The Chaperone Reviews

A home-run of great genuine laughs and heart. An outragiously funny and heart-warming comedy. Its in the spirit of The Pacifier and Kindergarden Cop. A hilarious joy-ride from start to finish and it only gets better as it goes on. Paul Triple H Levesque is a great surprise in both the comic and dramatic aspects of the character and the film. Ariel Winter is marvelous. Winter and Levesque make the film and the chemsitry work wonderfully. This movie was just fun to watch and has lot going for it. It`s good and clean entertainment.

Cast: Triple H, Kevin Corrigan, José Zúñiga, Kevin Rankin, Enrico Colantoni, Israel Broussard, Jake Austin Walker, Ashley Taylor, Cullen Chaffin, Darren O'Hare, Ariel Winter

Director: Stephen Herek

Summary: After serving time in the slammer for driving the getaway car in an attempted bank robbery, Ray Bradstone (professional wrestling star Paul Levesque -- better known as Triple H) is a reformed family man who wants to chaperone his daughter's class trip. But some bad guys (Kevin Corrigan and Kevin Rankin) from his past have other plans. Can Ray outwit these nitwits while keeping himself and his daughter (Ariel Winter) safe from harm?

My Thoughts: "There are only two reasons one would watch this film. 1. If you have kids (or like myself nieces and nephews) or 2. If your a fan of wrestling. I happened to watch it for reasons of number one. Wrestlers and acting.. Some can pull it off (The Rock) and some should just stick to wrestling. Not naming any names considering I haven't watched many wrestlers in films. Well, not knowingly. Paul 'Triple H' Levesque, wasn't bad in the film. I've seen him act before in a Blade film I believe. But the acting wasn't nothing special either. The kids loved it and I guess that is what will matter if those are your reasonings for seeing this film."

The film wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. Triple H is trying to do what action stars have done before, a family film. Like when Arnold did Kindergarten Cop, Diesel did The Pacifier, and The Rock did The Game Plan. Those films were better than this one. They had a good idea for a film here but they didn't execute it correctly. I was expecting better from director Stephen Herek. The tone of the film is off. Some the jokes fall flat. A lot of the supporting cast is miscast.

Triple H does the best that he can with what he has to work with. I still like him in Blade Trinity. Ariel Winter was good as his daughter and they have a great on screen chemistry. Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson) steals this film.

Ray Bradstone (Paul "Triple H" Levesque) has alot on his plate...fresh out of prison after doing time for some fellow thieving criminals that got away. Now that he is out, one of the cronies want for him to do another score...while he has plans on attempting to clear up his sordid past in his daughter Sally Bradstone's (Ariel Winter) mind, she is consistent in NOT having anything to do with him for leaving the family so many years ago...because he had to got to jail. With all that is going on something happens which forced him to go back in to that dark and hideous life of crime, until he sees an opportunity that happens to turn the tables on him going back down that dark tunnel. Being The Chaperone for his daughter's school trip...which will have you sitting throughout this comedy wondering how or if they will ever mend the broken bridge father and daughter. Truly enjoyable.

Triple H is not the best of actors, but this movie was kinda' cutesy...Ariel Winter as his daughter was aborable. Also, I've always loved Yeardly Smith and she was great in this WWF or WWE production...

good movie, its really not a bad film even though you may think it will be pretty mediocre as its from the wrestling corporation, i thought it was cool there was alot of action and didn't have swearing or nudity enjoyed watching it

(1 1/2 Stars) I don't know who The Chaperone is made for. It seems to be for kids, but the violence (not that there is a lot) is a bit brutal and the film ends with a prison rape joke. It's not zany or fast as family comedies should be. In fact, there's little comedic timing at all. When there's a setup that could be funny, it botches. Anyone over the age of 12 won't laugh at this stuff and I'm wondering if anyone under 12 would laugh either. Take a movie like Kindergarten Cop, which I'm sure is the same audience that The Chaperone was going for: it's contrived, but it had comedic timing. A joke in that film works because it's set up properly, and has tension and release. Gags in The Chaperone simply don't work.
On a positive note, you probably won't believe me, but Paul 'Triple H' Levesque isn't that bad of an actor. I'm sure with a good script, most people will find he can carry a movie. Plus, they got a good actress to play his daughter (Ariel Winter, who you may know from Modern Family). But the plot elements are so implausible and overly convenient that not even Laurence Olivier paired with Dakota Fanning could make this movie good. You may be entertained with The Chaperone's badness and contrivances, but that's not really how a movie should be entertaining you.

Classic cat and mouse type movie. It seems that every few minutes someone new is running around or being chased. Triple H isn't the best actor, but he was pretty good for how I thought he would be. Overall though, the acting was very average and I didn't think the cast made this movie seem believable. From kids driving around in buses to criminals just running around the city while being "looked for" by cops. It seems that no consequences could become of anything, even robbing a bank. It may be a pretty good movie for small kid to enjoy, but for everyone else it's just a dreadful movie. Definitely a pass if you haven't seen this already.

This movie truly surprised me. HHH was very entertaining and even hilarious. "Stop the bus...My name is Mr. Bradstone, and I'm The Chaperone. It is too freakin' loud in here!" lmao :)

good movie, its really not a bad film even though you may think it will be pretty mediocre as its from the wrestling corporation, i thought it was cool there was alot of action and didn't have swearing or nudity enjoyed watching it

WWE needs to just stop making movies...

A great movie, and it really hits the heart, I could watch it time and time again, really imaginative, and I think Ariel played the perfect part, awesome movie.

I enjoyed the movie, although I must say that Paul "Triple H" Levesque should probably hone his acting skills a bit. I think Ariel Winter pretty much steals the show by the end and makes this a well rounded fun family movie. Aside from a bit of polish on "Triple H's" acting skills, the movie starts a bit slower than I expected, but hold on til the end and I'm sure you'll get a few laughs and smiles from the whole family.

awesome movie I loved it

what d hell is wrong wid wwe studios?.,,,,,,,,,,,,
get a writer.............a real one.....

It's annoying. Plain and simple.

Not as bad as you would think.

One of the better WWE films movies.

this was ok pretty good and it proves that triple h is an awesome actor in movies

well i have seen lots of wwe superstars in movies such as the marine and they all were bad this one sucked the most i think the story is not intresting the fighting was corny well id give it 2 stars needs work