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Hot Rod

Smack destiny in the face

Anything Evil can do, I can do better...

A young man has grown up in the shadow of his step father, who regularly beats him up. He wants to be a famous stuntman, but is a spectacular failure at this, even though in his mind he is as good as Evil Knievel. Then his step dad has heart problems, and needs an operation. Our luckless stuntman decides to do a jump to raise money... jumping over one more bus than Evil was able to. Will he succeed, and will this get him the respect he so craves from his step father? And will this convince the babe that she belongs with him?

88 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 10 (Language)
Comedy.

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Credits
Cast	Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, Danny R. McBride, Isla Fisher, Sissy Spacek, Ian McShane, Will Arnett
Director	Akiva Schaffer
Screenplay	Pam Brady
Music	Trevor Rabin
Cinematography	Andrew Dunn
Editing	Malcolm Campbell
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2007
Produced by	Paramount Pictures, SNL Films, SNL Studios, Broadway Video, The Lonely Island
SA Distributor	UIP

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Some
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Mild
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	Comedy but with a slightly maniac and dark edge to it. This might need parental guidance and oversight.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarZane Henry	1
Die BurgerFrancois Bloemhof	10
Mail & GuardianShaun de Waal	8
The CitizenPeter Feldman	6
24.comIvan Sadler	5
International Media
BBC (UK)Paul Arendt	10
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	15
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	10
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	8
ScreenIt (USA)	7
Metacritic.com27 critics	9
RottenTomatoes.com87 critics	9
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	7
Internet (IMDB)2987 Netizens	13

Average .. 42%	8

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