Moving McAllister (2007)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Andrew Black

Writer:

Ben Gourley (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The road less traveled is about to get some company.

Plot:

Rick Robinson is a ladder-climbing law intern from Miami with four days until the Bar Exam. Desperate to score points with his boss (McAllister)...

Plot Keywords:

Road Trip | Beautiful Woman | Miami Florida | Character Name In Title

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 13	4:10 PM	TMC
Thur. Nov. 19	9:50 AM	TMC

Cast

Ben Gourley	...	Rick Robinson
Mila Kunis	...	Michelle McAllister
Jon Heder	...	Orlie
Rutger Hauer	...	Maxwell McAllister
Hubbel Palmer	...	Carl
Billy Drago	...	The Lady
Peter Jason	...	Mr. Robinson
Cathrine Grace	...	Mrs. Robinson
Patrika Darbo	...	Debbie
Joe Unger	...	Lanky
Mary Pat Gleason	...	Margerie
William Mapother	...	Bob
Zack Ward	...	Earl
Tomek Debowski	...	Himself
Maclain Nelson	...	Beau Diddly

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some drug content, sexual references and crude humor.

Runtime:

USA:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, USA

Company:

Revel Entertainment (I)

Trivia:

In the movie, Debbie, played by Patrika Darbo, states that she hadn't seen "Days of Our Lives" (1965) in over a year. Darbo played Nancy Wesley on Days of our Lives from 1999 to 2003.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The bar exam is only given in February and July. When Rick visits his parents in Kansas, it's snowing, and his mom is asking him to come home for Christmas. So either it's snowing in Kansas in July, or Rick's mom is making Christmas plans in February.

Movie Connections:

References Donkey Kong (1981) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Crouching Koto

Standard Self Discovery Film

Rutger Hauer helps along a film that basically can be summed up in the young person finding themselves category, and rather obviously so, so it needs a lot of help.

The beginning holds a lot more promise, of a film that could turn into Michael Clayton or Stranger Than Fiction. It's too bad because I really got hooked into the beginning. Then, like the opening soundtrack, it went from great and intriguing to basically nowhere.

It's fun enough with plenty of curiosities and interesting characters acted well. I'm sure that will be enough for many people. The problem is it all feels contrived and empty which, ironically, is supposed to be the main discovery for the character's self realization. Not the film itself (it's not a self aware film), but that the character is supposed to recognize his own life is contrived and empty.