Critics praise Jennifer Aniston despite weak material!
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As they shoulder the burden of turning this wannabe-dark comedy into a strained exercise in uplift, the actors become especially sympathetic — none more so than Aniston, who proves far more game than the material deserves, especially when she’s forced to deliver a slow-motion striptease for the benefit of a Mexican drug lord (Tomer Sisley), a weirdly conflicted scene in which the film seems to be pitying, mocking and exploiting her all at once.
Aniston is a gifted comic actor, and she is in amazing shape. Sudeikis, too, has serious comic chops and experience. But this material is weak and lacks warmth in spite of its hypocrisy, and if I see another insincere American comedy that ends with big hugs and homilies about family, I am going to scream. - See more at: http://bostonherald.com/entertainmen....d8t7vpwS.dpuf
Aniston seems a little beyond this stuff. She was similarly too willing to bust loose in “Wanderlust,” “The Bounty Hunter” and “Horrible Bosses.” While she’s best when off-kilter (“The Good Girl” and “Office Space” remain her big-screen high points), “Millers” uses her skill at being petulant-proud toward an edge that’s not there.
Aniston gets a few moments of comic flair, switching gears from hard-bitten bar girl to you-betcha housewife in the blink of an eye, but her character exists in that bizarro movie world (previously seen in "The Internship" and "Rock of Ages," among many others) where all strippers wear bras throughout their routines.
