5 Stars. No, not really.
Stuber follows a cop played by Dave Bautista whose big moment in his pursuit of a big time drug dealer coincides with a recent eye surgery so he commandeers uber driver Kumail Nanjiani.
And Nanjiani is a genuinely funny comedic actor. He's great in Silicon Valley, The Big Sick, without him Men in Black International wouldn't even be able to claim its a comedy.
his nerdy-beta male charisma is often enough to get some laughs here, his reactions are without question funnier than most of what he's given to do.
The movie is going for an old fashioned 48 Hours kind of thing with Bautista playing the weathered cop and Nanjiani the motor mouth who gets under his skin.
Bautista plays Nick Nolte very well- he captures the dogged determination, the groggy delivery, the poor personal connections well.
He's the kind of guy who has a chip on his shoulder from losing multiple partners.
Nanjiani is the kind of guy who not only won't shut up but also he's consistently friend zoned by a best friend.
A lot of this is well worn and the actual plot is a real drag but it actually finds more random laughs than I expected- a scene where Nanjiani gets life coaching from a male stripper for one and a talk/fight between he and Bautista that's one of the funnier things i've seen this year.
Funniest is how Bautista said he would never do a Fast and Furious movie yet everything here from the car chases, shootouts, fights is sort of the same thing yet most of these things always look much smarter in FF movies.
But thanks to the two stars and a fast pace Stuber is more amusing than it has any right to be.
Stuber follows a cop played by Dave Bautista whose big moment in his pursuit of a big time drug dealer coincides with a recent eye surgery so he commandeers uber driver Kumail Nanjiani.
And Nanjiani is a genuinely funny comedic actor. He's great in Silicon Valley, The Big Sick, without him Men in Black International wouldn't even be able to claim its a comedy.
his nerdy-beta male charisma is often enough to get some laughs here, his reactions are without question funnier than most of what he's given to do.
The movie is going for an old fashioned 48 Hours kind of thing with Bautista playing the weathered cop and Nanjiani the motor mouth who gets under his skin.
Bautista plays Nick Nolte very well- he captures the dogged determination, the groggy delivery, the poor personal connections well.
He's the kind of guy who has a chip on his shoulder from losing multiple partners.
Nanjiani is the kind of guy who not only won't shut up but also he's consistently friend zoned by a best friend.
A lot of this is well worn and the actual plot is a real drag but it actually finds more random laughs than I expected- a scene where Nanjiani gets life coaching from a male stripper for one and a talk/fight between he and Bautista that's one of the funnier things i've seen this year.
Funniest is how Bautista said he would never do a Fast and Furious movie yet everything here from the car chases, shootouts, fights is sort of the same thing yet most of these things always look much smarter in FF movies.
But thanks to the two stars and a fast pace Stuber is more amusing than it has any right to be.