Moving McAllister (2007)

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:

Features "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" (1984)

Soundtrack:

Crouching Koto

A Waste of Film and Time

This movie had so much potential to be hilarious yet moving but fell way short of either. It had a great story line, it just was not executed as good as it could have been. The weird "hallucinations" during his sleep scenes made absolutely no sense and definitely was not needed, they made no impact nor did they enhance or lend any understanding of what was to come or happen.

Jon Heder's character was OK but could have been expanded upon more. He played the crappy part he was given at his best. The character was funny, but again, it fell short of what could have been.

Mila's character was perfect and her performance was spot on.

In closing, the writing was horrible and more often than not, made no sense and his hallucinations did not fit with the movie at all. This movie, with better scripting and directing, could have been a contender to National Lampoon's Vacation as far as funny, bad things happening to a person on a trip across America.

Instead, it was only worthy of a second "flush". If I would have seen this at the theater, I would have demanded my money back and boycotted the film.

The only thing that this film did was waste an hour and a half of my life. It also managed to make all those involved in the movie look bad, simply because the movie was a stinker.

I do not recommend this movie to anyone! Ever!