hr-boege-546-170392 Review of The Chaperone

The Chaperone (2011)

contains stupidity, but is okay as a family movie or comedy

[4/10 · 3 May 2013]

a friend came over with a copy of this movie, and we watched it together. the story is quite simple, and a little bit cliché. a former criminal gets released from prison, and wants to better his life. of course he got a child, with whom he has a broken relationship. how does this plot work? at first the story seems fine and serious enough, he wants to change and make some choices. but as soon as he gets to involved in a bank robbery, it goes down hill for the story. he gets some changes to be mature and do the right things, like in the beginning, but for some reason he does the stupidest things he can do. i think that it was the writers idea to get the story going, but it just seems so stupid and drain the movie for the seriousness, that made it interesting at the beginning. the ending hit the bottom. first of all, the children steal a bus, without consequences. oh, i guess they dropped the charges because they went after the bad guys? and the way that the police were alarmed (and how quick they arrived), really made me and my friend laugh, because it was so unintentional stupid. but despite all the stupidity, there were also a few good laughs from the comedy in this movie. how was the acting? the acting was, what you can expect from some B actors. not good, but also not that horrible. don't expect to much. what else to say? APPLE! yeah, apple must have been the main sponsor for this movie. its like a long commercial for their products. they not only mention, every single of their products several times, they also show them all the time. everybody has for example an iphone. i guess that they really needed the money from apple to make this movie, but all the product placement just seems ridiculous and cheesy. can i recommend this movie? in a way yes. if you can look beside all the stupidness, and want to watch a movie with your family, you may actually enjoy it. all in all it isn't that horrible as either a family movie or a comedy.