger (Ed Helms), to have him transport a giant shipment of weed from Mexico into the U.S. To do this, David assembles a fake family bearing the last name Miller to cross the border without suspicion. This family consists of Rose O'Reilly (Jennifer Aniston), a stripper who lives in David's apartment block, Kenny Rossmore (Will Poulter), David's dorky neighbor, and Casey Mathis (Emma Roberts), the local "gutter punk".

    While this particular story may be original, the way the movie plays out is completely cliché. When watching the movie you're going to be able to tell what's gonna happen next as far as the progression of emotion between the characters. The classic at first they don't get along, then they start to have fun, then they find out something about one of the characters that upsets them, yada yada yada. You know the drill. But I'm very lenient with comedies because they have one job: to make me laugh and We're The Millers, for the most part, does its job successfully.

    This is a very dumb comedy. There is no joke that takes any thought to figure out, but the movie never seems full of itself. It's very self aware and doesn't try to be something it's not. That being said, I don't know if I would have liked the movie as much if it wasn't for the cast, particularly Sudeikis and Poulter. Sudeikis just has a natural charm to him and he delivers lines that aren't actually that great in ways that make them funny (Also he's engaged to Olivia Wilde, so good on him). Poulter has the perfect face for this role. I almost feel bad for saying it but his character was hilarious just because he's such a dorky looking guy. Aniston and Roberts do what they can with what they're given in the script but neither of them really did anything that stood out to me (Except for a scene that was actually rather uncomfortable after Kenny attempts to flirt with a girl). Also, Nick Offerman is in the movie for a little bit and has a really awesome scene involving a mug. None of the other actors really do anything worth mentioning, which sucks because Ed Helms is in this movie and nothing with him made me laugh due to the unfortunately weak script. Really it's the actors that made this movie likable, and the fact that the b-reel during the credits of the movie is funnier than most of the actual movie backs that up.

    What you see in the trailer for the movie is basically exactly what you get: A pretty enjoyable comedy, although nothing remarkable. Speaking of the trailer, it actually gives a lot of the best laughs away (as most trailers do) so if you haven't seen it or you don't really remember it, don't watch it! This Is The End still reigns champion as this year's best comedy, but I'd say We're The Millers is good in its own right.
  • comment
    • Author: Manona
    I'm not sure if I'm getting old and losing my sense of humor or I'm getting old and I've finally realized it takes more than sexist, rude, crude and crass comedy to entertain me. If being completely honest I'd like to think that I even in my younger days I still would not have found this funny as the majority to seem to. It seems as though I've finally found a film where I am out voted. We're the Millers is a story about how being wrong and soulless can lead to a deserving life. Jason Sudeikis (Horrible Bosses, Hall Pass) plays David Clarke a local neighborhood drug dealer dealing to everyone from the tidy business man down to the local thugs. He's not exactly big time money but earns enough to keep him happy. After being robbed by a couple of teen rough nuts he is pretty much told he needs to pay back the big boss or die, he must go to Mexico and pick up a small amount of herbs to repay his debt and clear his name. Knowing all too well that getting across the border in a RV by himself will cause a lot of suspicion he enlists the help of a stripper neighbor named Rose played by Jennifer Aniston (Horrible Bosses, Friends), and two others to play his kids. One his 18yr old never been kissed neighbor Kenny played by Will Poulter (The Maze Runner, School of comedy) and the other a teenage runaway named Casey played by Emma Roberts (American Horror Story, Valentine's Day). Together the foursome set out on their road trip to Mexico ready to play happy families to get through the boarders security with a nice big payload at the end… This movie is wrong on so many levels, Jennifer Aniston really needs to hang her head in shame here, it was a disaster from beginning to end with some of the most absurd dialog I have ever heard in a comedy. Jennifer playing a stripper for a start was ridiculous, yes she is quite hot and knows how to move her body but her character was such a mess I swear the character must have had some form of mental illness from one scene to the next she was someone different. Jason Sudeikis I just don't think he is funny, he is pretty much one character in all his films, a womanizing no hoper, the way he treats his "family" is ridiculous. (Yes I'm well aware they aren't exactly a family but these strangers and the way they behave with one other is ludicrous). It seems the writers (Bob Fisher) and directors (Rawson Marshall Thurber who also directed Dodgeball) idea of funny is to be as rude and crass as possible whilst at the same time insult as many viewers as possible by being sexist, racist, homophobic and belittling. I hated this movie, I didn't laugh at its stupidity the only time I actually laughed was at the end during the credits for one moment where the cast gave a nice little surprise to Jennifer Aniston. I just don't know what else to say here. What I do know though is there are a lot of people out there who still find this kind of comedy amusing, I guess its some kind of escapism or perhaps there is more to it. I'm not sure. The feedback I received when I said I had watched this film was very 50/50 some loved it whilst others loathed. I guess if you want the rude, crude, loose women, gay d#ck sucking, ear poking, weed baby, cartoon villains type of film you will love this.
  • comment
    • Author: Uste
    Funny story. I went to a free preview for this movie when it first came out and watched something like 30 or 40 minutes of it before walking out. The movie was boring but I gave it a real chance because it was setting up the pieces and plot and etc. Then Tomer Sisley came on the screen as the main bad guy and he was so dull and so flat. He looked almost bored to be there, in other words it was awful acting. So based mainly on the main bad guy's performance, I walked out. Anyway, fast forward to just 2 hours ago. This movie was on TV and there was literally nothing else to watch so I put it on and started watching it around the time I walk out on it 3 years earlier. The movie did get funnier and wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. It wasn't any good but not totally bad. I'm just tripping on how one awful performance can kill a movie for you. The idea behind the movie is funny enough and I'm sure if they do make a sequel to it, they'll have a different villain.
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    • Author: Vichredag
    Jennifer Aniston was the nicest nice girl two decades ago, projected to fame by the 'Friends' series and by her publicized relationship with the nicest nice guy Brad Pitt. 'Friends' concluded after more than one decade of successful seasons, Jennifer is no longer with Brad, she is still one of the nicest in the comedy films country, but now it's time to play the mother. Or fake mother. Which is what she does in 'We're the Millers'.

