Let's Go to Prison

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Let's Go to Prison

R,

2006,

1h 29m,

Comedy

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13%

40 Reviews

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48%

100,000+ Ratings

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13%

Tomatometer

40 Reviews

48%

Popcornmeter

100,000+ Ratings

Career criminal John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) wants revenge on the now-dead judge who put him away. He gets a prime opportunity when the judge's son (Will Arnett), though innocent of a crime, is convicted and sent to jail. John immediately has himself thrown back in the clink to become Nelson's cellmate and make sure he gets the full prison experience.

Critics Consensus

Let's Go to Prison is guilty on all counts of cliched setups, base humor, and failure to ellicit laughs.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Jul 28, 2009

Shepard's character periodically rattles off damning statistics about America's booming prison industry, but most of the gags are of the don't-drop-the-soap variety.

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

Nov 27, 2006

D

Prison makes its 84-minute running time feel like a five-year sentence with no chance for parole.

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Gregory Kirschling

Entertainment Weekly

Nov 23, 2006

D

It's hard to get laughs out of stuff that devolved into parody 10 or 20 years ago.

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Jane Boursaw

Common Sense Media

Jan 1, 2011

3/5

Punk'd star in adult jail-house comedy.

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Tom Meek

Boston Phoenix

Apr 23, 2009

1.5/4

As a comedy, Bob Odenkirk's penitentiary send-up is bootless.

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Brian Marder

Hollywood.com

Nov 20, 2008

3/5

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Leia G

Feb 7, 2019

Criminally underrated prison comedy -- and doesn't it seem like ALL prison comedies are underrated? Must be something about the politically incorrect nature of most of the jokes that naturally come up in such a scenario. Not to say this film deserves the rank of FRESH, but 12%? Inmate, please!

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Hagrid L

Jul 7, 2017

Great movie, awesome cast, and good for a bunch of laughes

Harry S

Apr 16, 2017

One of the best comedy films I've ever seen.

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Bob Odenkirk

Director

Dax Shepard

John Lyshitski

Will Arnett

Nelson Biederman IV

Chi McBride

Barry

Dylan Baker

Warden

David Koechner

Shanahan

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Synopsis

Career criminal John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) wants revenge on the now-dead judge who put him away. He gets a prime opportunity when the judge's son (Will Arnett), though innocent of a crime, is convicted and sent to jail. John immediately has himself thrown back in the clink to become Nelson's cellmate and make sure he gets the full prison experience.

Director: Bob Odenkirk
Producer: Marc Abraham, Matt Berenson, Paul Young
Screenwriter: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, Michael Patrick Jann
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Strike Entertainment
Rating: R (Language|Drug Material|Sexual Content|Some Violence)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 17, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 15, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.6M
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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