4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
"The Game" Plays The Chaperone, Mar 26 2011
By D.P. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chaperone, The (DVD)
Triple H makes his WWE Studios debut as he plays Ray Bradstone who used to be a wheel-man for a group of bank robbers led by a man named Larue (Kevin Corrigan) but was caught & served a prison sentence where he rehabilitated himself via advice from a radio show & knowledgeable books. He gets released with the goal to leave his past behind him, including refusing to be acknowledged by his past nickname of "Ray Ray", & set things right with his daughter Sally (Ariel Winter) & ex-wife Lynne (Annabeth Gish). After the difficulties of being an ex-con in the real world effected Ray as his family kept telling him that they've moved on while he couldn't find a job & lost everything he had in a fire, he agreed to do another job with his old crew but had a change of heart at the last minute & ditched the crew during the robbery and stowaway on his daughter's class trip to New Orleans. When the Larue & the robbers discover that Ray left them & the police chase them, one of the robbers drop the bag of money next to the school bus Ray is on by accident & it gets loaded on the bus that Ray just happens to be on making Larue think that Ray set them up to take the fall while he gets away with the money. So while Ray uses this trip to try to reconnect with his daughter, he has to deal with so many other issues such as the trip's supervisor Ms. Miller (Yeardley Smith), Larue on his tail, the police also looking for Ray assuming that he was was part of the robbery, and dealing with the kids on this trip from the "spoiled" Paris Hilton type to a "brainiac" to a prankster.
This was WWE Studios second attempt at a family comedy after Knucklehead with the difference here being that this was more humorous with the dialog more than just physical comedy. One of the reviews for the movie stated that this movie is a modern day "Kindergarten Cop" which I have to agree with as it was a good overall family comedy that I enjoyed & would recommend for a viewing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Family FUN!!!!!, April 11 2011
By Tish - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chaperone, The (Blu-Ray) (Blu-ray)
Yeah Ive Seen this movie a couple of times now.. This Is one of the best wwe films ive seen.. Triple H was good in this movie.. Its a cute story about a dad doing wrong and him changing for his kid.. Its Funny Cute Fun and adventure.. Fun for the whole family I reccomend it to anyone.. WWE has made some crappy movies BUT this is Not one of them.. Loved It!!!!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad....for WWE Films, Mar 7 2011
By D. Santos "Author of "The Hopeless Christ... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chaperone, The (DVD)
The movie itself isn't bad, but the acting could have used some work. Paul was always good at memorizing his lines in WWE but wasn't the best at acting them out. I always felt Dustin Rhodes is WWE's best actor, but regardless, he did ok. Ariel Winters did a good job aswell. The start of the film is a tad confusing, because we don't know why he was in jail and how he got there, but that is explained (sort of) in the end.
Is it a family friendly movie? Well, that depends on what family you are showing it too. There is a little bit of violence and lots of guns. Kids with deadly weapon, kids driving a bus.....is it really possible to find the location of someones Iphone? That's not stalkerish at all is it? ha
I would still recommend the film, its worth viewing atleast once.