{"id":23124,"date":"2020-07-08T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-quarantine-stream-the-movie-is-hot-rod-and-it-likes-to-party\/"},"modified":"2020-07-08T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T14:00:00","slug":"the-quarantine-stream-the-movie-is-hot-rod-and-it-likes-to-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-quarantine-stream-the-movie-is-hot-rod-and-it-likes-to-party\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Quarantine Stream: The Movie Is \u2018Hot Rod\u2019, And It Likes to Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The Quarantine Stream: The Movie Is \u2018Hot Rod\u2019, And It Likes to Party<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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(Welcome to\u00a0The Quarantine Stream<\/strong>, a new series<\/a> where the \/Film team shares what they\u2019ve been watching while social<\/a> distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Movie<\/strong>: Hot Rod
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Where You Can Stream It<\/strong>: Hulu<\/p>\n

The Pitch<\/strong>: Rod Kimble (Andy Samberg) is a self-proclaimed stuntman who spends his days trying to live up to the legacy of his father, who he believes used to test stunts for Evel Knievel before the famous daredevil made the jumps himself. But he also hopes to prove his manhood to his step-father Frank (Ian McShane) by beating the hell out of him in a fight. Unfortunately, a wrench gets thrown in his plans when Frank becomes deathly ill, leaving Rod with only one option: raise $50,000 to pay for life-saving surgery, all so he can finally defeat Frank.<\/p>\n

Why It\u2019s Essential Viewing<\/strong>: Hot Rod<\/em> was the first movie to come from the crew known as The Lonely Island on Saturday Night Live<\/em>. After becoming famous for their SNL Digital Shorts, Akiva Shaffer, Jorma Taccone, and Andy Samberg made the jump to the big screen with an original comedy. With a script<\/a> from writer Pam Brady (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut<\/em>, Team America: World Police<\/em>), Hot Rod has the feel of a 1980s extreme sports movie mixed with the absurd comedy that people came to love about SNL Digital Shorts, and it does so with a stellar ensemble cast of comedy heavy hitters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Andy Samberg leads the way as the inexplicably overly confident Rod Kimble, Jorma Taccone tags along as his boyish younger brother Kevin, and Danny McBride and Bill Hader tag along as Rico and Dave, helping him plan and promote all his stunts. Then there\u2019s Isla Fisher as the dream girl next door, Will Arnett as his douchebro boyfriend, Sissy Spacek as Rod\u2019s mother, and Ian McShane as Rod\u2019s step-father Frank.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Hot Rod<\/em> got lost in the end of the summer of 2007 by becoming a box office bomb. The movie made just under $14 million in its entire theatrical run in the United States, and overseas it pulled in a paltry $415,000. But it has since become a cult classic, and it\u2019s only grown in popularity thanks to The Lonely Island\u2019s other collaborations on the big screen, which include equally low-grossing box office failures that also became cult favorites: MacGruber<\/em> and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping<\/em>. Both of those movies are considered to be among the best comedies of the last decade, not just by our own staff, but by comedy connoisseurs in general<\/a>. Hot Rod<\/em> is like a Saturday Night Live<\/em> movie without a sketch that preceded it, which is probably why it was so poorly received at first. <\/span><\/p>\n

Seriously, if you haven\u2019t seen Hot Rod<\/em>, just watch this clip and see what you\u2019ve been missing out on:<\/p>\n