SNL's next most-likely-to-succeed, Andy Samberg, makes a peculiar love-it or hate-it grab for the big-screen brass ring as Rod Kimble, a misfit who dreams of making his late stuntman father proud by becoming a stunt performer himself.
According to family legend, Rod's father was once Evel Knievel's assistant and tested the Great One's bikes by performing all the stunts himself, off-camera and away from any cheering crowd. It was while executing one such stunt that he was killed while Rod was just a baby. Now an adult but still living at home with his mother (Sissy Spacek), half-brother, Kevin (Jorma Taccone) and wickedly abusive stepfather, Frank (
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
88 mins