Develiker terrible... so disappointed.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

mistoppi I'm starting to really like Jesse Eisenberg as an actor. Yeah, he isn't that great, but the movies are great and the characters he plays are fun. I also like Aziz Ansari, mostly because I like his stand up and I like his show Master of None on Netflix. Those two were the main reasons I was interested in this movie - them and the plot seemed interesting.Of course after reading about it online, the story of the movie seems more and more wrong. I don't know how many of my readers are aware of the death of Brian Douglas Wells. I only learned about this now, mostly because I was seven at the time it happened and wasn't exactly following news. I'm not sure if I've quickly read through something about the case, but I wasn't really that aware of it. And even if the makers of the movie claim the case of Brian Douglas Wells hadn't inspired the movie, it does feel pretty bizarre how similar the situations are, and how they kind of made that situation into a comedy. But before I learned about that I actually did enjoy the movie. It is thrilling and funny. Best part of the movie is the dialogue. It's the best kind of dialogue in an action comedy. It's weirdly casual and natural yet it suits the unusual situation. However the plot does have so unfortunately typical plot points we'd all rather just let die. They are easy to predict and frustrating and frankly they are getting old.I enjoyed this movie. It's okay for an action comedy - action comedies don't need to be good, they just need to be entertaining, and 30 Minutes or Less definitely is. The key note is: it could've been better. Everything about this movie could've been way better, but either the filmmakers didn't think that, or they were satisfied with the decent movie they made.

Python Hyena 30 Minutes Or Less (2011): Dir: Ruben Fleischer / Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson, Fred Ward: The title represents the fact that the character Jesse Eisenberg portrays works at a pizza parlour. Other than that it symbolizes nothing. In order to afford a hit-man to shoot his father so to reap profits from the will, two morons strap a bomb to Eisenberg forcing him to rob a bank and bring them the cash. The chief problem with this film is how nobody uses their brain. Does Eisenberg have to carry this out or are there countless opportunities to expose it? Would a logical best friend go along with the robbery or would he find any number of solutions that viewers will likely come up with? The film is directed by Ruben Fleischer whose Zombieland is far more ambitious but he manages a few well done action scenes here. The film has good casting but tremendously bad payoff. Why Eisenberg went from The Social Network to this is a reduction at best. Ansari plays his best friend who is a school teacher, and he isn't pleased that Eisenberg banged his sister. The payoff is that their scheme ultimately fails. Danny McBride and Nick Swardson as the criminals are equally stupid but their payoff is delivered in failure as well. The fact that the scheme fails renders this unpredictable in its one effective plot point. Fred Ward is also a waste as their abrasive father who will not go down as father of the year. This is definitely no Zombieland but it is a well made comedy that pointlessly goes absent minded in terms of logic long before it hits the 30 minute mark. Score: 4 / 10

FilmBuff1994 30 Minutes or Less is a good movie with a well written storyline and a great comedic cast.The script is nothing outstanding and there were certainly no parts that had me laughing out loud,but the movie definitely benefited from a good cast that seemed to get on very well together.Jesse Eisenberg did a good job,he's a great actor and really managed to work his way around a mediocre script,the scenes between him and Aziz Ansari are definitely the movies highlights,but I did expect more from him and Ruben Fleischer since it was their first film together since the hilarious Zombieland.Its certainly not a comedy I would highly recommend,but 30 Minutes or Less is a short (running for under 90 minutes) and has many funny moments that definitely make it worth a watch if you ever see it on television and have some time to kill. A pizza boy finds himself swept up in a heist when he is kidnapped and blackmailed in to robbing a bank.Best Performance: Jesse Eisenberg Worst Performance: Nick Swardson

jfgibson73 I watched this movie because I wanted to check if I just automatically like anything Danny McBride does. Turns out he plays it kind of straightforward in this one. He doesn't say all the crazy stuff he usually throws out there. Same for the movie: it looks like it's going to be totally nuts, but takes things surprisingly serious for a lot of the time. Turned out to be enjoyable enough to pass the time, nothing in the writing or performances that bothered me. Even Nick Seward was tolerable. But I don't expect to watch it again. I do hope Dilshad Vadsaria gets some more roles out of this, because she looked amazing. I'll still watch anything with Danny, but as far as the writer, director, and all the other performers...meh.