Moving McAllister (2007)
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10% of critics liked it
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An ambitious young intern at a prestigious Miami law firm finds his dreams of passing the bar and becoming a real lawyer thrown into question when he hastily agrees to help one of the firm's partners move -- only to discover that the attorney's new home is in Los Angeles. Rick Robinson (Ben… More An ambitious young intern at a prestigious Miami law firm finds his dreams of passing the bar and becoming a real lawyer thrown into question when he hastily agrees to help one of the firm's partners move -- only to discover that the attorney's new home is in Los Angeles. Rick Robinson (Ben Gourley) has what it takes to become a great lawyer, the only trouble is that he's a bit of a pushover. Though today he spends most of his time copying documents and dreaming of courtroom debate, in four short days he will take the bar and begin his professional career. Upon stepping into the office elevator and noticing one of the firm's partners, Maxwell McAllister (Rutger Hauer), the starstruck Rick jumps at the chance to help the counselor move. His patience is put to the ultimate test, however, when he arrives at the lawyer's house to find a mountain of boxes and a note demanding that he hire a moving truck and drive the load to Los Angeles. As if that weren't bad enough, the lawyer's pet pig and spoiled, college-dropout daughter, Michele (Mila Kunis), will be joining him on the drive. Not only does the tempestuous Southern belle seem intent on sabotaging Rick at every turn, but by the time he arrives in L.A. he will have to jump on a plane and race home in order to take the bar exam on time. Strong bonds have a funny way of forming in tense situations, though, and before Rick and Michele know it, they can't stand the idea of being apart. Moving McAllister also co-stars Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Andrew Black
- Written By
- Ben Gourley
- Genres
- Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Sep 14, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- First Independent Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Peter Debruge, Variety
Black possesses an impressive visual instinct, enhanced by Doug Chamberlain's cinematography, which distinguishes the film from other modestly budgeted indies.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
You'd have to be awfully new to moviegoing to be surprised by any of the plot points in Moving McAllister
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
Actively anti-intelligent.
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Gary Goldstein, Reel.com
Though Moving McAllister's heart and soul are in the right place, it's a terrible excuse for a movie.
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Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News
There's so little to it that it's kind of a miracle anything actually stuck onto the film emulsion. Yet unfold along it does for 93 unimaginative minutes.
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Cast
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Ben Gourley
as Rick Robinson
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Mila Kunis
as Michelle McAllister
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Jon Heder
as Orlick "Orlie" Prescott Hope
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Rutger Hauer
as Maxwell McAllister
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Hubbel Palmer
as Carl
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Billy Drago
as The Lady
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Peter Jason
as Mr. Robinson
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Catherine Grace
as Mrs. Robinson
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Patrika Darbo
as Debbie
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Joe Unger
as Lanky
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William Mapother
as Bob
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Zack Ward
as Earl
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Mary Pat Gleason
as Margerie
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Tomek Debowski
as Tomek
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Maclain Nelson
as Bear Diddly
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Whitby Hertford
as Fast-Food Cashier
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Lucila Solá
as Petals
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Buck Huntington
as Vincent
