Reno 911!: Miami (2007)

A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. Based on the Comedy Central series.

Director:

Robert Ben Garant

Writers:

Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon,

Stars:

Lennie Loftin, Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lennie Loftin	...	Chief of Police
Danny DeVito	...	District Attorney
Robert Ben Garant	...	Deputy Travis Junior
Niecy Nash	...	Deputy Raineesha Williams
Mary Birdsong	...	Deputy Cherisha Kimball
Kerri Kenney	...	Deputy Trudy Wiegel (as Kerry Kenney-Silver)
Wendi McLendon-Covey	...	Deputy Clementine Johnson
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Deputy James Garcia
Cedric Yarbrough	...	Deputy S. Jones
Thomas Lennon	...	Lieutenant Jim Dangle
Alejandra Gutierrez	...	Miss Acapulco
Brandon Molale	...	Kevlar Guy
Kathryn Fiore	...	Cheyenne the Helicopter Model
David Koechner	...	Sheriff of Aspen
Dave Holmes	...	Persnickety Desk Worker

Storyline

A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. Based on the Comedy Central series.

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Plot Keywords:

beach | police | spring break | whale | improvisational comedy | 

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Taglines:

In a time of crisis, America will call Reno 911!

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, nudity, crude humor, language and drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [es] Paramount [fr]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 February 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Reno 911!: Miami: The Movie

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£137,648 (UK) (27 April 2007)

Gross:

£137,648 (UK) (27 April 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Paramount Pictures, Comedy Central Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A sequel titled "Reno 911!: S.O.S" was written before the film's release, centered around flashbacks between the start of the Lt. Dangle-led squad and a modern-day storyline involving a plane crash and an escaped serial killer, but the so-so performance of this film led Fox to pass on the project.

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Goofs

When Wiegel and Raineesha are talking to Terry on the boardwalk, a muscular body-builder can be seen walking toward the camera. He disappears when the camera cuts to a different angle.

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Quotes

Jeff Spoder: No immunity to bullets!
[fires gun]

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Crazy Credits

There are 3 short scenes after the credits: Jim and Travis playing with their metal detectors, Jim and Travis X-Raying luggage at the airport, and Travis talking to the camera while driving his patrol car.

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Connections

Features Cops (1989)

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Soundtracks

"Santiago Carnival"
Written by Daniel Guzmán Loyzaga
Courtesy of Extreme Music

User Reviews

Funnier than I expected

I actually enjoy the show and was very unsure about how it could be translated into a movie, so my expectations were not terribly high initially. Then I read one of the reviews on here that said that the movie was much less funny than the show, and overall rather disappointing. After that, my expectations were even lower, so I was pretty much expecting a dud when I went in.

I see what people were saying about it being strange that they tried to shove a plot into what should essentially be series of skits, but contrary to the reviews I've read, I thought it worked just fine. If anything, the cliché terror-attack plot paired with the cliché drug-lord plot were just meant to be a throwaway satire of the kinds of awful plots some franchises have to create in order to be translated into a feature film format ("over-the-top" action "worthy" of the big screen). If anything it just provided for some completely ridiculous scenarios that this viewer found quite entertaining.

As far as the cameos, yeah, they remove you from what shred of "reality" was left in this reality TV parody, but I felt like they worked. For one thing, minus the Rock and Danny DeVito, most of the cameos were not necessarily people everyone is going to recognize. Half the theater was asking "who's that?" when members of Stella showed up, or when someone from Upright Citizen's Brigade was on the screen. But for people who've loved the work of these semi-famous comedians over the years, their presence was a bonus. Not to mention it made the film into an effort by the whole Comedy Central family, which was kind of endearing.

Anyway, going in with low expectations and trying not to take it seriously (it is a comedy, after all), you should have a good time viewing this.