30 Minutes or Less

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  • Opened August 12, 2011 
  • 1 hr 23 min
  • R | Crude and sexual content, pervasive language, nudit and some violence
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says not for kids. More on child suitability

  • Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) is a pizza deliverer who lives a fairly ordinary, boring life -- until he crosses paths with two aspiring criminal masterminds (Danny McBride, Nick Swardson), who kidnap him, strap a bomb to his chest and force him to rob a bank for them. Nick doesn't get much time to pull off the difficult task, so he enlists the aid of Chet (Aziz Ansari), his estranged pal. As time ticks away, Nick and Chet face many obstacles, not the least of which is their volatile relationship. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Nick Swardson, Dilshad Vadsaria, Michael Peña
  • Director: Ruben Fleischer
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy

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The jacket exploded, but the movie bombed.

by rockydoggies

I wanted to laugh and enjoy this movie, but it had a bad mixture of some dark comedy from Danny McBride's character. Aziz Ansari was hilarious. Dark comedy, like Observe and Report or The Cable Guy,...

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by lldot

great show funny a big A+ for this one . great intening,...

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Disgusting!

by suzie7610

My husband and I lasted 15 minutes then left. There was only one other person in the theatre besides us. It was nothing but foul language, nudity, disgusting scenes. The only language Danny McBride...

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

There's nothing nice about 30 Minutes or Less. It's got no redeeming social value. It just ticks away, exploding all notions of where you think it's going to go. It blew me sideways. Read full review

65
Movieline
| Stephanie Zacharek

For every line or gag that works, there are three or four more that seem to belong in a different movie altogether, either a darker one or a breezier one. Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

Fleischer isn't much on details. It's all about the zigzagging rush of the ride. Fair trade. Read full review

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New York Daily News
| Elizabeth Weitzman

A darkly comic underachiever that manages to charm almost in spite of itself, Ruben Fleischer's 30 Minutes or Less is probably best watched as it was made: without much evident effort. In other words, wait until it hits DVD, order a pizza and Netflix it. Read full review

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Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari in "30 Minutes or Less."