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30 Minutes or Less
- Review Date: August 5, 2011
- R
- Genre: Comedy
- 2011
Common Sense Media says
Language + sex + violence = funny, but not for kids.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this subversive, mature comedy earns its R rating with lots of adult material -- from partial nudity to drug use, violence, and swearing. The villains catch the main character, strap a bomb to his chest, and force him to rob a bank. Guns are also pulled, a flame thrower is used as a weapon, and there are car crashes, fights, and at least one dead body. A strip club scene includes topless women; there are also some implied sex acts (including oral sex) and lots of innuendo. Language is constant, including "f--k," "s--t," "p---y," "t-ts," and "c--k." Characters also drink lots of beer and smoke some pot.
What's the story?
In Grand Rapids, MI, Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) hasn't lived up to his potential. He works as a pizza delivery man, and his only friend is schoolteacher Chet (Aziz Ansari) -- whose sister (Bianca Kajlich) Nick is secretly in love with. Meanwhile, Dwayne (Danny McBride) is fed up watching his lottery winner father (Fred Ward) waste his riches and decides, along with his buddy (Nick Swardson), to hire a contact killer and take out the old man. To do this, they need money. So they conjure up a plan to kidnap a pizza delivery man, strap a bomb to his chest, and force him to rob a bank. Nick becomes the victim and calls on Chet for help. What follows is a crazy, reckless race against time.
Is it any good?
For 30 MINUTES OR LESS, Oscar nominee Eisenberg re-teams with Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer. The result isn't quite as clever as that hit, but 30 Minutes or Less isn't bad. It's like a live-action version of a vulgar, violent cartoon: It's cheerful, willfully subversive, speedy, and lightweight. The filmmakers have gone out of their way to nab an "R" rating, inserting all kinds of swearing, beer-drinking, pot-smoking, and gratuitous nudity ... though it's all often put to hilarious use.
The violence, on the other hand, seems a bit misplaced, especially the use of the bomb vest; it recalls all-too-serious images from the news. Still, the movie never stops being fast, funny, or crazy, and the combination of talent helps sell it. Eisenberg turns in a believably panicked performance, and he's nicely matched by stand-up comic Ansari. Even the bad guys show their humanity from time to time, and Ward is a scream as the nasty old dad.
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Teen, 17 years old
August 17, 2011
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From the director of Zombieland
30 Minutes or Less reels you in with that Bold "From the director of Zombieland" Zombieland was great, but they tried too hard on this one. This is funny and contains the usual f bombs and sexual content.
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Teen, 17 years old
September 5, 2011
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Very funny and raunchy, and just plain fun, but adults only.
This movie is not for kids at all. There is plenty of raunchy humor including brief but graphic nudity, very brief drug use in the opening scene, some suprisingly graphic violence at the end, and a non-stop assault of incredibly strong language. I counted 264 F-words in total, which is some of the strongest language in a movie that we have had in recent years.
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Teen, 17 years old
September 30, 2011
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My Review
I'm 17 and went to see this in the theater. I thought it was funny and overall a good movie. It was extremely foul but there was nothing said or discussed that you wouldn't hear at a high school or for that matter just walking down the street. Not appropriate for kids under 16.
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Teen, 14 years old
August 20, 2011
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Better to leave the younger teens at home.
This movie has lots of bad language. Many, many, many uses of the "f" word. There is also a scene in a strip club where a topless woman fondles her nipples and a guy grabs them. There is also violence, but nothing over the top. I think this movie is okay for a mature 14/15 year old.
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Teen, 17 years old
August 14, 2011
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Fun Movie
This is a fun movie. With a (what I think) dissapointing ending.
There is tons and tons of swearing from the f-word to almost any other word you can think of. There is also sex talk and some breasts.
This is R, its not for kids... but its not a very hard r
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Teen, 13 years old
October 30, 2011
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Good movie, but not for kids
I like this movie, but I think the swearing and sex is too much even for some adults. I would never let anyone under 16 or 17 see this. It contains nudity, and lots of swearing and "dirty talk". Also, I think the fact that the main character is kidnap and has a bomb on him, is a good story line, but not for a comedy, which this movie is. Drinking and drugs are also seen a lot, being used by the main characters.
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Teen, 16 years old
December 14, 2011
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*funny lmfao sh1t
this is a halariuas movie with 1 breast scene for 15 seconds and they swear alot but c*ck n p*ssy
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Parent
January 3, 2012
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30 minutes or less
ok bombed movie, very,very slow at alot of times, not enough humar
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Adult
January 19, 2012
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30 minutes or less
very sexual and crude, some parents may allow a 17 year old watch this (not even that good
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Teen, 15 years old
February 4, 2012
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sgdgdfgah
9 hours to robb is in to much of a slow showing of the movie.
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| Studio: | Columbia Pictures |
| Director: | Ruben Fleischer |
| Cast: | Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, Jesse Eisenberg |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 83 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | August 12, 2011 |
| DVD release date: | November 29, 2011 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | crude and sexual content, pervasive language, nudity and some violence |
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