Reno 911!: Miami (2007)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Robert Ben Garant

Writers (WGA):

Robert Ben Garant (written by) &
Thomas Lennon (written by) ...

Release Date:

23 February 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

This Febuary, get ready for action that is so raw and unpredictable, it could only fit on the big screen.

Plot:

A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. Based on the Comedy Central series. |

Plot Keywords:

Police | Spring Break | Beach | Scene During End Credits | Police Officer

Cast

Lennie Loftin	...	Chief of Police
Danny DeVito	...	District Attorney
Robert Ben Garant	...	Deputy Travis Junior
Niecy Nash	...	Deputy Raineesha Williams
Mary Birdsong	...	Deputy Cherisha Kimball
Kerri Kenney	...	Deputy Trudy Wiegel (as Kerry Kenney-Silver)
Wendi McLendon-Covey	...	Deputy Clementine Johnson
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Deputy James Garcia
Cedric Yarbrough	...	Deputy S. Jones
Thomas Lennon	...	Lieutenant Jim Dangle
Alejandra Gutierrez	...	Miss Acapulco
Brandon Molale	...	Kevlar Guy
Kathryn Fiore	...	Cheyenne the Helicopter Model
David Koechner	...	Sheriff of Aspen
Dave Holmes	...	Persnickety Desk Worker

Also Known As:

Reno 911!: Miami: The Movie (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, nudity, crude humor, language and drug use.

Runtime:

USA:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:M | Netherlands:12 | Australia:MA | Norway:15 (TV rating) | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Goofs:

Continuity: During the first night at the International Inn, Dep. Wiegle shows Lt Dangle her sunburn, patterned around a bathing suit and a bra. The next day she appears on the beach with Dep. Johnson wearing the bathing suit/bra combination, but without the burn. It would appear these two scenes were originally shot to appear in reverse order.

Quotes:

Deputy Clementine Johnson: You need to go to the store and get me some cranberry juice cuz it's gonna be one of those days!
Lieutenant Jim Dangle: Uh oh, yeast infection time!

Movie Connections:

Features "Cops" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Cal EX

Funnier than I expected

I actually enjoy the show and was very unsure about how it could be translated into a movie, so my expectations were not terribly high initially. Then I read one of the reviews on here that said that the movie was much less funny than the show, and overall rather disappointing. After that, my expectations were even lower, so I was pretty much expecting a dud when I went in.

I see what people were saying about it being strange that they tried to shove a plot into what should essentially be series of skits, but contrary to the reviews I've read, I thought it worked just fine. If anything, the cliché terror-attack plot paired with the cliché drug-lord plot were just meant to be a throwaway satire of the kinds of awful plots some franchises have to create in order to be translated into a feature film format ("over-the-top" action "worthy" of the big screen). If anything it just provided for some completely ridiculous scenarios that this viewer found quite entertaining.

As far as the cameos, yeah, they remove you from what shred of "reality" was left in this reality TV parody, but I felt like they worked. For one thing, minus the Rock and Danny DeVito, most of the cameos were not necessarily people everyone is going to recognize. Half the theater was asking "who's that?" when members of Stella showed up, or when someone from Upright Citizen's Brigade was on the screen. But for people who've loved the work of these semi-famous comedians over the years, their presence was a bonus. Not to mention it made the film into an effort by the whole Comedy Central family, which was kind of endearing.

Anyway, going in with low expectations and trying not to take it seriously (it is a comedy, after all), you should have a good time viewing this.