Media Diary 1 - We're The Millers

We're The Millers is a hysterical family film from Warner Brothers, written by Steve Faber and Dan Fyber, and directed by Rawson Marshal Thuber. This laugh out loud comedy is about a small town drug dealer, David Burke (Jason Sudeikis), who gets on his suppliers bad side, so to wipe his slate clean he has to smuggler drugs across the Mexican boarder. To do this the comical David rounds up his neighbors to pose as an All-American family, to help with the smuggling. His 'wife' Rose (Jennifer Aniston) is a stripper, his son Kenny (Will Poulter), a high school outcast, and his daughter Casey (Emma Roberts), a rough and homeless teen, all travel in a RV to Mexico.

 With allot of witty jokes and side-splitting gags, this movie really boils down to the fact that everybody wants what they cant have, but you should just seize the opportunities life throws at you.

 The funny cast is what really makes this film so good. I was surprised at how humorous Poulters' character was, he has some really priceless scenes that had the whole audience laughing, and I can proudly say I will never be able to listen to Waterfalls by Stooshie without thinking of this character. I was expecting more from Roberts though, as I feel as if her performance wasn’t as strong as the other cast members and her character is easily forgettable. I think Aniston will be critiqued on her performance in this film allot, as I had doubts she was the wrong Actress to play Rose, as the character is so different to characters she plays in allot of her other movies, but she done a good job.

I also think that We're The Millers is another great film by Thuber, of course it doesn’t beat the comical genies that is Dodge Ball, but I have high expectations that this film will be another great hit. Robert's character, Casey, is allot similar to Emma Stone's character, Olive, in Tuber's film Easy A, as the two characters share the similar cheeky teenage characteristics. Easy A is another comedy, just like We're The Millers, that has a heart-warming theme underneath all of the hysterical gags, directed by Thuber and I think he has a brilliantly witty mind at directing hit comedies, like these movies.

 I do feel that this movie dragged out some of the jokes and that it would have been better if the screenplay was shorter, but I did thoroughly enjoy this film. The music and sound was spot on, as was the cinematography, and the stunt work was brilliant and believable.

In conclusion, I think that We're The Millers is a fabulous laugh out loud comedy that will capture the heart of all ages. I would highly recommend this film.