calvinnme ... but WHY do I feel guilty? Maybe it is because such terrible things go on behind bars - rape, gangs that dish out death based on race, bad food, corrupt guards, etc. and all of that is treated comically in this film. BUT, really nothing that you would expect given the set up of the film actually happens to the degree that it could, and in the end it turns out to have some very clever twists. It is just not all stupidity and it is very non-violent considering what could happen.The setup is that a career non-violent criminal, John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) is constantly getting caught and sent to prison by Judge Nelson Biedermann. But Lyshitski blames all of his incarcerations on the judge, not on his own bad choices, and he spends so much time in prison he knows everybody by name. So John decides to carry out a plan of revenge on the judge, except the judge dies right before he gets out of jail. So John changes his plan to avenge himself on the dead judge's son, Nelson Biedermann IV, by tampering with his inhaler and making him temporarily high. In this state Ned trashes a store and attacks the store owners, all caught on the store security camera. Did I mention that Ned IV is an insufferable preppy jerk? So Ned demands that the Biedermann foundation help get him out, BUT the foundation decides they would like to be rid of this stupid jerk and defend him themselves and throw the case. Ned goes to prison for 3-5 years.Meanwhile, John is not feeling the glee he thought he would at Ned going to prison. After all, he figures, he won't be there to see Ned get what is certainly going to be coming to a soft preppy rich kid with no street smarts. So this time, John gets caught on purpose, gets sent to prison for 3-5 just like Ned, and manages his prison connections so he is Ned's cellmate. At first things go like you think they would, but then a twist of fate for both Ned and John change things in a way that was inconceivable to John when he started this whole thing. From there you will have to watch yourself and find out what happens. If you have a distaste for violence, don't worry, this is not Shawshank Redemption on any possible level.Oh, and kudos to Chi McBride who becomes the unlikely means for Ned to give the foundation that dumped him their comeuppance. This film is probably a 6.5 as a comedy, but I rounded it up to 7 for originality, especially during the last half.

iamlandlooker This movie is so good and so funny. Almost everyone who has been to prison will love this movie, because so many things are so right on. Do not listen to these nutless sacks who say it is clichés. They are the ones who get f*cked when they get sent up. I think everyone should have to do some time to see what the truth is in racial relationships as well as authorities conduct of martial law. There would be no more of this politically correct crap, which is only a twisting of the truth to make good bad and bad good. Evilness legislated as holiness. These are anti-Christ laws. For that matter there would be a lot less politicians. They would string those bastards up and down from pennsylvania avenue to wall street. But in reality you find out that the blacks will murder most of themselves and every other race. The mexicans will murder the next most. Then the asians who like stabbing even on the streets. Finally the civilized white race who just don't seem to have the murderousness of the rest as if they had a different creator. All of the situations are portrayed in just the right way though as to be hysterical. Wonderful writing, directing, and acting. I would give them 10 stars if they would send me some of that hooch.

ctomvelu1 Black comedy pits career criminal Shepard against innocent doofus Arnett, whom Shepard manages to railroad into prison on false charges. Shepard is out to kill Arnett, whose dad, a judge, put Shepard behind bars on several occasions. But like Inspectore Clouseau from "The Pink Panther," Arnett turns out to be harder to kill than Shepoard planned on. Some really funny and very R-rated bits enliven the proceedings, many of them having to do with acid-filled syringes. Arnett and Shepard play their roles with a very dry sense of humor. Chi McBridge is along for the ride as a fellow prisoner in love with Arnett. Not for the faint of heart, children or chicks. And for those who are patient, wait until you get to the very unexpected and delightful ending.

poe426 Chi McBride steals the show in this one, but credit must go, too, to the writers and the director: LET'S GO TO PRISON takes us boldly where no behind-bars bromance has ever taken us before- and does so hilariously. The frank, matter-of-fact acceptance of the hero/victim of his own plight when he is framed speaks volumes; it's almost as if it's a given that all Big Business higher-ups are corrupt (and the only real difference is the small matter of degree). Once behind bars, he takes to his new situation readily enough and it's here that LET'S GO TO PRISON ventures into heretofore uncharted territory. The budding bromance with Chi McBride is fun to watch- and the movie never once backtracks or tries to talk its way out of it: it's an accepted part of life behind bars (though it's seldom mentioned, except in SCARED STRAIGHT situations) (and you thought punks wearing their pants at half-mast do so because they're emulating men behind bars who have no belts...)... LET'S GO TO PRISON never punks out.