Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Moderate
- vulgar
- irreverent
- sardonic
- late night comedy
- cult movie night
What critics said
Critics generally found the film's crude premise and occasional offhand jokes outweighed by an inconsistent supply of laughs.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film mines incarceration, sexual threat, bodily humor, and criminal behavior for deliberately abrasive comedy.
John deliberately gets arrested and convicted so he can enter prison as Nelson's cellmate and sabotage his life.
John treats Nelson's incarceration and suffering as something to arrange, observe, and intensify from inside the prison system.
Privileged Nelson is forced to navigate prison life while John exploits the gap between Nelson's sheltered background and inmate society.
Films like Let's Go to Prison, and why
Big Stan
shares crude prison comedy, criminal misadventure, and an abrasive revenge premise
Life
shares vulgar ensemble comedy, criminal subculture, and exaggerated incarceration humor
The Longest Yard
shares darkly comic revenge, prison setting, and morally outrageous protagonists
Movie Details
- Director
- Bob Odenkirk
- Release Date
- 2006-11-17
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (377)
Cast
- Dax Shepard
- Will Arnett
- Chi McBride
- David Koechner
- Dylan Baker
- Michael Shannon
- Miguel Nino
- Jay Whittaker
- Amy Hill
- David Darlow
Common questions
- What is Let's Go to Prison about?
- A lifelong inmate engineers his own return to prison so he can torment the privileged judge’s son from inside.
- What is Let's Go to Prison like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Let's Go to Prison as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Let's Go to Prison violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Let's Go to Prison as moderate.
- What did critics think of Let's Go to Prison?
- Critics generally found the film's crude premise and occasional offhand jokes outweighed by an inconsistent supply of laughs.
- Which films are like Let's Go to Prison?
- Films with a similar feel include Big Stan, Life, and The Longest Yard.
- How long is Let's Go to Prison?
- Let's Go to Prison runs 89 minutes.