    Premises are pretty good. David (Jason Sudeikis) has a profitable profession which now has become history - he's a weed dealer in Denver, CO. When he gets in trouble he is forced to become a drug smuggler which is quite a different and risky protection as we learn. In order to make it happen he needs to recruit the help of a neighbor stripper (our Jennifer) and of two teens in semi-trouble to fake a regular family crossing the border between the US and Mexico for non-chemical recreation. Troubles, of course, just start.

    The problem is that not only the troubles the characters are in or get into are predictable, but almost everything that happens in the movie can be told from start from a story or emotional point of view. The only unpredictable thing is how predictable everything is. Even the jokes are to great extent recycled, and director Rawson Marshall Thurber has almost nothing to add. The best comical part is made of the cut scenes screened after the end of the action and before the credits - do not leave too early! Jennifer Aniston is - of course - superb, and much of what I found written about the film was about how good she looks and what she did for this. Which is absolutely deserved, by her and by the movie called 'We're the Millers'.
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    • Author: Nea
    It's good to see an original film come once in a while but even with that there's always going to be some part of the writing that doesn't make sense or work at all. In this film, we're primarily focused on four different characters that are partnered together in a drug-smuggling ring for money and personal satisfaction. Of course, as a road-trip film, there's always going to be some constant complications between the relationships and situations everyone embarks into.

    With most of the film being straightforward and self-aware, there's also parts where it becomes disjointed and too prolonged with nonsense. While most of the film has humor, action, and suspense set in the right place, it quickly becomes a hassle to await for the execution. Like most films, the cast and crew bring their fullest performances and provides a vast and subjective presentation for everyone, but it doesn't mean all viewers will be satisfied.

    Even though some viewers may enjoy this, it doesn't change that there could have been so much more to this that once again failed in almost the rest of the film when you think it could get crazier. The Millers should have spent more time together with their own family issues. Instead of that, Miller time got interrupted by irrelevance.
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    • Author: Kegal
    It is pretty difficult to decide what the most embarrassing is about "We're the Millers". The choices seem endless. But I guess one great pick would be that it took 4 writers to come up with this piece of garbage. This film is basically everything you can expect when you read comedy and Jennifer Aniston. It is the same she has done for the last 15 years, maybe 20 if you count "Friends". For whatever reason, people still see her as America's Sweetheart and as a talented actress. I can agree with neither. She always plays the same characters. She has pretty much zero comedic talent (admittedly the horrible writing doesn't help either) and of course, in the end the male protagonist always falls in love with her because she is so funny, such a strong independent woman and so lovable. Well, I can describe her in one word: bland. Oh yeah and how could I forget: Of course, they make sure on several occasions how hot she is for a woman in her 40s so that we'd better not forget.

