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PETER TRAVERS
Rolling Stone
It's a mouthful of a title for a rowdy, ramshackle funfest that flies by on its spirited humor and surprising heart. Back in 2005, Vince Vaughn mounted a comedy tour through what left-and-right coasters condescendingly call the flyover states. His friend Ahmed Ahmed, a standup comic of Egyptian descent, had introduced him to the acts of three friends at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles. They are John Caparulo, Bret Ernst, and Sebastian Manisalco. Vaughn had the idea that he and his fab four would hop on a bus, do thirty backbreaking shows in thirty cities — no days off — and bring a little cheer to the folks (some victims of hurricanes in Louisiana and Texas) before Vaughn had to go back to work in the Hollywood laugh factory. OK, the laughs are hit and miss. But this movie, directed by Ari Sandel, gets funnier as it goes along. And there's a reason: we get to know each of the comics better and see how they draw their routines from their lives, sometimes under tragic circumstances. Megatalent Vaughn is also the ultimate good sport, daring a duet with Dwight Yoakum, taking major shit from his Swingers costar Jon Favreau, and enduring Justin Long, whose Vaughn impression is spot-on to the point of slander. The documentary was edited from 600 hours of footage and there's barely a slick minute in it. The laughs feel loose-limbed, off-the-cuff and defiantly un-Hollywood. What are you waiting for?
Posted by Christine at February 7, 2008 8:52 PM | TrackBackSeems to be getting decent reviews. I'm hoping to see it this weekend since I was unable to attend the screening Wednesday(damn snowstorm!). I hope it does well. =)
Posted at: February 8, 2008 1:01 PMJust got back from seeing WWCS and LOVED it! Very entertaining. I was excited to see the part about when you guys were here in South Bend. All the guys are hilarious. Great job and thanks for the laughs.
Posted at: February 8, 2008 7:16 PMChristine! It did open in Canada today too! Just got back from the 2215 screening at the Cumberland in Toronto. Not just saying this cuz I'm such a Fan (wore my VVWWCS t-shirt proudly to work today LOL) however I do feel even more from this version than the one I saw @ TIFF'06 in terms of its humanizing experience. And people heartily laughed. (There is a rainbow at one point : ) ) Thanks again Vince, you make my heart happy. Left the theatre feeling the wish for a DVD of the music mix. Cheers!
Posted at: February 8, 2008 10:25 PMI just saw the movie and i loved it!! I almost wet my pants... twice actually!! It was so funny! Great job 2 all the guys!! It was even better than i expected!!!
Posted at: February 9, 2008 3:17 PMOOHH i love Vince! Sign me up!
Posted at: February 9, 2008 11:04 PMI want to see this so badly. There is NOTHING Vince Vaughn has ever done that I do not like.
Posted at: February 10, 2008 5:17 AMI saw the movie and it was great. I love Vince Vaughn in any movie, but this was the best. Keep them coming.....
Posted at: February 10, 2008 7:42 AM
Saw the movie. Loved it. Thought it was a good mixture of funny and "heart". I'm very disappointed more people aren't seeing it. I think it will probably do well on DVD though.
Sadly, I was the only person that braved the -2° to see the movie in my screening yesterday. It was nice having the theater to myself so I didn't feel bad about laughing out loud though. =)
-Nez
www.jon-favreau.net
Nezee, what city did you see it in? I only now checked box office & tuned into the fact that audience was low all around. : ( In Toronto there were about a dozen people @ the 10PM screening opening night. A case of quality over quantity cuz as mentioned above those there laughed heartily . Hoping you're exactly right and millions of folks catch it on DVD.
Posted at: February 13, 2008 12:05 AM