Official Australian release date: 12/2/15. Viewed: 17/2/15.
Director: Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg
Actors: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Randall Park, Lizzy Caplan
Genre: Comedy
Rating: MA
Such as simple premise for a film –
parody North Korea and their crazy dictator, as well as the ridiculous tabloid
culture of some “news” shows. Dave (Franco) is the talk show host and his best friend/producer
Aaron (Rogen) get the chance to interview Kim Jong-un (Park) – a journalistic goldmine.
Agent Lacey (Caplan) from the CIA then enlists them to “take him out” – plenty of
mishaps then ensue!
This is Rogen & Goldberg’s second
co-directing effort (after ‘This Is The End’) and is much more assured – the jokes
are freer, there’s more laughs throughout, and the pacing is much faster and
doesn’t lull anywhere. Canada stands in for North Korea adequately enough and
there’s some good support cast, as well as great cameos from Eminem, Rob Lowe
& Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
The ending has plenty of
action/violence and gets a little ridiculous, but there’s some really funny
moments throughout, with Rogen playing a perfect foil to Franco’s
over-the-top-ness. Has the potential to be racist/offensive for no reason, but
never is – just a film that enjoys itself pointing fun at humanity’s often
stupid emotions and decisions.
Overall: Easy-going, well-made
satire.
Gav's Rating: 4 stars.
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