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ComedyYear2024Duration1h 25mIMDb6.0

Self Reliance

ComedyThriller

Given the opportunity to participate in a life or death reality game show, one man discovers there's a lot to live for.

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Cast

Jake Johnson

Tommy

Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg

Bjorn Johnson

Magnus

John Hans Tester

Anders

Mary Holland

Amy

Emily Hampshire

Mary

Daryl J. Johnson

Malcolm

Nancy Lenehan

Laurie

Jeff Kober

Cowboy

Biff Wiff

James

Biff Wiff

Walter

Eric Edelstein

Roy

Ely Henry

Person in Line

Anna Kendrick

Maddy

Boban Marjanovic

7 Foot Man

Miriam Flynn

Becky Ann

Natalie Morales

Theresa

Juan Carlos Jiménez

Singer

Eduardo Franco

P.A. Ninja

Comments

10 Comments

🇲🇦abir ML mounika 👰🇲🇦Dec 24, 2024

A thriller comedy with zero thrills and like two silly moments that barely warrant a smile let alone a laugh. What an absolute waste of time. A solid 90 percent of this movie is watching two people sit around while trying to pass the time. The dialogue is flat and abysmal with obvious misses at humor laden throughout. This movie relies entirely on the familiar faces of its cast without providing any reasons within its own runtime to care about any of the characters. However appealing the summary and concept intially sound, DO NOT WASTE TIME WATCHING IT. Beyond the intial exposition dump at the start of the movie it hardly does anything with its own plot. I've watched some bad movies in my time but this is the only one that was so mind numbingly dull that I made an imbd account to write a review for it. Just go take a nap instead, you'll be falling asleep trying to watch this garbage anyway. I wish I could give it negative stars.

Lauriane Odian KadioJul 21, 2024

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Franzy BettynaJan 23, 2024

I enjoyed watching this movie. The premise of the main plot was very intriguing and I enjoyed watching it develop. The cast was exceptional and conveyed their emotions in a very real way. Jake Johnson - the protagonist and creator of the film - is hilarious and obviously Andy Samberg is as well. Anna Kendrick, unsurprisingly, played her character practically flawlessly. The same is true for basically all of the other actors involved. My main critique concerns the structure of the movie. I feel the movie was cut a bit too short. The introduction could have been stretched out a bit more and the ending could have been more thoroughly explored. I liked how the reality of the situation was left a bit open to interpretation, but it did result in an uneasy and perhaps unsettling ending, in my opinion. I think I - like other viewers possibly - was expecting some sort of "plot twist" or major reveal. It felt a bit empty without a significant climax moment. Overall, I enjoyed the movie. I laughed and found myself at the end of my seat throughout the entirety of the film. It was mainly the ending that left me feeling as if something was missing. I recommend this movie to anyone who might enjoy a mild thriller with comedic aspects. It was a nice watch, just a bit odd. Decently thought-provoking as well, which I appreciated.

DMON 👑Jan 23, 2024

It's a cool movie if you don't have anything else to watch. I liked it. It's sort of funny, and it makes you a bit anxious. The game could've been a bit more challenging though. (***MINOR SPOILER***) The movie could have been more of a thriller if the game was challenging and Tommy's life was constantly in danger. If paying a homeless guy to be with you all the time saves you from being killed, I don't see the thrill of it. I read a comment saying it's not as funny, and I have to agree. You'll see people acting goofy every now and then and a bit of humor in some scenes, but just as it could be more thrilling, it could also be more comedic.

Marvin TfreshJan 21, 2024

Why surprising? Well, I have seen some of Johnson work before and whilst I find him a talented comic actor, I also find that most of his movies have a good central idea, like this one, but then drift away as time goes on. This one, kind of does that that, but it builds up so much good will, in the viewer, during its runtime that it really doesn't really matter. There are many smart cameos from Andy Samberg and Christopher Lloyd and Anna Kendrick. The best thing about this is the central idea which reminded me a little of It Follows, the horror movie from a few years ago, this is like a comedy version of that. Well worth a watch.

fionaJan 19, 2024

I had some trepidations about this movie, but the premise of this quirky story made me curious AND I like the actor Jake Johnson, so my hopes were high, BUT... The bad: the story ended up being completely silly and void of ANY originality. Just lame. Not credible. Let alone be anything near suspenseful or mysterious. Well perhaps the acting was any good? NOPE. The jokes? NOPE. Let me think if there is anything left that might be positive to say. I am sorry, I am lost for words... I love Jake Johnson as the actor, but he directed (debut) AND wrote AND produced this movie, while he had no earlier experience in directing at all and he basically made a uneventful tedious flop.

user9769456390383Jan 18, 2024

I loooooooove this movie. Jake Johnson is awesome., I always think he remind me of Mark Ruffalo. This movie has such an interesting premise. I love it the majority of the scenes cracked me up. Especially the ones with the scenes between Jake and his family. I Also love the interaction between Jake amd Anna Kendrick. They are so cute and they seem to have some chemistry in the movie. I think it's super cool Jake Johnson I read Starred in the movies wrote it and directed it. When I first saw the trailers I recently didn't seem that interested. But I said heck why not I decided to see then I did loved it. Would highly recommend it to anyone it's pretty funny and Interesting. Also enjoyed Andy sambergs cameo.

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