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The Clubhouse Podcast hosts discuss the film Stuber, starring Kumail Nanjiani as a rideshare driver who becomes entangled with a cop on a mission. The hosts praise Nanjiani's comedy and delivery while offering mixed thoughts on the overall film, with varying levels of willingness to watch it again.
About this episode
Key takeaways
- Kumail Nanjiani's comedy and certain line deliveries stand out as strengths of the film
- Questions remain about how much of Nanjiani's performance was written versus improvised on set
- The film works as a fun ensemble movie to watch with a group, despite some uneven moments
- Hosts differ on rewatchability, ranging from streaming to early morning weekend showings
Q&A
Would you watch Stuber again?
Yes, the hosts would watch it again at different levels of effort—ranging from streaming or cable viewing to early morning weekend showings.
What makes Kumail Nanjiani's performance work in the film?
His comedy is great and certain lines show his personal delivery style, though it's unclear how much was written versus played with on set.
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Okay, but I just I really had fun with this I Really did and I could tell the people that were in my screening because Jen and I went to different screenings Hersos actually on my birthday and mine was the night before we recorded this I I just thought it was fun and as I said there were moments. I really enjoyed his comedy is great some of the references are great It just I think but he's to just let me down I will agree with one of the musings that you put forth in your written review currently located at www dot the clubhouse podcast dot com That's our website When you wondered how much of it was written on the page and how much kumail got to play with things because there are certain lines in this film That are very him the way he delivers them. I could say to myself that he did that Versus lines written for him where he might not know how to deliver them as well I thought it was well done my question.
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Okay, that's I haven't seen hotel Artemis yet. It's so good So good, but you know how they kept different person he had different personalities right that kind of thing You know, I'm just curious was he more the hardwinder mr. Everest who's just a body guy who I'm a you know Not all up there versus the Guardians of the galaxy either.
He's just he's a cop the piece by the rules. Okay All right, anything else like it's the file analysis Let's question the file analysis the way we do the file analysis on the show and I'm gonna give you thumbs up thumbs down Letter grades numbers stars because we can do that here because it's about uber Up to two questions question number one is will we see this film again if the answers know them we're done here But if the answer is yes, it goes to how far we go to see it again from the best of the best of the worst of the best here's how it goes Full price at a theater down to a twilight show down to a matinee show down to an early morning on the weekend down to second Run at the dollar theater down to leaving the house to rent it down to streaming it down to cable gen Rome. Would you see stuba again For Camille's comedy in it yes How far you want to go probably Streaming or I wouldn't change the channel if it was on TV all right.
I would see stuba again Rob yeah, how far you want to go to see it? I would do early morning on a weekend You know, I don't know if this is a full price film, but it's a fun movie that you just take a bunch of people to and have a good time Okay, directed by Michael Douse. It is stuba for this whole thing.
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