"The Green Hornet" (Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou) Already in Theatres on January 19, 2011

The Green Hornet

Hazel's
Rating: 2.5/5
Review: "There were some funny scenes but the movie was just okay for me. Cameron Diaz is still gorgeous but looks old already and I think she's too old for the part. Seth Rogen is also the writer of this film. I wish someone else played the Green Hornet. I have a new crush... Kato! =)"

Audience
Average Rating: 3.5/5
Like the Film: 63% (n=47,002)

Critics
Average Rating: 2.6/5
Like the Film: 45% (n=190)


Reviews:

"The movie these guys have come up with is fresh, funny and a bewildering surprise." - Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

"The film is a blast." - Peter Debrudge, Variety

"I'm pleased to report that the movie is entirely watchable and often pretty fun, in a mishmashed, patchy kind of way. Put that on your poster, Columbia Pictures!" - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

"There are some nifty things in between the lulls..." - Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies

"Even as a mindless diversion, it's weak." - James Berardinelli, ReelViews

"Is Gondry aware that he's making a film about both white male privilege and sexual harassment in the workplace?" - Dana Stevens, Slate

"The film's only unqualified success is the end title sequence -- because it's genuinely stylish, because it looks like it was shot in genuine 3-D and, most of all, because it's the end." - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

"It's sporadically entertaining, but The Green Hornet never approaches the surreal heights suggested by a Michel Gondry/Seth Rogen collaboration." - rottentomatoes.com

"The first nearly awful film of 2011." - Richard Roeper.com


Movie Info

Genre: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Synopsis
"In the 3D action-comedy The Green Hornet, Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is the son of LA's most prominent and respected media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless existence on the party scene - until his father (Tom Wilkinson) mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire. Striking an unlikely friendship with one of his father's more industrious and inventive employees, Kato (Jay Chou), they see their chance to do something meaningful for the first time in their lives: fight crime. To get close to the criminals, they come up with the perfect cover: they'll pose as criminals themselves. Protecting the law by breaking it, Britt becomes the vigilante The Green Hornet as he and Kato hit the streets. Using all his ingenuity and skill, Kato builds the ultimate in advanced retro weaponry, Black Beauty, an indestructible car equal parts firepower and horsepower. Rolling in a mobile fortress on wheels and striking the bad guys with Kato's clever gadgets, The Green Hornet and Kato quickly start making a name for themselves, and with the help of Britt's new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they begin hunting down the man who controls LA's gritty underworld: Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). But Chudnofsky has plans of his own: to swat down The Green Hornet once and for all."

Rated: PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content

Running Time: 1 hr. 48 min.

Distributor: Sony Pictures

Directed By: Michel Gondry

Written By: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Fran Striker, George W. Trendle

Cast
Seth Rogen (Britt Reid/The Green Hornet)
Jay Chou (Kato)
Cameron Diaz (Lenore Case)
Tom Wilkinson (James Reid)
Christoph Waltz (Chudnofsky)
David Harbour (Scanlon)