Review of Hot Rod (2007) by Robwinz — 11 Dec 2020

Hot Rod is an underrated gem of a movie. The movie's got a really good story and it's about this lad, who's called Rod (Andy Samberg) who's this slacker. He lives with his mother, his brother and his stepfather (Ian Mcshane).

However, later in the movie, we find out that Rod's stepfather needs an operation. So, Rod and his crew decide to raise some funds for it and he plans to set a school bus jumping record to earn the money for his stepfather.

The movie's got some great acting from all of the cast, especially from Rod, Dave and Frank those three are all honestly brilliant.

The movie's got some very funny dialogue, which is given well from the characters throughout this movie.

Also, the humour which this movie's got is honestly brilliant, most of the scenes throughout this movie had me dying of laughter, especially the ones with Rod doing the stunts.

The pacing for the build ups throughout this movie is very hit and miss, most of the time it works very well and the scenes are very well built up. While, some of the scenes aren't and it sort of ruins those specific scenes being built up.

There's surprisingly a good amount of heart throughout this movie, which I wasn't expecting and that's another positive for this movie.

Finally, there's some really good love and hate chemistry between Rod and his stepfather throughout this movie and it's really well built up.

The love interest between Rod and Denise (Isha Fisher) is decent and it works quite well throughout this movie.

The movie's even got a great soundtrack with lots of great songs from Europe and many more.

Overall, Hot Rod is an underrated gem of a movie. The movie's got a really good story, great acting, funny dialogue, brilliant humour, hit and miss pacing and a good amount of heart. The movie's even got a really good love and hate relationship between the son and the stepfather, a decent love interest and a great soundtrack.