Synopsis
Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
Votre Filmothèque
Cast
- Luke WilsonWendell Baker
- Eva MendesDoreen
- Jacob VargasReyes Morales
- Owen WilsonNeil King
- Harry Dean StantonSkip Summers
- Kris KristoffersonL.R. Nasher
- Seymour CasselBoyd Fullbright
- Eddie GriffinMcTeague
- Will FerrellDave
- Angela AlvaradoIrma
Recommandations
- 70
Variety
A loose-knit, character-driven comedy that percolates with good-vibe amusement, often earning industrial-strength guffaws with sneaky one-liners and tossed-off non-sequiturs. - 63
USA Today
Directing seems to suit Luke, who also does some of his best work to date on screen. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
In large part the film succeeds, feeling like a good-natured throwback. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
If you want proof that Will Ferrell is the most riotously funny straight man since Jack Benny, observe the way his utter sincerity (in the Ralph Bellamy role, as Wendell’s rival for Eva Mendes) lifts this two-ton piece of whimsy into the stratosphere. - 50
Village Voice
A sweet, dumb pup of a movie, not unlike its eponymous hero, The Wendell Baker Story frisks along sniffing the sidewalk. - 50
The New York Times
The appeal of The Wendell Baker Story depends on how charming you find the Wilson brothers, with their chipmunk grins and hip smart-aleck attitude. For my taste, a little goes a long way. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
Feels like an attempt to rebottle the postmodern fizz of Wes Anderson's "Bottle Rocket." I wish instead they'd put a stopper in it. - 40
L.A. Weekly
For a movie aiming to play like some 1970s throwback, both in sound and spirit, the most depressing thing about The Wendell Baker Story is how messy and impersonal it feels.
