This is a perfect Father’s Day movie for anyone with a slightly dark sense of humor. I do not think I could ever watch this movie with anyone but my son and enjoy it quite so much. In effect, Frank turns his stepson into a man by beating the crap out of him. Rod wants his stepfather's respect and love, but Frank is going to make him earn it. Frank picks on Rod, tosses him around like a rag doll in their weekly sparring sessions, and definitely doesn't respect him, much less his stunts. Hot Rod has a plethora of sophomore jokes, but it does have a unique take on father/son relationships. Amateur stuntman Rod Kimble (Andy Samberg) has a problem: his step-father Frank (Ian McShane) is a jerk. After his first viewing, my son was repeating several lines, “No, I like to party.” “Who do you think would win in a fight between a grilled cheese sandwich and a taco?” My favorite bits are still his confrontations with his step dad, “Frank, I'm going to get you better, you old sack of shit, and then I'm going to uncork the ass beating of a lifetime on you! And you will respect me! Peace!” Hot Rod has plenty of accessible dialogue. Binge Society 6.67M subscribers Subscribe 10K views 1 year ago Fall BingeSociety HOTROD Rod (Andy Samberg) goes into the woods to be alone and let his anger out. I am gonna get you better, and then I'm gonna beat you to death!” He yells at the incapacitated older man. He decides by charging people to see him jump he will raise the money for Frank’s surgery. This upsets Rod as he wants desperately to beat up Frank and earn his respect. ![]() In his sickly condition, he and Rod can no longer fight. One day, Frank has a heart attack and needs a very expensive transplant. “You know I have a hormone disorder!” Rod yells back. Frank calls Rod a kid and makes fun of the fake mustache he wears when he does jumps. Their confrontations are some of my favorite scenes. 'Hot Rod' was the first-ever movie role for Samberg, who at the time was two seasons deep into his seven-year run as a cast member on 'Saturday Night Live,' where he popularized digital. By fighting, I mean they throw down and physically beat the crap out of each other like a WWE street brawl. Rod and his stepfather, Frank, are always fighting. Of course none of them have a girlfriend, although Rod has the hots for the girl next door. Kevin likes to hang out with them and dance to Stacy Qs “Two of Hearts” and sing Georg Michael songs to his stuffed animals. His friends build him ramps that he jumps for fun. Rod emulates his dead father, who worked with Evel Knievel. The movie opens with him, an apparent grown man although the movie never states his age, about to jump a van with his moped, as his two friends and step brother, Kevin, watch. Rod is a nerd in the vein of Napoleon Dynamite. He has been bugging me to review it and since he got the DVD for Christmas, I have no excuse not to. ![]() He first saw it on Comedy Central and repeats some of the lines often. Hot Rod is one of my fifteen year old son’s favorite movies. In short: If you missed "Hot Rod" the first time around because it was a little too weird to break through to mainstream success, you should probably watch it now that it's become a cult classic.Frank and Rod sharing a father/stepson moment. The film has a 39% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes, outweighed by 64% audience score. Instead, it's one of those movies that has found its audience over the years. 'Hot Rod' tells the story of Rod Kimble (Andy Samberg), a young man who believes his dead father was a world-famous stuntman who worked with Evel Knievel. Like a lot of comedies before it, "Hot Rod" wasn't an instant hit. "Hot Rod" also stars "SNL" alums Chris Parnell and Bill Hader, as well as a host of other big names like Will Arnett, Isla Fisher, Danny McBride, and Sissy Spacek. In addition to Samberg's leading role, both Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone appear in "Hot Rod," with Schaffer directing. Steve Martin in "The Jerk," Jim Carrey, in " Ace Ventura," and Adam Sandler in " Billy Madison" were the types of losers-turned-sort-of-heroes that Rod Kimble is born from. Andy Samberg once described Rod Kimble as following in a tradition of village idiots that previous comedians in and around "SNL" had fostered before him and the Lonely Island (via New York Magazine).
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