Ahhh comedies. Over the past 6 years they've consumed my life. From juggernaut ones from Apatow like Knocked Up, to lesser known ones like The Foot Fist Way, to cult classics like Clerks and The Big Lewboski. I'm a comedy connoisseur you could say. So after lasts month's array of horror movies, from now on when you see a movie review on here it's more than likely gonna be a comedy. This is no different. 30 Minutes or Less follows the story of Nick and Chet. Nick is a slacker pizza delivery man, and Chet is his best friend who is recently getting promoted in his teaching profession. Meanwhile two guys, Dwayne and Travis, one of which's dad struck it big with the lottery, are planning on hiring a hit-man to kill him to get the rest of the money. They plot a plan to kidnap someone, strap a bomb to their chest, and make them rob a bank. The poor soul turns out to be Nick and he's forced to ask his best friend Chet to help him rob the bank, lest he blow up. This, for me, has two of the funniest actors of the last three years in Aziz Ansari and Danny McBride. Jesse Eisenberg is very underrated as a comedic actor and while I haven't given Swardson too much of a chance he was solid in this. Especially in the scenes where he's given an extended back and forth with McBride. There is lulls in this movie and some unfunny parts, but as a whole you'll be laughing a lot (at least I did, but I'm pretty easy to please comedy-wise). Aziz and Eisenberg (like Swardson/McBride) work very well off of each other. There's social and current age humor, the cruder low brow parts are done well, there's even psychical humor (quite a bit actually). Wasn't looking for Oscar caliber acting in this film, just jokes, one liners, and good comedy. For the most part, I found it. Never felt long, I was laughing a lot, and made me feel quite good and upbeat afterward. Really all I can ask for in a film.
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