Could this be the start of a new genre – the rideshare action comedy? Who knows, but I wouldn’t be surprised. “Stuber” comes from Canadian filmmaker Michael Dowse and sees Dave Bautista as a hard-boiled LAPD detective teaming up Kumail Nanjiani who play a soft-spoken Uber driver. Not a buddy movie pairing you see every day.
The trailer packs several good laughs. First the concept – a detective who will do anything to get his man, an Uber driver who will do anything for a 5 star rating. There’s potential there. The comic chemistry between Bautista and Nanjiani also looks promising. It looks relentlessly loud and violent, but the comic bits we see are pretty effective.
“Stuber” hits theaters July 12th. Check out the trailer below and let me know if you’ll be seeing it or giving it a pass.
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Looks a good match. Nanjiani was fab in The Big Sick.
Definitely some potential there. I gotta admit, that trailer has some pretty good laughs.
Okay. I laughed. That’s hard for me. Looks like the right kind of summer fun. Let’s hope all the jokes weren’t in the trailer. 😉
Me too!!! And I had the exact same thought – are the few funny jokes all in the trailer? Fingers crossed.
Not a big comedy fan, but I like Bautista, he’s doing well these days.
He’s carved out a career I never expected him to have. I like comedies but I have a hard time enjoying most that come out these days.
Never been a fan of comedies, though like the funny bits in Avengers etc.
This looks like fun. Two mismatched guys trying to fight crime.
Yep. Like an off-beat buddy comedy of sorts.