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Wild Hogs, 2007
English
USA
Profile of Wild Hogs
The mood of Wild Hogs is humorous. The plot centers around buddies, themes of mind and soul, and self discovery. It features silly humor. Wild Hogs is a comedy and drama movie. Stylistically, it has a road movie structure. In approach, it is realistic. Wild Hogs takes place, at least partly, in the suburbs and in a small town. The setting is New Mexico. It happens in contemporary times. Wild Hogs is known for being a blockbuster. It is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that it includes mild violent content.
Summary of Wild Hogs
Walter Becker (NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER) directs this tale of four friends who hit the open road. Woody (John Travolta), Doug (Tim Allen), Bobby (Martin Lawrence), and Dudley (William H. Macy) are middle-aged suburbanite buddies stuck in a rut. Doug, a dentist, yearns for respect from his pre-teen son and everyone else in his life. Bobby is a henpecked husband and unhappy plumber. Computer programmer Dudley is a flop with the ladies. And Woody, who seemed to have it all, has just lost everything. Each weekend the foursome takes to the streets of Cincinnati on their motorcycles as the "Wild Hogs." With his world secretly falling apart, Woody hits on an idea: a "Wild Hogs" road trip to the Pacific Coast. Soon, the four are embarking on the adventure of their lives. But when they stumble upon a roadside dive in New Mexico filled with "real" bikers and raise the ire of Jack (Ray Liotta), who is the leader of the Del Fuegos, the Wild Hogs discover that they are in for a greater adventure than they expected, including a showdown in the sleepy New Mexico town of Madrid.
Travolta, Allen, Lawrence, and Macy have fun here, from the verbal barbs to the physical comedy, and Liotta works surprisingly well as a "real" biker who is disgusted and insulted by these weekenders. The perpetually effervescent Marisa Tomei appears as a Madrid local who catches Dudley's eye, and John C. McGinley is an overly enthusiastic highway patrolman repeatedly encountered by the foursome. Watch for an all too brief appearance from EASY RIDER star Peter Fonda, and an amusing segment from Ty Pennington of EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER. Despite the star power in this film, which was shot on location in New Mexico, it's the custom bikes and open road that really shine.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 2 March 2007 |
| Runtime: | 100 min |
Cast and Crew
as Doug Madsen
as Bobby Davis
as Woody Stevens
as Dudley Frank
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Critics Reviews
The Hollywood Reporter
With its clever premise and quartet of appealing comedic star turns, Wild Hogs is a step above the typical comedies rolling off the assembly lines of the major studios.
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- by: Frank Scheck
Variety
Given his writer-producer credits on good-to-great recent sitcoms ("My Name Is Earl," "Arrested Development," "Grounded for Life"), one might expect more situational wit, or at least some snappy patter, from Brian Copeland's first bigscreen script....
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- by: Dennis Harvey
Users Reviews
A lot of people told me that this movie was really funny, but I have to disagree. The movie starts out with a funny premise -- four middle-aged men who need to spice up their lives. There are a few funny moments, but the movie slides down into the...
- 21.January.2010
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- by: Maryanne Matteo
- Maryanne Matteo rated this movie
0/10
This had all the makings of your standard so called comedy that ends with one cheesy finale. I still went ahead and watched it and while the ending was predictable the film was actually funny and enjoyable. Maybe I have very low expectations for...
- 23.March.2009
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- by: prozac pop
- prozac pop rated this movie6/10Okay
