Stuber movie review

MOVIE TITLE: Stuber

RATING: R This is the first rated R movie since The Walt Disney company purchased 20th Century Fox.

LENGTH: 1 hour 33 minutes

Movie Review Mom GRADE: B

IN A NUTSHELL:

It was only a matter of time that we were going to get a movie about an Uber driver, right? This isn’t quite a 5-star ride, but it has moments that will make you laugh out loud. Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani make an unlikely, but entertaining duo. If you’re looking for an excuse to eat buttery popcorn in an air-conditioned theater, go for it. Otherwise, this one can wait until live streaming or Redbox. I wonder how much Uber paid to be connected with this movie.

TIPS FOR PARENTS:

Crude jokes
Lots of profanity, including F-bombs
LOTS of bloody fighting
Bloody, gory deaths, dead bodies
People in peril
Destruction

THEMES:

Family, fatherhood
“Real men listen to their feelings.” – Stuber (Kumail Nanjiani)
“Sometimes people need help and it’s not a sign of weakness to ask for it.” – Stuber

THINGS I LIKED:

I’m happy to see Dave Bautista get a movie with him as the starring role. I really like him and hope he has a successful movie career like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. These wrestlers are performers at heart, right? There’s a funny line in the movie about what Dave Bautista’s ethnicity is from. He’s actually an American from Washington D.C.
Kumail Nanjiani has established himself as a reliable comedian who can throw out some dramatic pauses, like in The Big Sick He does a great job in this movie.
Fans of Guardians of the Galaxy (Theatrical) will get a kick out of seeing Karen Gillan and Dave Bautista together in the beginning without all of that MCU makeup on.
There’s a lot of action. Be prepared for John Wick style, rated-R action with blood and guts. A lot of it features the talented Iko Uwais who was actually National Champion of Silat martial arts in 2005.
I’ve always loved the song Come Sail Away by Styxx, so it was fun to hear it in the movie as a running gag.
I hadn’t seen Mira Sorvino in a while and I like Natalie Morales, so I was good to see both of them in the film.
Lots of humor with quotable one-liners.

THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:

Betty Gilpin’s character is a complete trashy skank that makes girls look overly emotional and dumb. Her character provides some of the urgency and motivation for Stuber, so I get it.
Full of every cop cliche: death of a partner, unlikely partners, mole in the force, frustrated family member, flawed hero, etc.
Some of the scenes in the trailer aren’t even in the movie. I love the line: “It’s a baby gun. It allows you to shoot while crying.” Sadly, that one wasn’t in the film.
The plot wanders around.
Jimmy Tatro plays a real duche-bag who had some of the most vulgar lines in the movie. Despite that, he added a funny side character.

FUNNY LINES:

* “Oh, it’s already started. Electric car, silent, but deadly. Like a fart, but it’s a car.” – Stuber

“Okay, stop just yelling neighborhoods. That’s not how Uber works, Okay?” – Stuber
“Wow. This place is not gentrified at all.” – Stuber
“I think L.A. is full of people following their passion. We need more people to settle. We need more settlers. You know, this country was founded by settlers.” – Stuber
“Like Uber Eats? They have Uber guns? Uber bullets?” – Vic Manning (Dave Bautista)
“You give people Glocks, instead of love.” – Stuber
“Fighting is hard. You gotta have stamina.” – Stuber
“You’re a cop. I’m a civilian. You’re built for justice. I’m built for brunch.” – Stuber

INTERESTING LINES:

* “Yeah, you’re always close to something except for the people who actually need you.” – Nicole (Natalie Morales)