Amy Hill, Chi McBride, David Koechner

Felon John Lyshitski has figured out the best way to get revenge on the now-dead judge who sent him to jail: watch the official's obnoxious son, Nelson Biederman IV, survive the clink. John strikes go...( read more  read more... )ld when Nelson is wrongly convicted of a crime and sent to the pen he used to call home. He gleefully gets sent back to become Nelson's cellmate and to ensure that his new buddy gets the "full treatment." Let the games begin. Lesson #1: the joint's a scary place, so you better make friends fast. Right away, Nelson offends the wrong cons and is sold--by John--to Barry for prison snuggling. But, just as revenge starts tasting sweet, Nelson becomes Big Man in the Big House and turns the tables on John--changing the rules of his insane game.

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R, 1 hr. 24 min.

Directed by: Bob Odenkirk

Release Date: November 17, 2006

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DVD Release Date: March 6, 2007

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  • June 29, 2008
    "... quilty. - You mean guilty?"

    Watch two annoying men, whom you've got no interest of, hang out in prison and swindle (that's a cool word) their way out of prison.

    I'll admit, there's some funny scenes but they're more of a reminder of something funny I've seen earlier in oth...( read more)er movies.
  • March 29, 2008
    Well I love Dax Shepeard and Chi McBride...they've done some really good stuff...but it wasn't as funny as I hoped it would be. Man this had a lot of potentional...but it was just slow. 1 1/2 hours of wasted time when I could've watch something actually funny.
  • January 14, 2008
    Surprisingly decent. Quirky enough to keep you watching.
  • October 7, 2007
    Was I expecting Shawshank, In The Name Of The Father or Animal Factory from this film? Of course not just hoping it was funny. It has moments thanks to Will I need a better agent Arnett but those laughs are not much and there's no reason why I should forgive the filmmaker for how...( read more) dull this was.
  • October 7, 2007
    John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard) is a young guy who's spent most of his life in prison, blaming the judge who continuously sent him them, he hatches his plan for revenge. But he dies three days before he gets free of prison, so John decides to go after the judge's son, Nelson (Will A...( read more)rnet of brilliant "Arrested Development" fame) John's plan is to frame Nelson, get him sent to jail, and then get himself sent to the same jail to bunk with him, which he accomplishes. But things don't always go as planned afterwords though. Not that's it's the most marketable picture. It's not light enough to be a straight forward comedy, though it's not that dark. Darker than most comedies, but compared to Very Bad Things, it's nothing. Although the tone is never quite perfect, the film is nonetheless hilarious throughout most of its insanely brief running time. Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Chi McBride, Bob Odenkirk, and David Koechner are all very funny in their roles and appear to be having a good time with their parts. Odenkirk, obviously working with a low-budget and limited resources, directs admirably even when it is obvious even wasn't given complete creative freedom. movie was also cute in a sense, with a happy sappy yet also depraved ending. I don't know what else to say about this movie except to just give it a go, I seriously don't know who wouldn't find this movie funny. It's just plain silly.
  • November 16, 2009
    haha, pretty good stuff
  • October 26, 2009
    So dumb but so funny
  • October 23, 2009
    The trailers were funnier then the actual movie
  • September 5, 2009
    "Welcome to the slammer"
  • August 15, 2009
    Dax Sheppard and Will Arnett playing opposite one another and Bob Odenkirk directing. How could you go wrong? Not sure, but they f-ed this up big time.

Critic Reviews


November 20, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The writers of this movie should be sentenced to a comedy chain gang peeling bananas and making cream pies. full review

November 20, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

There's an interestingly ugly social comedy to be made about jail, but Let's Go to Prison isn't it. full review

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Comments


  • louisnfatman
    March 31, 2007
    we rented this the other night it is very funny.
  • Crazydangerous
    March 24, 2007
    This movie was funny in some parts, and it's ok to see it i guess, but it's nothing special. But I rate it 4/5 coz still it was worth watching it.
  • LG1412
    December 8, 2006
    Looks like alot of anime fans like it. Must be my kind of movie..
  • Luffi
    November 16, 2006
    I want to see this movie. Watching the ad, nothing looks good (or bad) about it. But the plot is just golden! I didnt watch arrested development, but these kind of movies CANNOT be missed!!!! :O (Four exlcamation marks! That's gotta be good!)
  • barkley43
    November 16, 2006
    dude this gonna be hilarious i cant believe people are canning it out cmon will arnett is flat out gold solid gold and any one who disagrees is gonna pay . . . . . . by firing squad
  • talktochickenwuss
    November 13, 2006
    ive never heard of it before. the only reason i clicked on it was because i saw 'will arnet' in the cast and was like GOB! i love him so i am gonna go see this
  • lovermew
    November 2, 2006
    Can't wait to see this.

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