2007 · comedy · action
Hot Rod
Directed by Akiva Schaffer1h 28m2007
For Rod Kimble, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most outrageous stunt yet to raise money for Frank's operation -- and then Rod will kick Frank's butt.
Our read: Hot Rod (2007) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded comedy · action entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured comedy / action, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- kinetic
- tender
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Skip it tonight — Skip if juvenile slapstick and endless stepdad beatings will grate on you.
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