Review of Entourage (2015) by Schroederrock — 19 Dec 2015

Entourage the movie is a bit of a celebration for the 8 amazing seasons that ran on HBO. It won't stand as strong on its own given that audiences will have roughly 10-15 minutes to get to know these characters that we fans of the TV show had years to invest into.

Translation: it's better to see the series before you see the show. There are numerous inside jokes and tons of celebs that are in this movie for a reason. Like high school reunion, it's crazy and awesome to see all of these people throwing down in one viewing.

What is most unfortunate is that Entourage ran on incredible scripting and strong characters that worked through intense Hollywood-life problems that spanned numerous episodes. Throwing what usually took 4-8 episodes to discover and resolve is meant to be shoved into a movie that's well under 2 hours.

Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold remains one of my favorite characters EVER, and even he gets gated at times. Piven's ability to rage all over the screen is one of the cornerstones of the show and only gets partially displayed in this movie.

There are a few side stories that begin in this movie that never really pan out either, making me wonder why its makers didn't spend a little more time hashing out the details. Either way, I enjoyed the movie and finally watched it after going through the TV series for a second time.

It moderately taps into the events of the series finale and I enjoyed that about it. But anyone coming in off the street is going to be at a disadvantage from minute one, so hopefully you can dig the humor and the fun being had on-screen enough to not care too much about how this crew wound up where they are.