In Theaters Wednesday, August 7
***/4
You know you're in for a delightfully off-kilter comedy when Jennifer Aniston — as a small-fry stripper — writhes around a pole in lingerie and a wig within the first five minutes. After putting her clothes back on, she's persuaded (er, bribed) by her pot-dealing neighbor, Jason Sudeikis, to take an RV to Mexico and smuggle weed back to the U.S. His reasoning? If they pose as suburbanites on a road trip, nobody at the border will be suspicious. (Emma Roberts and Will Poulter round out the "family.")
Naturally, there are roadblocks galore on their journey home — but the breezy film stays one mile ahead in terms of plot and punch lines. It helps that Sudeikis has an appealing smarminess about him as he name-drops Dexter and Pretty Woman and Wiki-searches "drug smuggling" on his smartphone.
His snappy, SNL-honed delivery meshes well with Aniston. At age 44, she gives her teen "son" French-kissing lessons, then performs a Flashdance-style dance to stymie drug goons. This is easily some of her best comedic work since Friends. Speaking of which: Stay for the credits! There will be clapping.
