Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

calvinnme ... but WHY do I feel guilty? Maybe it is because such terrible things go on behind bars - rape, gangs that dish out death based on race, bad food, corrupt guards, etc. and all of that is treated comically in this film. BUT, really nothing that you would expect given the set up of the film actually happens to the degree that it could, and in the end it turns out to have some very clever twists. It is just not all stupidity and it is very non-violent considering what could happen.The setup is that a career non-violent criminal, John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) is constantly getting caught and sent to prison by Judge Nelson Biedermann. But Lyshitski blames all of his incarcerations on the judge, not on his own bad choices, and he spends so much time in prison he knows everybody by name. So John decides to carry out a plan of revenge on the judge, except the judge dies right before he gets out of jail. So John changes his plan to avenge himself on the dead judge's son, Nelson Biedermann IV, by tampering with his inhaler and making him temporarily high. In this state Ned trashes a store and attacks the store owners, all caught on the store security camera. Did I mention that Ned IV is an insufferable preppy jerk? So Ned demands that the Biedermann foundation help get him out, BUT the foundation decides they would like to be rid of this stupid jerk and defend him themselves and throw the case. Ned goes to prison for 3-5 years.Meanwhile, John is not feeling the glee he thought he would at Ned going to prison. After all, he figures, he won't be there to see Ned get what is certainly going to be coming to a soft preppy rich kid with no street smarts. So this time, John gets caught on purpose, gets sent to prison for 3-5 just like Ned, and manages his prison connections so he is Ned's cellmate. At first things go like you think they would, but then a twist of fate for both Ned and John change things in a way that was inconceivable to John when he started this whole thing. From there you will have to watch yourself and find out what happens. If you have a distaste for violence, don't worry, this is not Shawshank Redemption on any possible level.Oh, and kudos to Chi McBride who becomes the unlikely means for Ned to give the foundation that dumped him their comeuppance. This film is probably a 6.5 as a comedy, but I rounded it up to 7 for originality, especially during the last half.

gumbinerc Would love to see any of the critics who panned this film do better with a budget of $4 million. Hilarious script, fantastic acting and strong direction. One of the funniest comedies you haven't seen. This is in fact the funniest prison comedy since "I Love You Phillip Morris". Funnier than Stallone's "Lock Up", although I'm not sure that one was supposed to be a comedy.

mistoppi I chose to watch this movie because of three different factors. First, Will Arnett is in it. Second, it's directed by Bob Odenkirk, while I know practically nothing about his directing, his name still made me interested. But the third and final reason that made me watch Let's Go To Prison was that it seemed extremely stupid. It's always refreshing to watch stupid comedies.But was this comedy stupid? To be honest, it could've been stupider. The plot was actually pretty sly. The writing amazed me, not because it was that brilliant, but mostly because I was expecting something so much worse. It actually was pretty fun to listen to the dialogue, and it sometimes was even clever. Also certain plot twists were no easy to predict, and the movie was so much fun. I felt ashamed of how many inappropriate things felt funny in this film.Also this movie has the perfect ending. There's clever twist and then the last setting feels idyllic.The story was told in an interesting way. First-person narrative is always pretty interesting in a movie, especially when the movie is based on a book. You can't use all the narrative used in the novel, so what do you pick? The writers of this movie sure knew how to pick the exact right lines and nothing more, nothing less. Also there were a lot of fun effects used, mostly the cinematography: zooming, angles and such.Let's Go to Prison feels weirdly fresh. The idea feels used, but the movie itself feels different from the typical movies of this genre. It was a lot different from what I expected, a lot funnier and a lot cleverer. I think I actually liked this movie.

callanvass Let's Go to Prison is another underrated comedy effort from Will Arnett. I don't remember a whole lot of details about this film, so I'll do my best to give you all a satisfactory review. What I admired about Let's Go to prison was it strives to be unique. A prison is a very depressing place, very hard to laugh at, but the whole cast was game, and therefore made for some very entertaining sequences. Chi Mcbride's role as the gay loving inmate, often had me in stitches. What's so ironic about it, is that there are a lot of gay's in prison, and the results are usually horrifying, yet here they are making it all seem comical!. It was a very risky concept, but the cast, the writing, and the whole silliness of it all, ends up making it worth the risk.Performances. Will Arnett and Dax Sheppard are both very good together, and prove excellent chemistry with one another. Chi McBride is an absolute hoot as the gay inmate. He stole many of the scenes, with his disgusting yet howler of a part.Bottom line. Let's Go to Prison is a fun watch, it really is. It shed a whole different light on me for Prison's, and took away some of the terror from it. I'll always be afraid to go to prison, but not this one. This is one i'll revisit one day, and you should too!.6 1/2 10