REVIEW - 'This Is The End'

After a week and a half at camp, I decided to go to the movies on my way home.  


'This Is The End' (R) ***

Seth Rogen (who also co-wrote and co-directed) and Jay Baruchel attend a party at James Franco's house that is also being attended by the likes of Craig Robinson, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Rihanna, Mindy Kaling, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jason Segel, Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari, David Krumholtz, Danny McBride and Emma Watson.  And then the apocalypse happens and shenanigans ensue.  That is the entire movie in a nutshell.

It does drag a little bit sometimes when all of the survivors are holed up in James Franco's house, but overall I thought the movie was very funny.  Each of the actors play fictionalized versions of themselves, with plenty of self deprecating humor and insults to go around.  Everyone is in on the joke, and everyone seems to be having a blast.  There are a few cameo appearances that I won't give away here but they are very funny and mostly unexpected (kinda like Ryan Reynolds popping up in 'Ted' and Bill Murray popping up in 'Zombieland' - both great cameos and great comedies if you haven't seen those).

Whether you'll like this movie or not largely depends on what you think of the actors.  If you like this group of actors and think that they're hilarious, you'll like this movie.  If you don't like this group of actors and don't find pot jokes all that funny, then this definitely won't convert you.  Humor is subjective after all.  I usually find this group of actor's movies funny and this did not disappoint. 

Well, this was a short review.