Duff and John are a pair of very good friends. But the two people's lives are completely different. Duff is a recognized scoundrel, liar, constantly pilfering. John is a hardworking man of honest life, the biggest dream is to be married as soon as possible with their years of his girlfriend Elaine.
John and Elaine have agreed that, once sufficient to offset the $ 30,000 to buy their dream house, they immediately get married. To this day early arrival, they have been fighting for many years. Finally, this figure will soon reach a better life seemed at hand.
At this time, one is good or bad news is suddenly upon us. John's niece Noreen was admitted to the famous Harvard University! John previously promised if Noreen went to college, tuition him a contract. When I heard the full $ 20,009 more than 1000, tuition fees and must be paid in full within two weeks, John is stunned.
No way, John had to without the knowledge of Elaine, to resort to a good friend Duff. Duff has to take this opportunity to go out with him to engage in "money back instigation of John. Faced with the reminder of the inner forces of justice and the temptation of money, John, this hassle for how to do ah.
The real theme of funny plot
Not only the parents complaining about the phenomenal growth of the children's education costs, the father and mother are also facing the same problem. With the tuition fees for tertiary institutions in the United States rose year after year, parents in the child's acceptance letter to the arrival of the heart is not only delighted but also bitter. So, reflect this movie, has finally emerged.
However, Harvard is not the Ministry of stealing money on heavy didactic piece, but a standard American comedy. Screenwriter Peter Tolan, summed up the story of the film: "the two are not very smart guy, caught in a less good, with a pretty good reason, made some less clever, less legal dealings . "
Some stiff John plus quirky Duff, this character combination is common with funny comedy, without him, the two extreme character of people get together, almost to the jokes hotbed, if by screenwriter clever design, which produces a chemical reaction enough to make you get down to laugh for 90 minutes.
Not to mention playwright to Toland itself is a comedy genius. He wrote the screenplay 老大靠边闪 the Analyze This and America's Sweethearts Sweethearts Americans are much the audience admired masterpiece. Recently, 老大靠边闪 sequel to the Analyze That also tensions shooting.
Director of the comedy, serious actor
Like many comedy directors in Hollywood, Bruce from Canada Mike Ka Luoqi also came from the famous American comedian training center ": the the victorious enduring variety show Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live, the business for Maike Ka Roach was the Saturday Night Live writing too many set plays, and lay a solid basis of comedy. Children where he was responsible for the production of another TV Comedy Arts section: hall The Kids, in the Hall, from the hit 1989 on the praise. Maike Ka Roach himself, is the director of a very good sense of humor. He often spare in the film, make some moves to the actors laugh, active atmosphere. Actors Maike Ka Roach is also highly praise.
Jason Lee play John in the eyes of the audience, most also are half-baked face, but seen to reflect the rock star life in the United States in the 1970s movie fame in sight of the people should, lead singer of the film that hydrostatic impression. Junior had a famous skateboarder, Lee's film career began in the leading independent producer, director Kevin Smith plays it cool family Mallrats, and from then onwards and Smith, Ben Affleck, etc. become buddies Smith can see him in the film: love, addiction, Dogma heaven, etc..
As a comedian, Tom Green should be considered is the kind of "language does not startle, perhaps for this reason, he from time to time by the" courtesy "of the audience sought after and sometimes will suffer rotten eggs, rotten tomatoes, last year he wrote and directed the devil, brother of Freddy Got Fingered on the honor at the Golden Raspberry Award for worst films five awards, maybe Tom Green, the basin of cold water will make hard to re-examine their route, the next play means derived cell and then some clever.
Look forward to
The film although the topic is serious, but the plot humor, jokes constantly. The screenwriter Toland's strengths is that good at delicate character dialogue, to achieve a humorous effect. Understand English friends, be sure to see the film, listen to the original English dialogue.
As the value of the film, many professional critics of the U.S. media tend not to go to the theater to see, but wait until the DVD and other home products listed family to share, to buy a home. Indeed, the film is more like a fine sketch, but do not have a strong theater performance. Its short-term box office, because the theme, there are some upset and selling may in most cases should not be very good. However, the long term, including through leasing, the film is still very "money".