    Speaking about the rest of the cast, with one exception, there is nothing special either. Emma Roberts and Will Poulter may have proved in other projects that they have talent, but here they don't. Hahn is pretty embarrassing, Helms is very forgettable and Offerman is really just in here playing his character from "Parks & Recreation", the ultimate manly man. The lead actor (even if Aniston is wrongly credited first) here is Jason Sudeikis and I can go easy on him. He has moments here when he shows that he is pretty gifted, especially with comedy and he certainly elevates the material. But it's just too weak for him to make this a good watch. The story is complete nonsense and unrealistic from start to finish during these 2 hours (that felt like 3). The movie has zero subtlety. The romance parts are cringeworthy, especially the kissing scenes at the end. And the drug-related drama is never tense or interesting. Imagine Breaking Bad as a comedy and with a terrible group of writers. This is what you get here. Do not watch.
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    • Author: Mall
    Jason Sudakis from Saturday Night Live plays a pot dealer who adopts a family for smuggling trip to Mexico to pay off a debt when his loot is stolen one night. Jennifer Aniston plays Rose, his stripper wife, fully clothed and tanned throughout. She will do any film as long as the pay is good, I guess. Kenny, the son, always has a fixed wrinkle on his forehead nearly to the point of being mongoloid. He has the worst gags of anybody, swollen genitals from a tarantula bite only the least of them. Violence and profanity are overdone to the point of not being that funny. Seriously, the cast is too clean goody-two-shoes to resemble any of the Millers they are supposed to portray. It feels like an extended episode of Saturday Night Live and any comparison to the similar Chevy Chase Vacation series would be an insult, since those films had good characters driven to bad ends instead of the reverse. Jen's strip tease scene the only positive quality I can locate in the whole movie.
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    • Author: SmEsH
    When the trailers for WE'RE THE MILLERS started making rounds, I had no intention of watching it. It just looked dumb. Another low-brow comedy catering to the lowest common denominator. Then the reviews starting creeping out and the general consensus seemed to be that it wasn't all that bad. It wasn't going to win any awards and it's doubtful to be on anyone's top ten list for 2013, but it was fun. So with that little bit of encouragement (and Jennifer Aniston as a stripper) I finally relented and, you know, I don't regret it. It's not a great movie, but it's definitely got some laughs thanks to a pretty nice bit of casting. It's a road trip movie with familial themes but it never slaps you upside the head with them. The movie is about small-time drug dealer David Clark (Sudeikis). He's robbed one night by a gang of thugs who make off with all of his drugs and cash, leaving him on boss man Brad Gurdlinger's (Ed Helms) bad side. But he's willing to forgive David and even give him a nice little payday if he'll run down to Mexico, grab a "smidge" of marijuana, and bring it back across the border for him. David reluctantly agrees and formulates a plan of bringing the drugs across the border while attracting minimal attention: pose as a family on vacation and cross the border in an RV. But he's going to need a family. He recruits his stripper neighbor Rose (Aniston), a homeless punk (Emma Roberts), and a sheltered neighbor kid (Will Poulter) and soon the "Millers" are on their way to Mexico.

    My big concern with any "family" movie is, well, the family part. I hate overly saccharine, heart-felt moments in movies when someone realizes how much they love/need their family/loved ones/whatever. I was worried about finding that sort of sugary sap in WE'RE THE MILLERS with Sudeikis realizing how much better he feels when he drops the loner bit and starts to act as if these misfits are truly family. And…well, OK…that does sort of happen but it doesn't shove your nose in it. It happens in small doses and usually comes with some raunchy humor to soften the blow and remind you, "Don't worry, this is still a movie about drug smuggling and there's a stripper." Aside from a final monologue moment from Sudeikis around the movie's climax, it's never too much. Each of the four main characters has the family deficiency issue and have their reasons to embrace their situation. David's a drug dealer and a bit of a loser, and he's reminded of the fact when he sees an old college buddy in the beginning of the movie who became a family man. Rose is a stripper but it's obviously not where she wants to be. Casey's a runaway, living on the streets with her iPhone, and Kenny's been home alone since his mom went out for a drink with friends…two weeks ago. So, the seeds are all there for the finale we all expect but it's nice to see it's all thought out better than I expected from a drug comedy.

