Movie Review

Let's Go To Prison (2006)

Reviewed by Gregory Kirschling | Nov 22, 2006

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Details Release Date: Nov 17, 2006; Rated: R; Length: 84 Minutes; Genre: Comedy; With: Will Arnett and Dax Shepard

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Image credit: Let's Go to Prison: Chuck Hode

JAILHOUSE CROCK Arnett (left) and Chi McBride do their time in Prison

A jailhouse comedy is not going to be funny if it doesn't work past all the mossy chestnuts regarding lockup: the bad food, surly guards, shanks, skinheads, rapes, showers, license plates. It's hard to get laughs out of stuff that devolved into parody 10 or 20 years ago, which helps explain why Let's Go to Prison is nearly laughless. Arrested Development's Will Arnett plays a rich prig unfairly incarcerated. You're eager to see him sprung, not because he wins you over with charm or gumption, but because when he gets out, so do you.

Originally posted Nov 21, 2006 Published in issue #909 Dec 01, 2006 Order article reprints

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