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Let's Go to Prison! Review

Release Date: Nov 17, 2006
Rated: language, sexual content, some violence and drug material
Runtime: 1 hr. 24 min.
Genres: Odd Couple Film, Prison Film, Comedy
Director:Bob Odenkirk
Cast:Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Chi McBride, David Koechner, Dylan Baker. Full cast + crew

Movies.com Critics

2.0

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Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

2.0

27

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25

out of 100

Entertainment Weekly
Nearly laughless.

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30

out of 100

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Let's Go to Prison ultimately feels as long as a stint in the big house.

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60

out of 100

Village Voice
Much funnier and weirder than you think.

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60

out of 100

Variety Dennis Harvey
Unlike the vast majority of rude bigscreen comedies these days, "Prison" may actually improve with repeat viewings, since its best aspects are offhand enough to be missed the first time around.

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70

out of 100

The New York Times Neil Genzlinger
It takes a while to realize that this is actually a sly, very funny comedy, one that stays admirably deadpan every time you think it's about to veer into gross-out territory.

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For Families provided by Common Sense Media

Iffy for 16+

Punk'd star in adult jail-house comedy.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this dark comedy about jail isn't for kids. Teens may very well want to see it, though, since it stars Punk'd phenomenon Dax Shepard. The movie is rife with adult-oriented references to topics like gay sex, humans being sold to other humans, murder and other crimes, and cross-dressing men, to name a few. That said, the movie's theme is how to get revenge on someone who's already dead -- which isn't exactly grown-up!

Families can talk about how to stay out of the prison system. What do you think jail is really like? Is it anything like what's shown in the movie? Why do some people find it so hard to escape the prison system? What can society do to help change that, if anything? Also, why is revenge never really as sweet as the media would have you believe?

The good stuff

Messages: Stealing, murder, threats, lying, selling humans to other humans, and other crimes that land people in prison. All mined for comedy, of course.

What to watch for

Violence: Prison violence from guards and inmates (punching and fighting); one character is punched in his private parts.
Sex: A male character cross-dresses; references to lap dances, gay sex, sex magazines.
Language: Name-calling; "sucks," "f--k," "hell," "damn," "ass."
Consumerism: Publisher's Clearing House, Court TV, Fresca.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Some smoking and drinking. Drug references.

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Let's Go to Prison by phaley
Some parts were funny and some were just dumb.

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