    The main reason this movie works as well as it does it the casting. I stopped watch "Saturday Night Live" before Jason Sudeikis joined the cast but I loved him in HORRIBLE BOSSES and he was one of the funnier bits of MOVIE 43, and WE'RE THE MILLERS gives him the chance to be the main character. He handles it well. I love his sense of humor and his comedic timing, and some of his line deliveries had me rolling. The other highlight is Nick Offerman as a fellow RV vacationer whose family the Millers meet and can't seem to shake. An All-American sort of dad with a distaste for profanity and the ultimate family man, Offerman's hilarious as he goes from leading his family in campfire songs one minute and offering the Miller's the chance for a little swinging the next. His wife Edie is played by Katherine Hahn and the two work perfectly together. The rest of the cast is fine enough. Aniston still seems a little odd delivering the raunchy dialogue but she's still hot, and so is Emma Roberts. Despite any flaws, the film works because the main four (Sudeikis, Aniston, Roberts, and Poulter) had a real good chemistry. WE'RE THE MILLERS was a lot funny than I ever anticipated, even when it wasn't firing on all cylinders. It was a fun comedy to help close out the summer and it sets itself up for a sequel with the Millers that, honestly, I'm not adverse to. I'd be down for another adventure with the family.
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    • Author: Gathris
    No one will say this review helped them. I am absolutely astounded it gets as many stars and allocades as it does. "Best comedy"???? Please. This gratuitous profanity ridden (No, I'm not offended; it's just not necessary) piece of crap is not worth the bytes it takes to store.

    Sure, you'll get some sophomoric laughs. Who wouldn't laugh if a nerdy kid got bitten by a spider so his right testicle swelled up to the size of a tennis ball, and he dropped his pants and showed everyone how little endowed he was. I mean, Hardy! Har! Har! That's just so funny!!! Hurry and put it on YouTube cause it'll get a million hits! Ha ha ha ha ha! Or how about the sex-starved housewife who actually (This was really hard!) touched another woman's breasts! WOW! That is just so risqué! Seriously, you thought this was a good movie? Really? Good Lord.
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    • Author: watching to future
    A film that sadly is typical of the American Pie genre, but about 10 years late to the table. The chemistry between the leads borders on milk and lemons......Jennifer, with a great body on show for 44, is there only for the eye candy. The Mexicans are again heavily stereotyped, which will do nothing for either country, but continue to propagate the problem. The sexual under and overtones do not add to the film in any way and it just grates on the teeth after a while.

    I won't even go into the film content. Better dig out your copy of the original American pie or ANY other one of this genre, which I can assure you has been made infinitely better!
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    • Author: Hǻrley Quinn
    Not funny at all. The language was so over the top and the double entendre's were not natural. I felt embarrassed for Jennifer Aniston and the script she had to follow. What ever happened to Movies like 'Tootsie' and 'What about Bob.' Movies with great acting and a great comedic script; scripts with not all the filth and language. Today's scripts are so riddled with bad language you can't even watch them with your children. With people like Seth Rogen pumping out scripts that are just filthy and not clever is what Hollywood has become. I'm not saying some language can be used but every other sentence just isn't funny to me. It takes no acting skills to mutter filthy language scripts. This was a piece of crap and not funny at all!
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    • Author: Todal
    Four stars sounds right for this film, which I just saw last night. 1 star being 'unbearably bad and difficult to sit through', and 10 being 'so good it changed my life', this movie was bearable to sit through, not painfully bad, but well... predictable and brainless.

    The good news, I saw it in the right frame of mind- not in the mood to think. Cliché characters, unoriginal jokes, and predictable story notwithstanding, the pull of the movie were the four main stars, especially Jason Sudeikis. I haven't followed him in SNL but every other role I've seen of his: "30 Rock", "Portlandia", and a few other appearances here and there- the guy is funny and charismatic. I think Jen Aniston is also good.

    So whatever- I can't recommend it unless you're tired, drunk, stoned, or suffering from a severe brain injury; otherwise, you could do worse.

    PS The "bloopers" at the end looked fake to me.
  • Cast overview, first billed only:
    Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Aniston - Rose O'Reilly
    Jason Sudeikis Jason Sudeikis - David Clark
    Emma Roberts Emma Roberts - Casey Mathis
    Will Poulter Will Poulter - Kenny Rossmore
    Ed Helms Ed Helms - Brad Gurdlinger
    Nick Offerman Nick Offerman - Don Fitzgerald
    Kathryn Hahn Kathryn Hahn - Edie Fitzgerald
    Molly C. Quinn Molly C. Quinn - Melissa Fitzgerald (as Molly Quinn)
    Tomer Sisley Tomer Sisley - Pablo Chacon
    Matthew Willig Matthew Willig - One-Eye
    Luis Guzmán Luis Guzmán - Mexican Cop
    Thomas Lennon Thomas Lennon - Rick Nathanson
    Mark L. Young Mark L. Young - Scottie P.
    Ken Marino Ken Marino - Todd - Strip Club Owner
    Laura-Leigh Claire Laura-Leigh Claire - Kymberly (as Laura-Leigh)
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