| Plot Synopsis Bob Odenkirk's jail comedy Let's Go to Prison, stars Will Arnett as Nelson Biederman IV, the son of a judge who ends up being sentenced to serve time in Rossmore State Penitentiary. During one of his rare stints out of incarceration, career criminal John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) learns of the conviction. John holds a grudge against Nelson's father and decides to get his revenge by going back to jail and making Nelson's stay there as horrible as possible. Chi McBride co-stars as a fellow inmate. Reviews Kam Williams Newsblaze Career criminal John Lyshitski (Dak Shepard) wants to exact a measure of revenge on the heartless judge (David Darlow) who has repeatedly put him behind bars. But when the judge dies first, John figures that the next best way to even the score is to frame the late jurist's son, Nelson Biederman IV (Will Arnett), and turn the innocent heir's life into a living hell. For, once behind bars, Nelson will not only lose his freedom and everything near and dear to him, but he'll have to deal with the sort of scary scenarios one ordinarily encounters while incarcerated. And while this undoubtedly ain't funny in real life, Let's Go to Prison manages to milk just enough mirth out of some shopworn clich?s to be worth a watch. Based on Jim Hogshire's autobiography "You Are Going to Prison," Let's Go to Prison is a tongue-in-cheek overindulgence in gratuitous rape and other assorted recidivist rudenesses. The movie works only because the incidents feel eerily authentic while simultaneously eliciting a load of embarrassing laughs. Though sloppily edited and strung together like a bad B-movie, the film might be considered a poor man's version of Trading Places. And while unlikely to appeal to most audiences, this flick will undoubtedly work for anyone with a taste for gruesome gallows humor, and a desire to see a spoiled, rich kid get a taste of how the other half lives. Co-star Chi McBride delivers a convincing performance as a con who takes a romantic interest in Nelson, and the cast also includes character actor David Koechner and the picture's director Bob Odenkirk. Shockingly funny from beginning to end, from the tasting of toilet wine to enduring big house beatdowns. Luke Y. Thompson E! On Line B+ It's directed by Mr. Show's Bob Odenkirk; written by Reno: 911's Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant and Michael Patrick Jann; partially scored by Queens of the Stone Age; and stars reliable funnymen Dax Shepard and Will Arnett. So, why was this hidden from critics and promoted as a one-note rape-joke movie? Beats us, but it marks the second time this year, after Idiocracy, that a quite good Dax Shepard comedy has been mismarketed. Yes, the usual prison movie touchstones are here-the a-hole warden (Dylan Baker), the white supremacist gang, the inevitable fear of a shower reacharound-but they're all in the service of a truly absurd plot, in which Shepard's John Lyshitski, fresh out of the joint, plots revenge on the judge who put him there, only to find out the man has died three days prior. To satisfy his jones for vengeance, Lyshitski instead decides to make life miserable for the judge's son Nelson (Will Arnett), getting him framed for assault, then deliberately having himself thrown back in the slammer so he can become junior's cellmate and make things even worse for the guy. Fortunately for all, Nelson's a pompous jerk who deserves it, but what doesn't kill him makes him-and the movie-stronger. Odenkirk's visual sense ain't the greatest, but he definitely knows funny. |
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| LET'S GO TO PRISON 2006 - USA - 89 min. - Feature - Color AKA - You Are Going to Prison (Working title) Director - Bob Odenkirk |
| Genre / Type - Comedy, Odd Couple Film, Prison Film Flags - Profanity, Sexual Situations, Violence, Drug Content MPAA Rating - R Keywords - inmate, maximum-security Themes - Riches To Rags, Criminal's Revenge Tones - Raunchy, Goofy, Madcap, Irreverent Sound by - Dolby Digital Produced by - Carsey-Werner Company / Strike Entertainment Release - Nov 17, 2006 (USA) Released by - Universal Pictures MPAA Reasons - for language, sexual content, some violence and drug material DVD Street Date - Mar 6, 2007 Languages - English Subtitles - French, Spanish Screen Format - Color, Widescreen Sound - Dolby Digital 5.1 Aspect Ratio - 1.85:1 (DVD) Studio - Universal Studios Cast Dax Shepard -- John Lyshitski Will Arnett -- Nelson Biederman IV Chi McBride -- Barry David Koechner -- Shanahan Dylan Baker -- Warden Michael Shannon -- Lynard |
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