LouHomey
From my favorite movies..
Humbersi
The first must-see film of the year.
Geraldine
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
The Couchpotatoes
I like both J.K. Simmons and Emile Hirsch but that wasn't enough to make it a good movie. J.K. Simmons shouldn't be in a comedy, he just has not the face for it. The script was not well written, a quite boring story. Two guys going from one point to another trying to find their daughter/ex-girlfriend. The comedy factor was almost nihil to me. I guess I don't have the same sense of humor as other reviewers that thought it was hilarious. There is the odd joke every now and then but certainly not any that you will remember in the future. The positive thing about the movie is that it is not too long, so at least you don't feel like you wasted a lot of time. But if I knew what I know now I would just watch something else.
Rachel
I love dumb comedies that sometimes don't have the best storyline or acting but still make you laugh. This was not one of them! The storyline makes no sense, and it tries to be too many things in one film...funny, quirky, random high guy, bro-mance, father-daughter sentimental relationship, dad finding himself.... blah blah. Waste of time to watch..
Kapten Video
A workaholic father (J.K. Simmons) discovers that his daugther has disappeared, is forced to team up with her awkward ex (Emile Hirsch) to find her over the course of one colorful night. This is probably the highest score you will see in any review for the new comedy „All Nighter" because it's not special or anything… but I liked it. It's basically just another genre movie for those who just can't get enough of „Hangover" type of „one crazy night" comedies, last seen as „Office Christmas Party" if memory serves me right. Compared to many usual raunchy comedies, there's no large colorful cast with famous faces cameo-ing at unexpected places. It's mostly two leading men driving around, meeting a bunch of comic relief characters ready to out-embarrass themselves and each other. But the reliefs are mostly hits rather than misses (Jon Daly, Taran Killam, the-ever reliable Kristen Schaal from „Flight of the Conchords"). Also, Simmons and Hirsch men are good carrying out the buddy comedy part with their strict and authoritative older man / lost younger stoner type schticks. Simmons is at the center of the movie, and deservedly so, because he's offering his usual gold grade-A standard work, managing to wring the most out of even character so shallow and one-note as this must have been on paper. He can bring funny, he can bring heartfelt, he can bring cool… every nuance of his performance is just joy to witness. Love him! Think of it as kind of his one man show, if you need another reason to watch it. Yes, it's all been done to death before and the screenplay is actually mediocre. But the result carries itself well enough, comic timing seems spot on across the board, and it ends soon enough, in 86 minutes. I liked the characters, I liked the performers, I was amused and had a couple of good laughs – I would not say this about every „one crazy night" comedy I've seen.
Gordon-11
This film tells the story of a young musician, who is asked by his ex-girlfriend's father to search for the ex-girlfriend. The search turns out to be less than successful, but highly uneventful, as every lead turns out to be cold.The story of "All Nighter" is quite funny. On hilarious situation is followed by another, and the jokes just don't stop. The argument between Gary and his wife is funny, though Gary turned out to be a little annoying towards the end. JK Simmons has a magnetic presence about him, his mysterious career adds to this charm. I could not recognise Emile Hirsch, and I did wonder what he has been up to since his breakthrough in "Into the Wild". He has not been in any big films, which is a pity. I enjoyed this film, and thought it was good fun.
