I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

An Exercise In Nonsense

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

30 Minutes or Less is a half cooked comedy featuring a lot of dumb slackers.Dwayne (Danny McBride) wants to open a massage parlour with his partner Travis (Nick Swardson) but he needs to get hold of his dad's money who has no time for this waste of space. So Dwayne hires a hitman who would do the job for 100k to kill his dad.To raise the money they decide to kidnap a slacker pizza delivery boy Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) and strap a bomb vest on him. They order Nick to rob a bank and steal the 100k or else the bomb will go off.Fearing for his life, Nick persuades his best friend Chet (Aziz Ansari) to help him out. Dwayne has no plans to leave any loose ends behind.The film is not that funny, the plot is absurd but at least it ends in a satisfying note and it has a short running time.

I'm starting to really like Jesse Eisenberg as an actor. Yeah, he isn't that great, but the movies are great and the characters he plays are fun. I also like Aziz Ansari, mostly because I like his stand up and I like his show Master of None on Netflix. Those two were the main reasons I was interested in this movie - them and the plot seemed interesting.Of course after reading about it online, the story of the movie seems more and more wrong. I don't know how many of my readers are aware of the death of Brian Douglas Wells. I only learned about this now, mostly because I was seven at the time it happened and wasn't exactly following news. I'm not sure if I've quickly read through something about the case, but I wasn't really that aware of it. And even if the makers of the movie claim the case of Brian Douglas Wells hadn't inspired the movie, it does feel pretty bizarre how similar the situations are, and how they kind of made that situation into a comedy. But before I learned about that I actually did enjoy the movie. It is thrilling and funny. Best part of the movie is the dialogue. It's the best kind of dialogue in an action comedy. It's weirdly casual and natural yet it suits the unusual situation. However the plot does have so unfortunately typical plot points we'd all rather just let die. They are easy to predict and frustrating and frankly they are getting old.I enjoyed this movie. It's okay for an action comedy - action comedies don't need to be good, they just need to be entertaining, and 30 Minutes or Less definitely is. The key note is: it could've been better. Everything about this movie could've been way better, but either the filmmakers didn't think that, or they were satisfied with the decent movie they made.

This film is one of many films that are very similar these days and that just explains why there is hardly any effort put into this film at all. The story sees this average guy Nick who is down on his luck until he is kidnapped by a couple of psychos and forced to commit a crime or else they will blow him up. Now Jesse eisenberg did a decent job here, I do believe there was possibly better people for the role but he did an alright job in the role just don't expect this to be the role where you understand why he is now lex luthor. The supporting cast has its good and bad, Danny McBride plays one of the psychos and he does a good job like he is good at always doing in films like this. Eisenberg's best friend is also good with the duo having good chemistry that carries this film. Other then that though I mean McBride's partner and eisenberg's romance are totally underused and suffer from being ultimately insignificant. The story in this film is just bad, the first 20 mins are terrible with the film being choppy and not deciding where it wanted to go, also plot lines were not detailed enough for you to care at all. The scripts alright with the dialogue being sometimes good but their are other times where it totally sucks and you wonder why you are bothering. The style is so copy and paste with other films like this that it frustrates me, however, there is once scene that is really funny but does not make up for the overall picture. Overall this film is not necessary to see and just stick to a Seth rogen comedy instead.

I watched this movie because I wanted to check if I just automatically like anything Danny McBride does. Turns out he plays it kind of straightforward in this one. He doesn't say all the crazy stuff he usually throws out there. Same for the movie: it looks like it's going to be totally nuts, but takes things surprisingly serious for a lot of the time. Turned out to be enjoyable enough to pass the time, nothing in the writing or performances that bothered me. Even Nick Seward was tolerable. But I don't expect to watch it again. I do hope Dilshad Vadsaria gets some more roles out of this, because she looked amazing. I'll still watch anything with Danny, but as far as the writer, director, and all the other performers...meh.